Watched and Learned: My Take on Films from Whenever and Wherever

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

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A horror movie about making a horror movie? When I first heard about this, it sounded halfway comical, yet it clearly wasn't played for ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Warm Bodies (2013)

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See the pattern in my reviews of late? I've gone from a straightforward zombie movie to a semi-comedic one to an even less serious, if...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

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OK, I had another reason that I didn't previously specify for watching Dawn of the Dead : to prepare myself for this. On that score, how...
Friday, October 9, 2020

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

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When I watched Night of the Living Dead  as a teen, I thought it was the worst movie I'd ever seen. Since then, I've built up a bit ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Under the Shadow (2016)

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Hmm, a purportedly feminist mid-2010s horror-drama in Farsi, with a director who's part Iranian and part British, faring moderately on I...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

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I had seen only two Charlie Chaplin movies that were not even partly silent: The Great Dictator  and Limelight . They were about on par with...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)

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This is the first and more popular of only two productions by Studio Ponoc, a breakaway from Studio Ghibli. The company was not yet trying t...
Friday, September 25, 2020

Dogville (2003)

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Had I paid more attention, I would not have chased the weirdest David Lynch movie I've seen with a Lars von Trier piece. Still, this wa...
Sunday, September 20, 2020

Lost Highway (1997)

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My previous familiarity with David Lynch was actually pretty diverse: The Elephant Man (very good), Blue Velvet (gruesome but admirable), ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Reversal of Fortune (1990)

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The case depicted herein was before my time. I wasn't even sure at first that the movie was based on a true story. Fortunately, I've...
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