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Review of Mac and Me (1988)

By Jake C (820) on 28 Nov 2018

Like a tepid burger from Mickey D's, this is uninspired, tasteless garbage, with one terrible decision layered on top of the other, existing…

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Review of The Remains of the Day (1993)

By Jake C (820) on 28 Nov 2018

As impeccable, meticulous, and thoughtfully crafted as the mansion itself, filled with painstaking details and piercing performances that lack…

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Review of Caligula (1979)

By Jake C (820) on 16 Nov 2018

Vile, dreary nihilism that no combination of explicit sex, gory special effects, polished acting, or sheer audacity can elevate beyond sheer,…

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Review of A Quiet Place (2016)

By Jake C (820) on 15 Nov 2018

Loved this movie, all I can say. And I HATE horror movies. I love John Krasinski too much not to give this a shot and it was so worth it…

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Review of A Quiet Place (2018)

By Jake C (820) on 15 Nov 2018

Loved this movie, all I can say. And I HATE horror movies. I love John Krasinski too much not to give this a shot and it was so worth it…

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Review of Tea with Mussolini (1999)

By Jake C (820) on 14 Nov 2018

They say it takes a village to raise a child-though in lieu of a whole Tuscan town, it seems all a boy really needs is a group of elderly English…

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Review of Il Divo (2008)

By Jake C (820) on 12 Nov 2018

For a movie where I only occasionally had a basic level of knowledge to follow what was going on-not a fault of the film's, nor of mine, but…

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Review of Night of the Comet (1984)

By Jake C (820) on 11 Nov 2018

In a flash the end of the world comes and in the wreckage all that remains are a couple of valley girl cheerleaders and a horny trucker to…

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Review of The Exorcist (1973)

By Jake C (820) on 05 Nov 2018

With a thought-provoking screenplay, taut direction, jarring editing, and heart-rending performances across the board, THE EXORCIST is undeniably…

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Review of Detroit (2017)

By Jake C (820) on 04 Nov 2018

Tough to watch. Even tougher to stomach that issues like this still exist in 2018…

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Review of Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans (1987)

By Jake C (820) on 04 Nov 2018

Watched this at the MST3k 30-year anniversary show in Austin…

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Review of Action Jackson (1988)

By Jake C (820) on 31 Oct 2018

Totally bonkers from the word go, the movie is so tonally disarranged and so narratively ludicrous that it becomes impossible to guess where…

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Review of Jacob's Ladder (1942)

By Jake C (820) on 27 Oct 2018

Knowing the ending here really does spoil the experience of the movie, unlike with other mysteries, where long sought knowledge at last adds…

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Review of Spartacus (1960)

By Jake C (820) on 27 Oct 2018

Although the film may suffer from comparison with the rest of Kubrick's oeuvre, on its own SPARTACUS stands as one of the great cinematic epics,…

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Review of Jacob's Ladder (1990)

By Jake C (820) on 27 Oct 2018

Knowing the ending here really does spoil the experience of the movie, unlike with other mysteries, where long sought knowledge at last adds…

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Review of Role Models (2008)

By Jake C (820) on 25 Oct 2018

Mixing the vulgar with the vulnerable, the tasteless with real sweetness, the movie tries hard to stay loose and easy, never leaning too hard…

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Review of The Music Lovers (1971)

By Jake C (820) on 24 Oct 2018

Ostensibly like Tchaikovsky's own (and especially later) music, the film vacillates wildly in tone, shifting from scenes of intense and serious…

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Review of Street Fighter (1993)

By Jake C (820) on 23 Oct 2018

Failed at just about everything it attempted to do a sort of unintentional comedy without any good jokes perhaps watch it if you're a hardcore…

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Review of Street Fighter (1994)

By Jake C (820) on 23 Oct 2018

Failed at just about everything it attempted to do a sort of unintentional comedy without any good jokes perhaps watch it if you're a hardcore…

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Review of Romancing the Stone (1984)

By Jake C (820) on 23 Oct 2018

With one of the great fake-out openings, the movie starts out on clever, sly, fresh footing-but quickly slips into more generic fare, losing…

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