YakShaving

YakShaving

Favorite films

  • Apocalypse Now
  • Excalibur
  • Escape from New York
  • Conan the Barbarian

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  • Atomic Blonde

    ★★★★★

  • The Ruling Class

    ★★★★★

  • The Green Knight

    ★★★★★

  • Miami Vice

    ★½

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  • Atomic Blonde

    Atomic Blonde

    ★★★★★

    There is no need to feminize James Bond, because you are given Atomic Blond. Grittier and more realistic than the aforementioned spy fantasy, it captivates you and has you hanging on the edge of your seat cheering the protagonist through her trials and tribulations. A wonderful story during the cold war era. A must see for espionage aficionados.

  • The Ruling Class

    The Ruling Class

    ★★★★★

    A black comedy. One of the darkest I've ever seen to be sure. I am grateful to have watched it for the first time so many years after its original release. The Ruling Class dictates that it is proper behavior that is truth, trumping insanity or morality. Towards the end the character Jack alludes that his questionable behavior is only viewed as mildly eccentric in the eyes of the ruling class. The movie starts off in a comedic light that…

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  • The Green Knight

    The Green Knight

    ★★★★★

    Dark and gritty, director took artistic liberties from original story but in the end it worked out well. A definite step up from 1984's "Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" by Stephen Weeks, the movie I saw as a 14 yo boy dreaming of the Athurian Legends.

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