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Not a Great Film, but not bad
by: rogerco
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The Great Beauty
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on: 12 Feb 2022
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Sumptuous to look at, but to what end?
Full review 52 words
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Still pretty good
by: rogerco
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Catch a Fire
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on: 06 Feb 2022
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Watched again and rated the same
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Looks good, performers good, story good.
by: rogerco
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The Power of the Dog
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on: 03 Feb 2022
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Four wonderful performances from the leading cast, and first class direction.
Full review 56 words
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About criminals but not a crime film
by: rogerco
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Wildland
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on: 29 Jan 2022
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Ida (Sandra Guldberg Kampp) was amazing from the outset. ...
Full review 129 words
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First rate Italian style film
by: rogerco
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Martin Eden
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on: 26 Jan 2022
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Just misses a 7th star by being a bit too long towards the end, but otherwise first rate.
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A bit of a mess
by: rogerco
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When You're STrange
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on: 22 Jan 2022
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Interesting for the archive footage. ...
Full review 64 words
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Why on earth did he stay?
by: rogerco
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Tom at the Farm
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on: 15 Jan 2022
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After a promising start I found it completely implausible that Tom, even allowing for his grief over loss of his lover, would hang around being abused by the repressed homo brother. ...
Full review 61 words
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A boring drive down the M6 at night
by: rogerco
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Locke
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on: 08 Jan 2022
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Might have made a passable half hour radio play
Full review 103 words
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Humorous, but slow paced and how true?
by: rogerco
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Limbo
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on: 06 Jan 2022
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The gentle end of the refugee experience
Full review 74 words
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No surprise there was a riot
by: rogerco
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La Haine
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on: 01 Jan 2022
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No surprise there was a riot, and no surprise that the victims of the riot are largely the community that rioted.
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Entertaining, but slightly misses its mark
by: rogerco
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Don't Look Up
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on: 29 Dec 2021
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Good fun in lots of ways, but ultimately a comet strike is a singular event whereas the collapse of Gaia will be billions of distinct events
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Review of "Song Without a Name" by rogerco
by: rogerco
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Song Without a Name
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on: 23 Dec 2021
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No summary or description available
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Soft feelgood stuff
by: rogerco
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Minari
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on: 18 Dec 2021
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Not much really happens, a slice of life
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Mercifully not very horrific
by: rogerco
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Saint Maud
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on: 27 Nov 2021
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Not very good, but mercifully not very horrific
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Good example of Arty Slow
by: rogerco
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A White, White Day
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on: 20 Nov 2021
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The filmaking is excellent, Ingvar Sigurdsson's performance as the brooding Ingimundur carries the film along and the granddaughter (Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir) is also very good. ...
Full review 115 words
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Movie making perfection
by: rogerco
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The French Despatch
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on: 04 Nov 2021
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Total joy to watch
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A Delicious Cocktail
by: rogerco
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Bacurau
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on: 23 Oct 2021
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A film that almost defies categorisation. ...
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Rating "Sherpa"
by: Roger CO
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Sherpa
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on: 22 Oct 2021
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No summary or description available
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No idea why the title - but its a good'un.
by: rogerco
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Only the Animals
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on: 22 Oct 2021
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A story unwoven into different points of view
Full review 204 words
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Doggy life
by: rogerco
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Strays
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on: 09 Oct 2021
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Closeups of a doggy world in Instanbul
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Review of "Black Panthers"
by: rogerco
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Black Panthers
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on: 07 Oct 2021
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Historical interest with some useful revolutionary theory
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Review of "Salut les Cubains"
by: rogerco
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Salut les Cubains
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on: 07 Oct 2021
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Cuba 1963 cpatured in B&W photomontage
Full review 97 words
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Well it WAS a Crime
by: rogerco
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Le Crime de Monsieur Lange
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on: 02 Oct 2021
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Scenes of totally bizarre Parisian life in 1936
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Neither horrific nor thrilling
by: rogerco
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The Invisible Man
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on: 25 Sep 2021
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A fairly pedestrian horror-thriller with an unbelievable Mcguffin and a predictable plot
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Compelling Climbing Film
by: rogerco
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The Dawn Wall
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on: 23 Sep 2021
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So much happens in the back story but all adds to the main event
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