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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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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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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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Smithereens 1982, directed by Susan Sideman Rating: 10/10 The first time I saw this movie, I watched it three or four times within a week’s time. It’s been years since then, but this is still one of my favorite movies to just put in and become engrossed in. I love a romance about someone caught
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