LOL Highlight of the film! 
though not a member of the Tarantino fan club, I really enjoyed this one - and I’ve actually seen it 3 times to date. The screaming assassin at the end pissed me off though, enough to lose a whole point. 8/10 from me also.
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I loved Once Upon a Time… I even watched it a second time within a few days. Really great
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- Kubrick: Eyes Wide Shut 9/10
- Stevens: Swing Time 6/10
- Zahler: Bone Tomahawk 8/10
- Kar-Wai: Days of Being Wild 7/10
- Crosland: Jazz Singer 6/10
- Kar-Wai: The Grandmaster 8/10
- Malle: Au revoir les enfants 9/10
- Romitelli: Chapaqua’s Gold 5/10
- Green: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (doc) 8/10
- Cocteau: Testament of Orpheus (cinema) 8/10
The Beast Within (1982) - Philippe Mora who also directed Mad Dog Morgan, Communion & Howling II + 3. Surprised at such a generally low rating for this film. Its directed very well, has a lot of brooding atmosphere and just feels like a serious thriller despite its strange plot. A real sleeper.
Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter (1974) - total disappointment… don’t understand how such a bad movie was made with so many cool things going for it. By the scene in the bar where Kronos slices the throats of the baddies samurai / spaghetti style, I thought I was going to love it, but no, the film just drags on as a total bore. By 20 min left I didn’t want to finish it and at 8 min left I finally turned it off during the swordfight. You know its bad when you shut it down with just 8 minutes left and even a glass of whiskey can’t help
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
There seems to be a lot of fan uproar about this movie being the worst in the franchise - I don’t get what the problem is … it’s a sci-fi adventure movie with extraordinary CGI, rousing music and a storyline which is no better or worse than the others in the series.
I’m not a big fan of these films, even as kid, seeing the first one, I enjoyed it for what it was but wasn’t overwhelmed. Perhaps ‘Super Fans’ believe they could do better ? … but you’re never going to satisfy everyone - I watched this with no great expectations or pre-conceptions, so maybe that’s a good way to approach it, as it I found it very entertaining.
The Invisible Man (Whannell, 2019)
Run of the mill modern horror flick with jump scares. Stick to the 1933 version.
I had the same feelings about most of the recent Star Wars remakes. I enjoyed Solo & Last Jedi quite a bit, and both were hated by the super-fans. I find the whole Star Wars fan culture pretty obnoxious TBH
Saw the trailer for that a while back and thought it looked terrible
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Saw the thriller as well. Made me want to see Verhoeven’s The Hollow Man again
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It may aswell have been a Paranormal Activity sequel at times.
- Gainsbourg: Je t’aime moi non plus 7/10
- Deschanel: The Escape Artist 5/10
- Almodovar: Flower of my Secret 7/10
- Franco: Bahia Blanca 6/10
- Leone: Once Upon a Time in a America 10/10
- D’Amato: Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade 6/10
- Muratova: The Tuner 7/10
- Marshall & McCarey: Pack Up Your Troubles 6/10
- Truffaut: 400 Blows 8/10
- Franco: Ilsa the Wicked Warden 7/10
The Wailing.
Holy shitsnacks… that is one hell of a movie. It will leave a mark on your soul
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The Taking of the Pelham 123 (2009, Tony Scott)
The Pelham is taken once again. Tony Scott’s movie is an update of the 1974 adaptation rather than a new adaptation of the novel by John Gody: it doesn’t try to translate the narrative techniques of the novel (which is told from more than 30 perspectives) but instead concentrates on the two lead characters, played by John Travolta and Denzel Washington.
Travolta is the criminal mastermind hijacking the Pelham, Denzel Washington the subway dispatcher negotiating with him. I remember that the 1974 was very good (and that the novel was sublime); this new version is not on the same level, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad: Travolta and Washington both turn in decent performances, even if Travolta overplays his part a little (but he does so deliberately, I guess) and Scott’s trademark hyperkinetic style of film making (frenetic editing, show-off camerawork, etc.) suits the material rather well. I enjoyed it for what it is, a flash-over-substance action-thriller, fast & furious, but if you haven’t seen either version, pick the one from 1974 (there seems to be a thrird version, made for TV, but I’m not familiar with it)
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I stopped the DVD after 10 minutes or so because the subtitles were too small for me to read them (and I don’t understand a word Korean). Usually releases from movies from the Far East have a dubbed version in a language I know (German or English), but this one unfortunately only had the original language track
Subtitles on my BluRay were fine. Some players let u tweak their size also
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 
The kind of art movie that gives art movies a bad name
The only good parts were the Joe Bob Briggs interludes on Shudder
I dug it a lot
I’m exaggerating a bit, there were some things I liked about it and a few cool scenes… but ultimately these good aspects felt like low grade imitations of other movies, and seems like they would not hold up to repeated viewings as far as sustaining a lasting impression.
There just wasn’t enough there to make it worth coming back to, and only enough to make it somewhat interesting the first time
Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec
Loosely based on the comic books of Tardi which I like. The movie does not impress nor bore me out. Just fun and entertainment. Specilaly at the end when the mummies are brought to live. Not scary but entertaining mummies this time.
Dawn by Law (1986) Jum Jarmuch
Talking about art house movies, this one is great. Tom Waits is a great musician but als a good actor.
Good memories from this one
4 out of 5