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Nowhere To Run (1993)
I always thought Nowhere To Run (1993) was later in Jean-Claude Van Damme’s career but it was inbetween Universal Soldier and Hard Target (maybe my favourite all time JCVD film). I can imagine Van Damme saying about Nowhere To Run at the time: “This is a real movie with a human story with emotions”. As… Read.
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The Gleaners And I (1999)
Late one Sunday evening, dreading work the next day and coming off a fading headache, I browsed around for half an hour thinking about what to watch, not interested in dramatics or action, and eventually felt despondent. Then on a whim, I thought I’d watch something by Agnes Varda and picked The Gleaners And I… Read.
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Sound Of Metal (2019)
Every time I watched the trailer for Sound Of Metal (2019), I would just well up and want to cry. There’s something about Riz Ahmed as a performer and the vulnerability he expresses in this role. He plays a noise metal drummer Rueben Stone in a touring band with his partner, vocalist/guitarist Lou (Olivia Cook).… Read.
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Zabriskie Point (1970)
I mainly knew that Zabriskie Point (1970) was a flop at the time of release, a disappointment for Italian art-film director Michelangelo Antonioni after the international success of Blow Up. That, and thanks to a SCTV sketch, I knew that things blew up real good at the end. Palace Cinemas Raine Square were screening Zabriskie… Read.
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The Immortal Story (1968)
The morning after I saw Mank at the cinemas, I was like Fincher Smincher, I want to watch me some Orson Welles! The Immortal Story (1968) was available to stream on Mubi and was the last film that Welles completed in his life time as a director, something he shot for French TV, hence the… Read.
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