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Review of The Mask of Zorro (1998)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 18 Jun 2020

Martin Campbell was on another planet when it came to directing 90's action movies…

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Review of The Bank Job (2008)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 17 Jun 2020

The kind of cloyingly standard, unmistakably dubious adaptation of a real-life event that makes you wish for the more straight-laced, docudrama…

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Review of Death and the Maiden (1994)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 14 Jun 2020

Considering what this movie's about, it's nearly impossible to talk about any of it without discussing the inherently problematic nature behind…

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Review of Arthur (1981)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 12 Jun 2020

The first and only film to be both written and directed by Steve Gordon, who tragically passed away at the age of 44 a year after the release…

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Review of The Third Man (1949)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 10 Jun 2020

Another legendary picture that I'm — mostly — regretting not seeing sooner, Carol Reed's The Third Man might be the benchmark film noir…

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Review of The Lodge (2020)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 07 Jun 2020

With The Lodge, co-directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala deliver a film that essentially abides by the same sort of elemental setup as…

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Review of Fair Game (2010)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 22 May 2020

Director Doug Liman relates the true-to-life story of Valerie Plame to the big screen in Fair Game, a mostly dry political horror story that…

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Review of Ted 2 (2015)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 21 May 2020

It's okay, but still a few pronounced steps down from the consistently funny and surprisingly affecting heights of the first film…

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Review of American Ninja (1985)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 20 May 2020

A pleasant surprise served with a heaping spoonful of guilt on my part, American Ninja is as kitschy and goofy as all get-out, but damn it…

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Review of M*A*S*H (1970)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 20 May 2020

Considering the tangentially related international events occurring around the time of this film's release, I completely understand the almost…

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Review of Hard Candy (2005)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 17 May 2020

Effective in the most dire and visceral manner, David Slade's Hard Candy is most certainly one of those movies where you have to honestly tilt…

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Review of Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 14 May 2020

Fannie Flagg's prized novel gets the Hollywood treatment, thanks in no small part to Flagg herself — who co-adapted her own work for the…

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Review of PK (2014)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 12 May 2020

PK is my very first exposure to Bollywood cinema and I have to say -- there was a fair bit for me to be impressed by in this…

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Review of Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 11 May 2020

One of the first movies I've ever seen that I don't totally understand, yet am still completely enamored with regardless, Howl's Moving Castle…

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Review of Body Heat (1981)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 05 May 2020

A satisfying and sultry confluence of all the best tropes and conventions we love about the film noir genre, without coming off as mere pastiche…

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Review of A Hidden Life (2019)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 01 May 2020

Christopher Plummer once famously recounted of his time with Terrence Malick on the set of The New World, the problem with Terry, which I soon…

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Review of National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 30 Apr 2020

An inarguable classic that I've probably already seen in its entirety four or five times over (only out of order, however) National Lampoon's…

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Review of The Haunting (1963)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 30 Apr 2020

Worthwhile in only a purely historical context for me, Robert Wise's 1963 chiller The Haunting (Martin Scorsese's favorite horror film, by…

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Review of Cassandra's Dream (2007)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 23 Apr 2020

In discussing my thoughts on the last movie I saw of his -- The Purple Rose Of Cairo -- I talked about the many different shades of Woody Allen…

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Review of The Last Picture Show (1971)

By Compi24 (1,147) on 23 Apr 2020

An unflinchingly honest, raw and saddening tale of adolescent existentialism, generational relations and the pitfalls of the American small…

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