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Journey to Italy
A reverse Roman Holiday as a couple go on an Italian holiday together and discover they hate each other. A masterpiece. →
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The Long Good Friday
Absolutely perfect. Harold Shand is the quintessential confident man completely out of his depth. →
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Shivers
Cronenberg’s first film is cheap but brilliant. Disturbing, comical, grotesque. →
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Silverado
A strong cast can’t help this 80s Western feel like a 50s throwback. Nothing specifically bad about it, but it’s been surpassed. →
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Meek’s Cutoff
A bleak and haunting minimalist Western that’s just on the edge of oppressive. Pretty much flawless. →
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Detention
Actually the best horror sci-fi comedy romance teen-drama 90s homage you’ll ever see. →
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Charlie’s Angels
I un-ironically love it. Great villains, great soundtrack, fun fights, solid action, and Tim Curry. What’s not to like? →
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Jamaica Inn
Might not be classic Hitchcock but it’s a great restoration and Charles Laughton is at his Laughtoniest. Worth a Sunday watch. →
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Hellraiser: Hellworld
An implausibly-decent cast can’t save what’s fundamentally a mediocre teen slasher film with a Pinhead cameo. →
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Ghost in the Shell (2017)
A dull, perfunctory remake that does nothing and says nothing new. →
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Train to Busan
Remarkably solid Korean zombie flick. Claustrophobic, darkly comic, and train staff with a real sense of professionalism. →
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Idle Hands
A ‘90s stoner horror comedy that’s scare-free and laugh-free. Might have some nostalgia value if you were a ‘90s stoner. →
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La Femme Nikita
Wonderful in that 90s-hair, neon-lit, circular glasses, French way. →
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Being John Malkovich
I want to say it’s brilliant, but there’s something of the diminishing return about it. Maybe just one to watch once. →
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Source Code
Fun, exhilarating and deeply satisfying, even if the ending always feels a little bit of a cop-out to me. →
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Hellraiser: Deader
Marginally better than the previous couple of Hellraisers but still mostly worthless. I’m pity-watching at this point. →
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The Love Witch
A great example of the genre and style it’s throwing back to, I guess? Bored me senseless though. →
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American Beauty
Great film with great performances from all. Much more going on here than just the rose petal fantasies everyone remembers. →
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Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Another mediocre supernatural horror with Pinhead hastily patched into it. So forgettable I almost feel sorry for it. →
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Burying the Ex
A weak zombie comedy made retroactively notable by starring sadly-missed Anton Yelchin. Watchable, with low expectations. →