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In Bruges 2008
Two hit men go stir-crazy while laying low in a historic Belgian town.
Such a simple blurb belies the hilarity and emotion of McDonough's In Bruges.
It's a difficult one of describe, because although it's a comedy, it doesn't tell jokes. And although it's a comedy, it's very, very serious - or at least it takes itself seriously.I'm not sure I can do the film justice with a lengthy review, so instead I'll just recommend it to anyone and…
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Cape Fear 1991
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
A wealthy lawyer in America's South is tormented by a client he misrepresented 14 years prior, leading to chaos upon his release from prison.
A very different film from those I have been watching recently, Scorsese's Cape Fear is a mix of psychological thriller, horror and (weirdly) a twisted coming-of-age story.
Right off the bat, Nolte and De Niro rule the screen in this film, with the latter just outdoing the lead in a very fitting way. When chaos and…
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Lawrence of Arabia 1962
The heroic rise and tragic fall of a young British daydreamer whose initiative and love for foreign culture allow him to write his own destiny - and open the book for the story of Arabia in modernity.
This film has sat on my watch list for quite some time, tempting me from the periphery as I scrolled Netflix to find something shlocky and fun to pass the time. Finally, on a flight to the Middle East, I decided to take…
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Doctor Zhivago 1965
The serious study of a man, his family and his homeland struggling to change during the Russian Revolution.
The second of his films on my list, it seems that David Lean has a certain method - one I very much enjoy: Jarre's fantastic scores, an aesthetic style of wide open landscape shots and dark, teary close-ups let you know right off the bat that this is one of Lean's.
However, marked improvements and experimental changes in editing are obvious, with…
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