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The Wicker Man 1973

★★★★★ Rewatched 27 Sep 2023 7

Come. It is time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Man!

Tired of going to the same old places everybody goes?
Looking for an exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime holiday experience?
Come visit SUMMERISLE, a picturesque small island off the coast of Scotland, famous for its tasty apples, and so much more!
It won’t just be the attractive isle‘s bountiful harvest that will stop you in your tracks in amazement. You‘ll adore the delightful, traditional village with its inviting little shops that…
After Hours 1985

★★★★★ Rewatched 28 Jul 2023 10

On every film you suffer, but on some you really suffer.
Martin Scorsese
After his much anticipated King Of Comedy turned out to be a monumental flop, Scorsese must have really suffered. But if the low-scale, budget-reduced After Hours was supposed to be his atonement for that disappointment, it wouldn’t be Scorsese if it didn’t actually turn out to be something even wilder, stranger and more challenging. And boy, does he make his hero suffer.
This ultimate one-crazy-night story feels…

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You Can't Take It with You 1938

★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

People spend their whole lives building castles in the air and then nothing ever comes of it. I wonder why that is ? Well, it takes courage. Everybody’s afraid to live.

This Frank Capra directed screwball farce is based on a Pulitzer Prize winning play and was an immensely popular movie in its day, although now it’s rarely mentioned in the same breath as beloved Capra classics like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington or It’s A Wonderful Life. It actually…
The Kid from Brooklyn 1946

★★★ Watched 10 Mar 2025

- Come outside and let’s get a little air.
- We are outside.
- Don’t change the subject.

Hard to believe that comedian Danny Kaye was once considered one of Hollywood’s most popular and bankable movie stars and widely admired by audiences and fellow artists alike. All during the 40s and 50s his films were guaranteed moneymakers, which makes it all the more surprising that he’s barely remembered today and very few of his once so beloved films still ring…

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Conclave 2024

★★★ Watched 07 Mar 2025

The Conclave begins now!

Edward Berger‘s papal behind-the-scenes exposé is a solid enough piece of entertainment while it lasts, but also a tad on the bland side considering all the accolades heaped upon it.
I for one never quite got what the filmmakers were really going for and have a sneaking suspicion that they were more than content to keep things skimming merrily along the surface on the middle of the road. I don’t see the film saying anything particularly…
Zardoz 1974

★★★★★ Rewatched 07 Mar 2025 4

How did we conjure up a monster in our midst? And why? That is the question we must answer.

I‘m well aware that my five star rating for a movie that’s been shat on for decades now (James Bond in a red diaper, anybody?) will appear excessive or plain ridiculous to many, but I‘m dead serious here, folks.
This is one of those rare films that only seems to get better and better each time I watch it, and don’t…

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