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People who added this item 1634 Average listal rating (1165 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 7.8
12/24/15

Directed by: J.J. Abrams

I don't know much about Star Wars but this feels like an authentic Star Wars film and its fun, even with all the pandering to fans. Wish I didn't have to see it in 3D because the movie probably looked really good.

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People who added this item 75 Average listal rating (34 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 7.5
Time Masters (1982)
12/16/15

Directed by: René Laloux

Definitely a cool movie with great ideas throughout but it does feel a bit like things just happening. The end really tied it together though, even if it was pretty sudden. Obviously it looked great and the soundtrack was rad too.

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People who added this item 719 Average listal rating (521 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 5.8
Cobra (1986)
12/12/15

Directed by: George P. Cosmatos

Every action scene more than delivers and its pretty much 100% action scenes.

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People who added this item 132 Average listal rating (77 ratings) 6.1 IMDB Rating 6.7
12/09/15

Directed by: Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Extremely cheesy but the animation, colours & character designs were really awesome. Definitely hindered by a very weak plot though and there's not enough substance in other areas to fully make up for it.

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People who added this item 125 Average listal rating (68 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.3
12/09/15

Directed by: Eiichi Yamamoto

Because of the nature of this film there are parts that seem a bit goofy and the pacing is obviously weird but the art and visual ideas are marvelous as well as the soundtrack. This movie is beautiful.

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People who added this item 244 Average listal rating (165 ratings) 6 IMDB Rating 6.1
12/08/15

Directed by: Gaspar Noé

The obvious standouts of the film are the framing, lighting, score & cinematography (no surprise) but this film does have a surprising amount of heart and strong feelings of both love and regret, though it may be a little too in your face for some. I enjoyed the "heart on his sleeve" approach and the story structure definitely worked to the films advantage this time around (unlike Irreversible) and is definitely Noé's strongest film to date (of the one's I've seen that is).

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People who added this item 31 Average listal rating (26 ratings) 5.6 IMDB Rating 5.5
12/08/15

Directed by: Takashi Miike

Starts out downright terrible but once the main "plot" starts it does get passably entertaining and actually pretty damn funny.

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People who added this item 1760 Average listal rating (979 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 6.8
12/03/15

Directed by: Terrence Malick

I'm not going to get into "meaning" or anything like that because I don't know dick-diddly about that sort of thing (nor do I typically care to) but in terms of an experience; the mood, atmosphere and feels are wonderful and obviously the beautiful cinematography and soundtrack add to that greatly. I enjoyed not being subjected to another lame "narrative" and got to just "feel" a film for two plus hours.

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People who added this item 37 Average listal rating (18 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.3
12/01/15

Directed by: Shuji Terayama

Another cool movie from Terayama but its so similar in tone to Pastoral but I can't help but find this short film a little pointless. This also has a kick-ass soundtrack though.

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11/30/15

Directed by: Shuji Terayama

Wasn't sure how I felt about the first half (leaning towards good) but the second half changed it up and really put things in perspective and I thought the points it was making were really neat. On top of that there is cool imagery and an amazing soundtrack. I like it.

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People who added this item 15 Average listal rating (9 ratings) 5.2 IMDB Rating 5.3
Organ (1996)
11/29/15

Directed by: Kei Fujiwara

It's weird and all that (and I do like weird) but this is so ineptly conceived and executed, as well as boring, that its just impossible to care about anything. It's not like there isn't some neat ideas here, but that's why its so frustrating, because this movie makes them really really dumb ideas. Doesn't help that this was filmed on a potato by seemingly a high schooler. Just painful. Sometimes the music is ok though.

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10/16/15

Directed by: Nobuhiro Doi

Watched this on a plane. Certainly cliche but is charming enough.

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People who added this item 61 Average listal rating (24 ratings) 5 IMDB Rating 5.2
Jug Face (2013)
10/14/15

Directed by: Chad Crawford Kinkle

A neat premise with good atmosphere and a great score but tainted by some poor technical aspects and without spoiling anything, one character that really should have been cut out entirely.

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People who added this item 905 Average listal rating (583 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.7
Candyman (1992)
10/10/15

Directed by: Bernard Rose

A movie from the 90's based on urban legend and has twists and its NOT cheesy? But seriously, this film is a really smart deconstruction of urban legend and is a bit meta in its themes. Even without the great concept, its still a very well paced film that's quite entertaining. The ending is a little confused in what it wants the tone to be but that's a pretty mild gripe.



