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  Vox Lux 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 26 Feb 2025

  The story is somewhat "hurried" but overall an original and ambitioue telling in a genre that you might not expect to find too many surprises or depth. Nathalie Portman's role as popdiva is in a strange way "understated" ,and complex . Quite an achievement.

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  Rimini 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 06 Feb 2025

  Actually beter because you aren't "tricked" into ultimately being charmed and having sympathy for Richie Bravo. He really is an asshole.
  And the sea side decor is fabulous in it's hellish, familiar, lonely nightmare.

Popular reviews

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  The Shining 1980

  ★★★ Rewatched 10 Mar 2021

  Watching this film again you realize that Kubrick isn't much of a "storyteller" but more someone who is interested in creating a relentless atmosphere. Had to think of his last work "Eyes Wide Shut" that in hindsight was better and certainly underrated.
  You also see that Jack Nicholson's "acting" style seems more and more ridiculous now. This is "over the top" taken to the extreme. More funny than anything to believe and take seriously.

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  Oldboy 2003

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Jun 2020

  I have to think about this for awhile. What I have to think about is, ' what exactly is the intention of the director in regard to the Tarantino violence in the film. And in a way it seems more convincing and "acceptable" than in something like Kill Bill. The violence here seems to have a more organic function in the story than when Tarantino splashes the screen with uninhibited, unwatchable scenes of violence. The scenes don't have a "campy,…

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