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  • Ginger Snaps
  • Jaws
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  • Nickel Boys

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  • Duel

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  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

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  • The Shining

    The Shining 1980

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 17 Nov 2022

    Iconic as Nicholson's performance is and big as he goes, Wendy's the one really journeying into madness, Jack is insane from the beginning. Shelly Duvall carries the undertones of their turbulent relationship in the way she moves and tentatively tiptoes around Jack who looks for any excuse to blame her for his creative impotence and when he fully snaps, her reactive performance is just as terrifying.

  • Dragons Forever

    Dragons Forever 1988

    ★★★★ Rewatched 01 May 2023 1

    Yuen Biao: the thinking man's Jackie Chan.
    Sammo Hung: the drinking man's Yuen Biao.

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  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 03 Jan 2025

    Raiders really moves but towards the end there's a slight change in rhythm when Spielberg taps the brake, creating a momentary sense that the film is setting up for a possible anti climax. Then two faces melt and a head explodes and it's one of the greatest climaxes ever. The final image of the ark being put into storage with who knows what other treasures leaves you wanting a story for every item in those crates.

  • Duel

    Duel 1971

    ★★★★ Rewatched 03 Jan 2025

    I like to imagine Duel and Roadgames is the same story told from different perspectives; Dennis Weaver thinks he's being chased by a deranged truck driver and Stacy Keach is a truck driver who thinks he's chasing a serial killer and it's all just a big misunderstanding.

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  • Cube 2: Hypercube

    Cube 2: Hypercube 2002

    ★ Watched 03 Dec 2022

    Like Cube, but... Hyper, you know? Where doors are automatic instead of manual.

  • Prey

    Prey 2022

    ★★★★ Watched 05 Aug 2022

    The Predator's future may lie in the past, Prey brings some much needed quality to a franchise on its knees. I'd be very interested to see more of these set across different time periods; feudal Japan, ancient Egypt, Celtic Britain, Mesoamerica and Pirates or Nazis etc.

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