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Review of Special (1967)

By Alexander J (121) on 12 Jun 2007

I was fortunate enough to catch the European premiere at the Zurich Film Festival back in 2006…

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Review of Overnight (1986)

By Alexander J (121) on 12 Jun 2007

Quite revealing, yet it is another subjective documentary and although you can hate Duffy for being such a prick at times and leaning to megalomania,…

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Review of Special (2006)

By Alexander J (121) on 12 Jun 2007

I was fortunate enough to catch the European premiere at the Zurich Film Festival back in 2006…

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Review of Fubar (2002)

By Alexander J (121) on 11 Jun 2007

Oh well, I had to write about it at one point or the other. The Alberta Kings rule... err... Alberta…

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Review of Lenny (1974)

By Alexander J (121) on 10 Jun 2007

Everything about this movie speaks to me…

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Review of Short Cuts (1993)

By Alexander J (121) on 09 Jun 2007

Alex Trebek steals the show! I got to tell Lily Tomlin in person how much I loved her line to neighbor Pat. Oh Pat, what are you looking at…

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Review of Better Than Sex (2000)

By Alexander J (121) on 09 Jun 2007

Its so insightful and real. This is my initiation test for all my BF's; if the title doesn't scare them! ;)…

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Review of Peeping Tom (1960)

By Alexander J (121) on 09 Jun 2007

Hmm... I mean it tackles an interesting subject, but the version I had on DVD was not really in a good condition. The colour scheme was odd…

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Review of Branded to Kill (1967)

By Alexander J (121) on 08 Jun 2007

A really odd classic Japanese crime thriller with one of the most unusual heroes ever to appear on screen…

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Review of Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)

By Alexander J (121) on 07 Jun 2007

Great film, well acted, very interesting. But why do all the Nazi's speak bavarian, while Sophie Scholl (who was bavarian) speaks high german…

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Review of Hard Eight (1997)

By Alexander J (121) on 07 Jun 2007

Anyone would be proud to have this small character film as their first…

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Review of Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

By Alexander J (121) on 06 Jun 2007

I love August's movies. It's something about them, beautiful told.. and the pictures and the framing is just tremendes...wonderfull…

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Review of All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

By Alexander J (121) on 06 Jun 2007

Imagine, this movie was made when talking pictures were only about to learn their first few own steps…

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Review of Rock School (2005)

By Alexander J (121) on 06 Jun 2007

The real deal...but I got the feeling these kids played rock like my dad tried to force me into rock...makes me think more than about my dreams…

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Review of Le Samouraï (1967)

By Alexander J (121) on 03 Jun 2007

Stylish, sparse, quiet, yet lethal in many ways - that's Melville's samurai to me…

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Review of Crying Freeman (1995)

By Alexander J (121) on 02 Jun 2007

One of the better anime-to-movie conversions, Mark Dacascos has one of his finest moments as the foreign assassin on a special mission on the…

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Review of Narc (2002)

By Alexander J (121) on 01 Jun 2007

An intense film from Joe Carnahan who learned a lot after his first film. Incredible direction and fine, fine acting from both Liotta and Patric…

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Review of Maelström (2000)

By Alexander J (121) on 01 Jun 2007

Another young Québec-born director few people have taken notice of up to this point…

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Review of Two for the Road (1967)

By Alexander J (121) on 01 Jun 2007

Hardly ever have I seen a better examination of what it means for a man and a woman to live in a relationship, then following Finney and Hepburn…

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Review of Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

By Alexander J (121) on 03 May 2007

David Bowie was unbelievable- completely astounding…

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