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Review of The Godfather Part II (1974)

By Alec B (1,705) on 05 Jan 2014

Coppola continues to explore the same themes as the first one, only this time with more Shakespearean flair…

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Review of The Dresser (1983)

By Alec B (1,705) on 05 Jan 2014

Anyone who has ever acted on stage or worked behind the scenes of a play would love this film…

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Review of The Godfather (1972)

By Alec B (1,705) on 04 Jan 2014

I'm not sure what's more disturbing, that the characters justify their monstrous actions so easily or that a sizable portion of the film's…

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Review of Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

By Alec B (1,705) on 03 Jan 2014

Of all the great film epics, this is arguably the best. David Lean, a desert, Peter O'Toole, and extras by the thousands…

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Review of Red Dawn (1984)

By Alec B (1,705) on 02 Jan 2014

Wolverines! Unlikely heroes found in a group of teens. The 80's at it's best. Cheesey, but a nice reminder that some things are worth fighting for…

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Review of Sullivan's Travels (1941)

By Alec B (1,705) on 01 Jan 2014

A successful but frustrated Hollywood comedy director during the Great Depression, decides to set off across America dressed as a hobo and…

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Review of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

By Alec B (1,705) on 29 Dec 2013

Its an examination of madness disguised as an epic…

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Review of In Which We Serve (1942)

By Alec B (1,705) on 28 Dec 2013

A lot of the film is standard wartime propaganda stuff, however Coward's screenplay still manages to find moments of serious humanity in the…

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Review of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

By Alec B (1,705) on 27 Dec 2013

I don't care what anyone says, this is the best film of the series…

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Review of Terminator Salvation (2009)

By Alec B (1,705) on 26 Dec 2013

I can't think of any good reason for this film to exist and neither could anyone involved with the production apparently…

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Review of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

By Alec B (1,705) on 26 Dec 2013

You know, it follows the same basic structure of the first film . . . its just longer and has a much higher budget…

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Review of Fearless (1993)

By Alec B (1,705) on 24 Dec 2013

For its day ('93) this is as good as it gets IMO. Simple story told brilliantly. Jeff Bridges is incredible…

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Review of It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

By Alec B (1,705) on 24 Dec 2013

This movie has one of the best endings I have ever seen…

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Review of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

By Alec B (1,705) on 23 Dec 2013

Nelson Mandela was a great man who did amazing things for his country... but Hollywood sure did sugarcoat the crap out of this movie…

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Review of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

By Alec B (1,705) on 19 Dec 2013

A disappointing follow to two fantastic sci-fi gems. Lacklustre and forgettable, but bolstered by a decent third act and a strong ending…

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Review of Young Frankenstein (1974)

By Alec B (1,705) on 19 Dec 2013

There's a strong argument to be made for this being Mel Brooks' best film. Gene Wilder's performance is a thing of beauty…

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Review of Ordinary People (1980)

By Alec B (1,705) on 17 Dec 2013

The performances are genuinely good and I like the overarching narrative, but its hard to shake how frustrating the film gets…

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Review of 'night, Mother (1986)

By Alec B (1,705) on 15 Dec 2013

Like many other great plays with intimate settings and small casts, night Mother, doesn't translate to film that well…

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Review of Terms of Endearment (1983)

By Alec B (1,705) on 14 Dec 2013

If you can look past the awful score and the deliberately weepy melodrama its full of finely tuned observations about human nature…

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Review of Berberian Sound Studio (2012)

By Alec B (1,705) on 10 Dec 2013

A curious piece of psychological horror…

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