Reviews
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The Amityville Horror, 2005 directed by Andrew Douglas Rating: 2/10 When I was first getting into horror movies, this was one of the ones I watched most often so I bought it hoping that it would hold up at least a little bit. It definitely isn’t the worst thing I’ve ever seen, but a lot
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The Amityville Horror 1973, directed by Stuart Rosenberg Rating: 8/10 When I was a teenager getting into horror movies, this was one that I really disliked—I thought it was boring and slow and not as scary as the book or as much campy fun as the remake. However, I am now much older and I
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Made in U.S.A 1966, directed by Jean-Luc Godard Rating: 1/10 I love Jean-Luc Godard’s other films I have seen (which isn’t many, but still!) and I love bright colors, so when I bought this movie based off the DVD cover, I thought I would love it. I’ve watched it a few times now, and no
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Loving 2016, directed by Jeff Nichols Rating: 10/10 Jeff Nichols’s directorial style is definitely on the slow side, and so I can see why a lot of people don’t love his movies, but I really do. He is one of my favorite directors, and Loving, his movie about Richard and Mildred Loving and the 1967 Supreme
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Phone Booth 2002, directed by Joel Schumacher Rating: 7/10 This movie has the potential to be a cheesy B-movie that is entertaining in the moment but easily forgettable once it’s over. However, so many people worked together to raise this movie above what it seems, and the result is stylish and fun, even if it’s
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Dark Waters 2019, directed by Todd Haynes Rating: 8/10 Todd Haynes is one of my favorite directors, so this movie surprised me with how tame it feels compared to many of his other films. Still, he manages to take what could be a stodgy film and make it stand out from most of the crowd.
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Isabella 2020, directed by Matías Piñeiro Rating: 9/10 Matías Piñeiro’s Shakespeare films (adaptations? homages? companion texts?) really fascinate me. Each (at least of those I have seen) is named after one (or two, in the case of Hermia & Helena) of Shakespeare’s female characters, and features actors in the modern day working through the play text
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Vantage Point 2008, directed by Pete Travis Rating: 4/10 I applaud this movie for the idea of doing a modern political thriller with current technology in the style of Rashomon, both because that movie is a classic and because I love paranoid political thrillers with assassination plotlines (looking at you Manchurian Candidate, and Parallax View, and too many
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Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970, directed by Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, and Kinji Rukasaku Rating: 9/10 I’ve owned this movie for a while, and have been meaning to watch it for even longer. It’s been a blind spot that I knew one day I would fix, if I could just make the time for a 2.5
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16 Days of Glory 1985, directed by Bud Greenspan Rating: 10/10 There are 54 films (including shorts) in the Criterion Collection’s 100 Years of Olympic Films 1912-2012 boxset, and out of all of them, my favorite is Bud Greenspan’s 16 Days of Glory which captures the athletic feats at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. At 285 minutes,
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