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Showing posts with label Capsule Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Capsule Reviews. Show all posts
Saturday, July 31, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 31, 2021

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The Day the Sky Exploded ( 1958 ) – Widely regarded as the first ever Italian science fiction film, The Day the Sky Exploded (released...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 29, 2021

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Blonde Venus ( 1932 ) - Josef von Sternberg’s Blonde Venus created headaches for the MPAAD before the cameras even started rolling. Ma...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 27, 2021

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Cataclysm ( 1980 ) – Also released as The Nightmare Never Ends , this cinematic dreck had three different directors, which might explai...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 25, 2021

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Leningrad Cowboys Go America ( 1989 ) - A Finnish musical / comedy directed by Aki Kaurismaki, Leningrad Cowboys Go America is a road ...
Friday, July 23, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 23, 2021

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Host ( 2020 ) – Along with its many strengths, director Rob Savage’s Host will also one day serve as the perfect time capsule, showing...
Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 21, 2021

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The Dark and the Wicked ( 2020 ) –With their elderly father on the brink of death, Louise (Marin Ireland) and her brother Michael (Mich...
Monday, July 19, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 19, 2021

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Gretel & Hansel ( 2020 ) – Oz Perkins, who also directed the excellent 2015 film The Blackcoat’s Daughter , breathes new life into ...
Saturday, July 17, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 17, 2021

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9th Company ( 2005 ) – Based on a true story, 9th Company is set in the late 1980s, and follows a collection of Soviet soldiers from b...
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 15, 2021

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Brotherhood of the Wolf ( 2001 ) A French action movie about a secret society and the monster they unleash on a small village. Set in...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 13, 2021

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Birds of Passage ( 2018 ) Set in the Wayu-controlled region of Columbia, Birds of Passage spans two decades (the 1960s to the 1980s)...
Sunday, July 11, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 11, 2021

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The Elephant Man ( 1980 ) David Lynch directed this black and white period film inspired by a true story. John Merrick (John Hurt) is...
Friday, July 9, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 9, 2021

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68 Kill ( 2017 ) A risqué, sometimes flat-out offensive, but oh-so entertaining comedy / crime film written and directed by Trent Haag...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 7, 2021

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Alone ( 2020 ) A remake of the 2011 Swedish film Gone , Alone gets off to an incredibly tense start; hoping to get on with her life ...
Monday, July 5, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 5, 2021

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Alice ( 1988 ) This 1988 Czechoslovakian film is a unique take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland . Combining live-a...
Saturday, July 3, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 3, 2021

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Apollo 11 ( 2019 ) Director Todd Douglas Miller’s engrossing documentary took me deeper into the July 1969 moon landing than any film...
Thursday, July 1, 2021

Capsule Reviews - July 1, 2021

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The Aviator ( 2004 ) A biopic on the life of millionaire Howard Hughes, Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator has a lot going for it, not th...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Capsule Reviews - Films of the 1950s

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Three movies from the 1950s 1. The Alligator People ( 1959 ) You hear the title, and it brings to mind a certain kind of film; a l...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

Capsule Reviews - Nordic Horror

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Five movies from Europe’s northern regions that will get your pulse pounding! 1. Antichrist ( 2009 ) So what kind of movie is dir...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Capsule Reviews - Sept. 24, 2020

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A random selection of films 1. Come And See ( 1985 ) This 1985 Russian film is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. Set in the ...