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Now see here, my good man. For the last half hour you've been saying goodbye and staying on. I wish you'd say 'How do you do' and go!

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Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In 2024

★★ Watched 05 Dec 2024

I dunno. I'd rather watch a movie.
Serpent's Path 2024

★★★★★ Watched 28 Nov 2024

From the original diptych I like Eyes of the Spider quite a lot more - it's the one where the revenge act gives way to Yakuza ennui, as if taking one of Takeshi Kitano's gangster films, flaying it open, and leaving it out to dry. The Serpent's Path (Hebi no michi, 1998) is by no means not a good film, but, apart from a few moments here and there (like the thin woman who walks with a cane that also…

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My Darling Clementine 1946

★★★★★ Rewatched 21 Aug 2022

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★★★★★ Rewatched 27 Apr 2022

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