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DVDecember 2021 (38 movies items)

"First viewing - Dec. 4th Benedetta is a hell of a ride, a tale of faith & sexuality & love that perfectly suits Verhoeven's sensibilities. The cast is excellent all around & the attention to period details is spot on. I was captivated by the story & appreciated the way it allows the audience to draw our own conclusions as to whether our protagonist is what she claims or faking her way through it. I'm not sure it went deep enough to be great in my book, but it came close & I'd gladly watch it ag"

2021 movies - Personal review and Awards - (61 movies items)

"Notes: Eventually, the Dutch master didn’t disappoint, at least, not me as it turned out to be a massive Verhoeven festival. Indeed, he went pretty much all the way with some over-the-top hallucinations, violence, blood, full frontal nudity and some good old sex. Seriously, even if probably not everything did work, the whole thing was still seriously intense. Eventually, he gave us all the various ways anyone at the time might approach religion (as a real vocation, as a capitalist enterprise, "

MOVIES Watched in 2021 (175 movies items)

" Daphne Patakia & Virginie Efira"

“(USB) Great story, a kind of "The devils" of 2021, as much gore as depiction of fanatism. Somehow Verhoeven swap styles, from comic like medieval fantasies, to and action movie. But the story remains with its deep dilemmas...” read more