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Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Maria U (58) on 28 Jan 2012

Very engaging thriller with great cinematography and good pacing. Noomi Rapace is a force of nature as Lisbeth…

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Review of The Conspirator (2011)

By Maria U (58) on 02 Jan 2012

Yet another film that points out how justice is accomodated to serve the needs of the powerful…

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Review of Ed Wood (1994)

By Maria U (58) on 27 Dec 2011

Despite not knowing anything about the main character, this was the best movie I've seen about making bad movies…

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Review of It Happened One Night (1934)

By Maria U (58) on 19 Nov 2011

I had heard so much about this film, I thought it would be another of those over-hyped sacred cows. But what a delightful movie…

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Review of It Happened One Night (1958)

By Maria U (58) on 19 Nov 2011

I had heard so much about this film, I thought it would be another of those over-hyped sacred cows. But what a delightful movie…

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Review of Fair Game (2010)

By Maria U (58) on 17 Nov 2011

Good movie. Sean Penn is always a magnificent actor…

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Review of A Better Life (2011)

By Maria U (58) on 05 Nov 2011

This is a very realistic social drama with its heart in the right place…

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Review of Le Samouraï (1967)

By Maria U (58) on 05 Nov 2011

Not only Alain Delon looks super cool in his trench coat and stylish hat, but this is a very artistic crime drama film, very noirish in its…

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Review of Cabaret (1972)

By Maria U (58) on 01 Nov 2011

Life is a cabaret, old chum…

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Review of Cabaret (1993)

By Maria U (58) on 01 Nov 2011

Life is a cabaret, old chum…

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Review of Cabaret (1981)

By Maria U (58) on 01 Nov 2011

Life is a cabaret, old chum…

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Review of Barney's Version (2010)

By Maria U (58) on 31 Oct 2011

Beautiful story, beautiful film, and some of my favorite actors :D…

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Review of All That Heaven Allows (1955)

By Maria U (58) on 20 Oct 2011

This is a beautiful movie that needs to be watched within the context of the time that it was made, which also includes its melodamatic film…

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Review of Short Cuts (1993)

By Maria U (58) on 17 Oct 2011

This film is perfect in every way…

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Review of Serpico (1973)

By Maria U (58) on 30 Sep 2011

No wonder the 70's are regarded as the best decade in film. They don't make cop movies like this one anymore…

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Review of Forbidden games (2015)

By Maria U (58) on 28 Sep 2011

I highly recommend this film and consider it one of the most important foreign movies of the 1950's…

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Review of Of Gods and Men (2010)

By Maria U (58) on 25 Sep 2011

A beautifully shot, superbly acted film, let down only slightly by the sheer number of lengthy monk prayer songs that become an endurance test…

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Review of Animal Kingdom (2010)

By Maria U (58) on 16 Sep 2011

Dark and gritty Australian import about a family of crooks, people with very low and basic animal instincts…

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Review of Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

By Maria U (58) on 16 Sep 2011

I thoroughly enjoyed re-watching this great classic from the 1970's, and continue to be amazed at Al Pacino's range as an actor…

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Review of The Elephant Man (1980)

By Maria U (58) on 05 Sep 2011

Very much worth a viewing, but what a cringe-inducing and depressing film that's hard to stomach a second time around…

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