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Review of Thanatomorphose (2012)

By Jacob Z (45) on 19 Mar 2014

How does one review a film like Thanatomorphose? It's not a film you can really categorize…

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Review of Contracted (2013)

By Jacob Z (45) on 18 Mar 2014

Contracted is just a flat out deliciously wild spiral into body horror that's never less than entertaining, and ultimately a clever…

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Review of Kill Your Darlings (2013)

By Jacob Z (45) on 16 Mar 2014

This is a movie thats had a lot of positive reviews but I did find it to be fairly boring…

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Review of Amber Alert (2012)

By Jacob Z (45) on 22 Feb 2014

Quite awful, if not without it's merits. But if you found The Blair Witch Project to be grating do to frequent arguments…

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Review of The Counselor (2013)

By Jacob Z (45) on 22 Feb 2014

If you've read Cormac McCarthy's books, this plays exactly like reading one. Whether that makes a good movie or not is debatable…

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Review of A Man for All Seasons (1966)

By Jacob Z (45) on 01 Feb 2013

I had to watch this for history and this movie sucks…

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Review of The Conspirator (2011)

By Jacob Z (45) on 21 Nov 2011

The Conspirator told the story of the people who conspired for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln…

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Review of Love & Other Drugs (2010)

By Jacob Z (45) on 26 Jul 2011

The only reason why one should see 'Love and Other Drugs' is for Anne Hathaway, otherwise it's strikingly uneven, monotonous,…

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Review of Seven Samurai (1954)

By Jacob Z (45) on 21 May 2011

I can really see how A Bug's Life was inspired by this movie; who wouldn't?? It's awesome…

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Review of La Vie en Rose (2007)

By Jacob Z (45) on 09 Dec 2010

Cotillard is staggering in her portrayal of Edith Piaf…

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Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Jacob Z (45) on 09 Sep 2010

Based on the relationship between David Bowie and Iggy Pop, told through a structure borrowing heavily from Citizen Kane…

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Review of Ma mère (2004)

By Jacob Z (45) on 02 Jun 2010

The characters are only brief sketches and the taboo theme isn't fully explored. More merde than mÃ©re…

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Review of Harold and Maude (1971)

By Jacob Z (45) on 03 Aug 2009

Absolutely perfect. This is cinema at it's most sublime, magical, heartbreaking, and yet completely uplifting…

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Review of Barry Lyndon (1975)

By Jacob Z (45) on 25 Jul 2009

Another great film by Kubrik. very long though if you have a hard time sitting in one place. but still one of his finest…

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Review of Imagine: John Lennon (1988)

By Jacob Z (45) on 19 Jul 2009

Definitely one of the best and most insightful views into The Beatles and John Lennon's mind…

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Review of The Time Machine (1960)

By Jacob Z (45) on 03 Mar 2009

My all time favorite, classic story, interpreted into movie form, decently…

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Review of Hollywoodland (2006)

By Jacob Z (45) on 10 Nov 2008

A surprisingly good performance by Ben Affleck made this movie much better than I thought it would be…

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Review of Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

By Jacob Z (45) on 17 Dec 2007

Superb acting and touching storyline. Filmmaking at it's best…

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Review of Driving Miss Daisy (2015)

By Jacob Z (45) on 17 Dec 2007

Superb acting and touching storyline. Filmmaking at it's best…

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Review of Safe (1993)

By Jacob Z (45) on 17 Jun 2006

[size=3][b] Elizabethtown- [/b][color=DarkGreen]4/10[/color][b]- [/b]Poorly acted, cheesy, and formulaic…

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