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  Rust and Bone 2012

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Marion Cotillard is extremely believable in this both caring and brutal film.  Pretty unique for a film to cover the reclaiming of one’s life after losing both legs, and to also deal in the world of illegal fight clubs. 
  Extra 1/2 star for Springsteen’s State Trooper and the B-52’s Love Shack.

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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Loved the subtlety and how this particular father daughter relationship rang true. 
  I think all 11 year-olds can relate to how cringeworthy us dads can be on the dance floor. Good solid film, if not exactly extraordinary.

Popular reviews

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  The End of Violence 1997

  ★★★ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  I love Wim Wenders, but I’d stick with the actual Edward Hopper Nighthawks painting and any number of other Directors such as Paul Thomas Anderson or Robert Altman for a better film critique of SoCal movie culture. This kind of drags and the dialog doesn’t always land, sounding like a bad Philip Marlowe narrative.

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  He Who Gets Slapped 1924

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2025 1

  At a mere 72 minutes, HE WHO GETS SLAPPED still feels like a grand epic, full of betrayal, personal struggle, pathos, tragedy, revenge, noble sacrifice, terror, and doomed love. Not at all surprising this is based on a Russian play as all of the above elements are the very definition of Russian literature and art.

  The film has a stunning cast of silent era greats: John Gilbert, Nora Shearer, the MGM Lion himself (seriously), and towering above them all, at…

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