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Review of The Lighthouse (2006)

By Mike M (2,387) on 20 May 2011

Maria Saakyan's autobiographical debut is a visual gem, echoing the works of past Russian masters like Tarkovsky and Paradjanov, and these…

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Review of Paper Mask (1990)

By Mike M (2,387) on 17 May 2011

Apt that this - one of Film on Four's more commercially minded endeavours from the turn of the 90s - should return to circulation at a moment…

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Review of Eat Pray Love (2010)

By Mike M (2,387) on 14 May 2011

What's his name is a great actor but Julia Roberts has been bamboo under my fingernails since Pretty Woman. A great movie for people with vaginas…

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Review of The Final Countdown (1980)

By Mike M (2,387) on 14 May 2011

See this movie. Not for the acting or the cinematography but for the story. Pay careful attention to the end…

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Review of The Blues Brothers (1980)

By Mike M (2,387) on 14 May 2011

Classic. Funny. Hilarious. The memorable one-liner meter broke. Over 100 cars gave the ultimate sacrifice for this movie. Watch it more than once…

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Review of Sugar Daddies (1927)

By Mike M (2,387) on 07 May 2011

Another of L&H's silent shorts with not a single bowler hat in sight, and where the roles attached to the leads still hadn't been set in stone…

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Review of Armadillo (2010)

By Mike M (2,387) on 02 May 2011

A chilly, problematic film - part outright horror, part detached, Dogme-infused study of the kinds of interpersonal dysfunction that can come…

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Review of Life, Above All (2010)

By Mike M (2,387) on 01 May 2011

A superbly acted and directed film. The story is heartwarming. The young girls' acting is amazing. Highly recommend. (Another Ebertfest pick)…

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Review of Rabbit Hole (2010)

By Mike M (2,387) on 01 May 2011

A quiet, moving piece of cinema. For me, it's Kidman's best work yet…

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Review of How I Ended This Summer (2010)

By Mike M (2,387) on 30 Apr 2011

A slow, disturbing & very tense two-hander set around a Russian Arctic research station where two researchers are engaged in a slow, subtle…

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Review of Seven Samurai (1954)

By Mike M (2,387) on 29 Apr 2011

One of my all time favorite movies, Seven Samurai is a work of great candor, heart and sensitivity…

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Review of Kill the Irishman (2011)

By Mike M (2,387) on 27 Apr 2011

If you are a fan of the genre, you'll like this. Based on a true story. Who knew Cleveland, OH was so much of a mob town…

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Review of Scream 3 (2000)

By Mike M (2,387) on 25 Apr 2011

Easily the most reviled entry in the Scream franchise, the truth is that Scream 3 isn't all that bad…

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Review of Scream 2 (1997)

By Mike M (2,387) on 25 Apr 2011

Though it was rushed into production (released just one year after the genre-busting original), Scream 2 was a shockingly good sequel--in my…

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Review of Gettysburg (1993)

By Mike M (2,387) on 24 Apr 2011

Good historical drama in time 4 the 150th anniversy of the civil war. all star cast in this pet project from the mouth of the south…

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Review of The Scenesters (2009)

By Mike M (2,387) on 22 Apr 2011

An interesting movie about making a movie. It also adds amurder mystery and romance to make it interersting…

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Review of Pina (2011)

By Mike M (2,387) on 20 Apr 2011

Achieves its best effects transplanting these pieces from the stage to the sundappled forests, traffic islands and industrial zones of Pina's…

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Review of Animal Kingdom (2010)

By Mike M (2,387) on 19 Apr 2011

Outstanding movie - an at times almost unbearable sense of tension and menace permeates all the performances…

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Review of Shallow Ground (2005)

By Mike M (2,387) on 19 Apr 2011

Well made and kinda messed up. cool idea once you figure out whats going on…

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Review of Norwegian Wood (2010)

By Mike M (2,387) on 16 Apr 2011

Except for NaokoÂ?, the other characters are within my expectation of their image…

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