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One Million Years B.C.
So utterly ridiculous on so many levels it’s practically adorable. →
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The Lost Boys
Actually perfect. →
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Welcome to Me
Dark comic piece from Kristen Wiig about a woman with borderline personality disorder winning the lottery. Funny but painful. →
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Red Desert
Bleak and oppressive Antonioni piece that’s probably a great choice if you’re in the mood for something bleak and oppressive. →
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High-Rise
All style and no substance. Could have said so much about the problems of modern living, instead said nothing at all. →
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Ghostbusters (2016)
I haven’t wanted to be a Ghostbuster this much since the early 90s. →
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The Birds
Obviously brilliant, but also worth noting for one of my favourite Big Train sketches. →
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Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
The amazing title by far the best thing, but it’s still a solid bit of Italian schlock. →
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The Man Who Wasn’t There
Great-looking Coen brothers noir with equally great performances. Story feels a little undercooked, but it gets by. →
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The Spanish Prisoner
So-so drama showing how easily someone can be tricked into betrayal, especially if they’re the stupidest man alive. →
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The Fifth Element
So ‘90s and European I can’t help but love it all the more, given recent events. Even Ruby Rhod seems more tolerable. →
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Leon
Wonderful for so many reasons — cast, script, cinematography, soundtrack — but also just for Gary Oldman's "EVERYONE!" rendition. →
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Moulin Rouge
Watched for maybe the thousandth time, because I can can can. →
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Bang Gang
Vacuous teenage drama. →
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Nice Guys
A little looser and flabbier than some of Shane Black’s other films, but still brilliant. Great sight gags, fun performances. →
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Family Plot
Hitchcock’s last film, a fun comedy thriller in which wild-eyed Bruce Dern gives a great wild-eyed Bruce Dern performance. →
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Bridge of Spies
Fine, I guess, but lacking in the sort of depth, complexity and tension you might get from, say, a John Le Carre adaptation. →
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Tangerines
Perfect little story about overcoming prejudice and moving past differences. Strongly performed, genuinely moving. →
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Rope
An important lesson on the importance of not panicking when you think you’ve been caught out. →
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Vertigo
A lurid story of obsession, manipulation and fear that seemed somehow appropriate right now. →