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People who added this item 577 Average listal rating (356 ratings) 6.4 IMDB Rating 6.3
10/09/15

Directed by: Wes Craven

A simple premise that's well executed and doesn't waste much time. Nice.

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People who added this item 8 Average listal rating (6 ratings) 5.2 IMDB Rating 5.4
Teketeke (2009)
10/06/15

Directed by: Kôji Shiraishi

A generic J-Horror that at a brisk 70 minutes cuts out all the mystery and also anything interesting. It's whatever.

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People who added this item 66 Average listal rating (27 ratings) 6 IMDB Rating 6.1
10/05/15

Directed by: Donald Cammell

What the fuck was any of that. Some funny scenes, especially towards the end make it somewhat bearable.

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People who added this item 317 Average listal rating (205 ratings) 4.4 IMDB Rating 3.8
10/04/15

Directed by: Tom Six

I don't really have much to say. It's pretty bad and not a whole lot of thought went into the concept it seems, though it strikes me more as just "whatever" than out and out bad.

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10/04/15

Directed by: Bruno Forzani & Hélène Cattet

Intentionally confusing and vague though there is enough interesting ideas to make it entertaining. Some cheesy moments and better cameras would have really helped with their high-gloss approach but overall its still pretty neat. These guys should probably attempt to step away from the whole giallo thing after this. I'd be curious about the results.

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People who added this item 439 Average listal rating (297 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 6.8
The Brood (1979)
10/03/15

Directed by: David Cronenberg

Really jumbled and random for most of it and not especially good but the end tied everything together and got somewhat cool. Also Howard Shore's soundtrack was terribly cheesy in all the wrong ways.

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People who added this item 207 Average listal rating (137 ratings) 6.7 IMDB Rating 6.4
The Burning (1981)
10/03/15

Directed by: Tony Maylam

Other than Tom Savini's excellent effects, this movie is super basic and has no sense of pacing whatsoever.

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People who added this item 721 Average listal rating (477 ratings) 4.5 IMDB Rating 4.4
10/02/15

Directed by: Tom Six

There are some legitimately good things about this movie and I think its a cool premise but though I did like the very ending, there was a lot of dumb bullshit to get to that point.

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People who added this item 307 Average listal rating (172 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.2
09/20/15

Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami

A hard film to describe but it has excellent flow and is extremely interesting to watch unfold. For a film that questions the validity of originality, its pretty damn unique.


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People who added this item 1600 Average listal rating (976 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 7.3
09/15/15

Directed by: Ted Berman, Richard Rich & Art Stevens

What's pacing? It did get better though.

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09/08/15

Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman

Really dumb plot and almost entirely back story. Felt extremely long. A few good songs but that's about it.

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People who added this item 43 Average listal rating (19 ratings) 6.5 IMDB Rating 6.5
09/06/15

Directed by: Matthew Barney

Takes a while to get really interesting but when it does it is in fact really interesting and cool. The soundtrack by Bjork is fantastic (of course) and there is some immensely great imagery.

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People who added this item 19 Average listal rating (9 ratings) 7 IMDB Rating 6.8
Cremaster 5 (1997)
09/05/15

Directed by: Matthew Barney

One of the more simple entries in the Cremaster series but the camera work was definitely a bit of an upgrade from the the ones that came before it (4 & 1) and I enjoyed the imagery and the more accessible story.

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People who added this item 757 Average listal rating (413 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.2
09/04/15

Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowski

Part 1 is pretty damn amazing but part 2, though continuing part one in a way that makes enough sense, is so tonally different and considerably less interesting. It's appropriate given the themes for this to happen but it does leave the second half somewhat underwhelming.


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People who added this item 31 Average listal rating (21 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 6.9
08/23/15

Directed by: Jacques Rivette

Disappointing

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People who added this item 270 Average listal rating (124 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.1
08/19/15

Directed by: Todd Haynes

A pleasant enough film with a nice, simple score and some good pacing. Do not regret the blind buy.

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People who added this item 351 Average listal rating (255 ratings) 6.9 IMDB Rating 7
08/13/15

Directed by: Joel Edgerton

Hits all the psychological thriller checkpoints. Uninspired and uninteresting.

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People who added this item 114 Average listal rating (76 ratings) 5.5 IMDB Rating 5.9
08/11/15

Directed by: Matthias Hoene

Absurdly cliche with very few entertaining bits.

