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Rose Hobart 1936

★★½ Watched 13 Dec 2024

Copyright infringement as a genre
The Man Who Would Be King 1975

★★★½ Watched 12 Dec 2024

An entertaining buddy adventure of a couple of white dudes with delusions of grandeur. For whatever reason, I was expecting something more serious, so the comedic tone (particularly in the first half) threw me off initially. However, it's not unlike movies such as Barry Lyndon or Parasite where you first watch a successful con that eventually completely falls apart. It helps that the two characters are quite likable despite how scummy they actually are, and Connery and Caine have great bromance chemistry.

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The Substance 2024

★★★★½ Watched 13 Sep 2024

TIFF 2024 #10
Truly fucking insane, like if Cronenberg and Verhoeven co-directed Black Swan but even that doesn't do it justice. In recent years, it seems like women directors have far more balls within the horror space. As someone with a pretty strong stomach for this sorta thing, it's impressive how much of a reaction it got out of me. Even by body horror standards, this is an extremely physical movie, with uncomfortably close close-ups and sounds that are disgustingly…
Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949

★★★★½ Watched 07 Dec 2024

Unironically the best hitman movie, with razor-sharp dialogue and perfect pacing. The dark humour has plenty of bite, even by today's standards. The kills were clever, varied, and perfectly suited to each victim. Despite how deplorable of a character Louis is, so full of entitlement and hypocrisy, it's amazing how the movie kept me on "his side" the entire time by showing just the right amount of humanity. The way they used Alec Guinness to play the whole family was…

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