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Review of Klute (1971)

By Jake A (1,026) on 09 Jul 2017

With two great leads, a thoroughly engrossing and tense plot, a solid score, plenty of visual style and a decent supporting cast this may not…

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Review of Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

By Jake A (1,026) on 09 Jul 2017

This movie is so fucking good. A much worthier successor to the 1968 masterpiece…

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Review of The Driver (1978)

By Jake A (1,026) on 09 Jul 2017

Final film I watched that influenced Baby Driver and it is my favorite of them all…

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Review of Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

By Jake A (1,026) on 08 Jul 2017

The closing chapter can't redeem a franchise that has lost its way so badly…

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Review of The Evil Dead (1981)

By Jake A (1,026) on 07 Jul 2017

This classic low budget horror film combines just the right amount of gore and black humor, giving The Evil Dead an equal amount of thrills…

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Review of The French Connection (1971)

By Jake A (1,026) on 07 Jul 2017

Another all time favourite of mine that influenced Baby Driver that has more going for it than the incredible car chase…

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Review of Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)

By Jake A (1,026) on 07 Jul 2017

Though this is one of the weaker entries in the series of films I am reviewing that influenced Baby Driver it still has its plus points…

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Review of Bullitt (1968)

By Jake A (1,026) on 06 Jul 2017

With Edgar Wright's Baby Driver being a great film that was also clearly influenced by earlier films and since I couldn't make the BFI special…

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Review of RoboCop (2014)

By Jake A (1,026) on 04 Jul 2017

This is another one of those remakes that almost entirely manages to ignore what people liked about the original film and the sad thing is…

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Review of Shaun of the Dead (2004)

By Jake A (1,026) on 03 Jul 2017

This is easily one of my all time favourite comedies and is the start of not only one of the best careers from a director/writer in the form…

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Review of The World's End (2013)

By Jake A (1,026) on 03 Jul 2017

The finale to the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy tackles the science fiction genre after Shaun of the Dead tackled horror and Hot Fuzz tackled…

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Review of The Omega Man (1971)

By Jake A (1,026) on 03 Jul 2017

Somewhat dated now but in its day an interesting take on the apocalypse…

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Review of Train to Busan (2016)

By Jake A (1,026) on 02 Jul 2017

This zombie apocalypse film has plenty going for it and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it despite a couple of lacking CGI parts and the…

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Review of Dial M for Murder (1954)

By Jake A (1,026) on 02 Jul 2017

Not the best Hitchcock but is still great…

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Review of Morgan (2016)

By Jake A (1,026) on 01 Jul 2017

A moderately entertaining thriller that doesn't quite live up to the standard that its premise sets…

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Review of Hot Fuzz (2007)

By Jake A (1,026) on 01 Jul 2017

I don't even like the movies it's lampooning... and yet this is my all-time favorite comedy…

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Review of In the Valley of Elah (2007)

By Jake A (1,026) on 30 Jun 2017

Pretty good film although a bit complex for me to follow but I think I understand what it was about…

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Review of The Prestige (2006)

By Jake A (1,026) on 25 Jun 2017

Though this isn't my favorite Christopher Nolan film as the narrative is somewhat predictable and the motivations behind the two lead characters…

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Review of The Stuff (1985)

By Jake A (1,026) on 25 Jun 2017

One of my favorite satire films that for the most part successfully blends horror and comedy…

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Review of Pale Rider (1985)

By Jake A (1,026) on 24 Jun 2017

A reworking of Shane and Eastwood's own High Plains Drifter that, while sporadically interesting, unfortunately lacks the emotional power of…

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