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Review of Onibaba (1964)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 12 Jun 2008

Set in in a swamp 14th century Japan, this very sensual, almost silent black and white movie has a unique, primal, almost mythical atmosphere…

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Review of The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 11 Jun 2008

An Irish fairy tale. It's virtually perfect…

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Review of Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 06 Jun 2008

Set in a fantasy version of our own world, somewhere between 1899 (when the Eiffel Tower was completed) and 1901 (when Queen Victoria died),…

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Review of Invaders from Mars (1953)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 03 Jun 2008

This totally implausible film about an alien invasion has a few fine moments, especially in its first part, but it degenerates into a series…

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Review of Strings (2015)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 03 Jun 2008

Puppet movies are much too rare as a genre and every time I get a chance to see one, I take it (I've just bought a copy of Legend of the Sacred…

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Review of Brenda Starr (1989)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 03 Jun 2008

Brenda Starr is a really bad TV movie, except for the great period costume designs by Peggy Farrell, who also worked on the Young Indiana Jones…

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Review of Casualties of War (1989)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 03 Jun 2008

This is a film I only watched once, and I may never see it again in my life…

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Review of Strings (2004)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 03 Jun 2008

Puppet movies are much too rare as a genre and every time I get a chance to see one, I take it (I've just bought a copy of Legend of the Sacred…

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Review of Hawk the Slayer (1980)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 02 Jun 2008

Hawk the Slayer is the kind of heroic fantasy film I would only watch if it were the last heroic fantasy film on Earth…

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Review of The Seventh Sign (1988)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 02 Jun 2008

Before my conversion, I thought this was a Christian movie, and I would have rated it five stars because of the emotional impact it had on…

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Review of The King of Masks (1995)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 30 May 2008

Superb story and good acting. This is a real tear jerker that really hits your core. Highly recommended…

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Review of The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 30 May 2008

Yuki Yukite shingun is one of the most gripping documentaries I have ever seen…

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Review of Body Double (1984)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 29 May 2008

This film was my absolute favorite back in the 1980s…

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Review of Phenomena (1985)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 28 May 2008

I think this may well be the best movie Argento ever made, and given the way he is going, he is not likely to make a better one any time soon…

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Review of Isolation (2005)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 28 May 2008

I bought a very cheap copy of this movie, which I had never heard of, because it had won the Grand Prix at the French Gerardmer Film Festival,…

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Review of Christine (1963)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 27 May 2008

2 greats on 1 movie. Stephen King and John Carpenter…

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Review of Somewhere in Time (1980)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 27 May 2008

This is my all time fav movie. Christopher is young and handsome I love the final act with him and Jane together in the hotel room…

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Review of Christine (1983)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 27 May 2008

2 greats on 1 movie. Stephen King and John Carpenter…

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Review of Christine (1958)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 27 May 2008

2 greats on 1 movie. Stephen King and John Carpenter…

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Review of Wallis & Edward (2005)

By Jean-Francois V (150) on 27 May 2008

I like Royal history dramas. Most of you will probably find them boring. Well let me tell you, this one bored me, and that's saying alot…

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