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Shango 1970
Shango is not a good movie, like at all. But it’s one of those bad movies that’s frustrating because there is a kernel of a really promising idea there that just never gets delivered on!
To that end, here’s my description of Shango in which I try to make it sound good:
A confederate unit at the close of the civil war has taken control of a small Texas border town with the help of Mexican mercenaries. Shango is a…
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The Straight Story 1999
What a great time to watch live about people being good to each other. It feels like it should be overbearing schmaltzy, but it manages to avoid that issue via both sheer earnestness, and by not shying away with the more painful parts of life. A really beautiful work overall.
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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter 2015
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Kudo and Ichikawa have been lost to the worm dimension, a mysterious shadowy giant hovers above Tokyo despite not technically existing, and someone is leaving bizarre garbage bag dolls all over town…
The “final chapter” of Senritsu Kaiki file feels properly apocalyptic as we follow the teams final member, hapless cameraman Tashiro (played by Shiraishi himself) as he documents the strange goings on in Tokyo following the events of “the Most Terrifying Film in History,” and hopes to find a…
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