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People who added this item 377 Average listal rating (225 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.8
08/07/15

Directed by: Jacques Tati

An incredibly ambitious and impressive film that's smart clever and funny though some parts feel too meticulously crafted to feel as whimsical as it wants and at times feels more like an exercise than a piece of art. Still a greatly entertaining movie.

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People who added this item 156 Average listal rating (87 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.1
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
07/31/15

Directed by: Seijun Suzuki

I love the sets, the lighting and the music, but the writing is awful and some of the editing is really strange. The finale earned it back a lot of points.

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People who added this item 115 Average listal rating (60 ratings) 5.4 IMDB Rating 5.1
Trash Humpers (2011)
07/31/15

Directed by: Harmony Korine

I don't care how bad it is its interesting and entertaining as hell. Good fucking time.

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People who added this item 243 Average listal rating (171 ratings) 7.3 IMDB Rating 7.3
Force Majeure (2014)
07/28/15

Directed by: Ruben Östlund

Great looking movie with some funny moments and some great commentary on the role and expectation of males in our society.

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People who added this item 56 Average listal rating (40 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 7.4
07/27/15

Directed by: Takashi Yamazaki & Ryuichi Yagi

There's a few moments that fall flat, usually jokes, but the heart and emotion are so strong and the story works surprisingly well considering its based on 4 separate short stories. I kind of love this movie.

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People who added this item 38 Average listal rating (17 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7.2
Duelle (1976)
07/25/15

Directed by: Jacques Rivette

I really love Rivette's portrayal of the supernatural and just how he doesn't explain things, just shows them. Another really cool and interesting film from him.

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People who added this item 105 Average listal rating (55 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 7
07/24/15

Directed by: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky

Can't properly review it because the screening I was at had an absurd amount of technical problems (inconsistent frame rate, darkness, pixelated video). I'm not really into bleak, eastern European cinema but this had some cool scenes. A bit hard to follow with the sign-language gimmick and all but it was decent.

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People who added this item 1372 Average listal rating (945 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.6
07/22/15

Directed by: George Miller

More 80's cheese than you can shake a stick at (the good kind).

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People who added this item 214 Average listal rating (86 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 7.5
07/21/15

Directed by: Jacques Rivette

The deliberate and meticulously planned cinematography is impressive and beautiful to look at but that, as well as the very focused script, constrain La Belle Noiseuse to being just a film and lacks the playfulness or freedom to reach beyond that. That being said, I do think I missed some things towards the end that stepped outside of my previous criticism. Overall an enjoyable, though not specifically rewarding, experience.

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People who added this item 725 Average listal rating (524 ratings) 6.8 IMDB Rating 6.8
07/13/15

Directed by: David Robert Mitchell

A nice looking film with a nice, old-school kind of story and a pretty nice soundtrack. It's also kind of dull and cliche at points.

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07/13/15

Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski

Red boasts a better, though more plain story than the others in the series, that still manages to be more interesting than White and Blue put together. The best one.

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People who added this item 878 Average listal rating (499 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 7.6
07/11/15

Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski

Kind of dull but has its moments. Another nice score but it doesn't compare to Blue's and I really missed the visual flair of Blue as well.

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People who added this item 1287 Average listal rating (726 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 7.9
07/10/15

Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski

It's pretty neat from a technical stand point but the story is just not at all interesting. Fortunately the pacing and soundtrack are really good and there's enough nifty shots to keep me more or less entertained throughout.

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People who added this item 1607 Average listal rating (1220 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 8.1
Inside Out (2015)
06/28/15

Directed by: Pete Docter & Ronaldo Del Carmen

The plot with the girl had potential but the shit with the emotions getting lost was so poorly handled and wound up being obscenely bland. There's like 3 different stories and none of them are given enough screen time to be properly developed, making it impossible to become emotionally attached. Mostly awful but at least the score was good.

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People who added this item 65 Average listal rating (33 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 7.5
06/26/15

Directed by: Kihachi Okamoto

The end was decent but the rest was just a slog with way too much dialog containing nothing of interest.

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People who added this item 710 Average listal rating (417 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 7.9
06/14/15

Directed by: Federico Fellini

Impressive as hell and really fun.

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06/13/15

Directed by: John Ford

Suffers from a bit of rushed pacing typical of films from this era but it otherwise a very enjoyable film.

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People who added this item 494 Average listal rating (280 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 7.5
06/09/15

Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard

The editing and music are amazing and Anna Karina is once again the most charming thing on two feet. I didn't need any more proof that Godard is the master but goddamn this is a good movie.

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