Sep 6, 2016

surprise i bet you thought he was gunna say a p--- didnt you?
anyways watched this horror friend request, never heard of it, and its much much better than that s-----y skype horror movie unfriended. unfriended would of been a much better title for this movie also

 

Sep 13, 2016

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  In the City of Sylvia 2007
  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Sep, 2016
  
  A tender film of radiating beauty which draws a formal rhythm to evoke the feel of its principal character's dream state.
  
  91/100 - Amazing.
  
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  The Academy of Muses 2015
  ★★★ Watched 11 Sep, 2016
  
  Pedantic dialogue with patterned scene to scene visual form gives way ultimately to recognition of own pretense.
  
  72/100 - Good.
  
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  Train of Shadows 1997
  ★★★★ Watched 11 Sep, 2016
  
  A fascinating rumination on cinema and time, from the silent era to forgotten memories to revival and transformation.
  
  83/100 - Great.
  
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  Decalogue VIII. 1990
  ★★★★ Rewatched 11 Sep, 2016
  
  Time passes but wounds never truly heal. Effects on the sub-liminal become behaviours of the conscience. Understanding serves therapeutic ends, tearing down walls built for security which instead suffocate.
  
  82/100 - Great.
  
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  Decalogue VII. 1990
  ★★★½ Rewatched 11 Sep, 2016
  
  Each episode presents something that appears right yet seems wrong and appears wrong yet seems right. There is little subtext to VII; it is the most obviously written. A mother's right, what might seem a priori, challenges the contextual right. Borne is the conception of the "greater good". How can there be an absolute?
  
  79/100 - Very Good.
  
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  Decalogue VI. 1990
  ★★★★★ Rewatched 10 Sep, 2016
  
  The most somber episode. With its understated visual design and hypnotic score--one of Preisner's best--the film abounds with sensuality and evokes most plainly the provoked vulnerability of unrequited desire. With sparse dialogue, Love expresses the most while saying the least. From joy to tragedy it captures the most profound of human experiences.
  
  96/100 - Masterful.
  
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  Decalogue V. 1990
  ★★★★★ Rewatched 10 Sep, 2016
  
  Two acts of murder, one legal and thus absolved of sin, one unforgivable. Kieslowski draws on the hypocritical function of social laws, relationships, and power. The state as an ideological construct transcends the individual's responsibility to preserve life, yet itself is a machine created by individuals. Barcis appears twice, once with disapprobation and twice with concern. The unyielding grief which tends a boy's death makes monsters out of men. Slowomir Idziak in one of his greatest roles as Kieslowski's DOP.
  
  96/100 - Masterful.
  
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  Decalogue IV. 1990
  ★★★★½ Rewatched 07 Sep, 2016
  
  Having written extensively on the Dekalog before, I will limit rating of this Cinematheque review to newly discovered details of each individual episode.
  
  For the first time, I will attempt to rate and rank the episodes individually, though I hold fast to the idea that the series is much greater than the sum of its parts and that under normal circumstances the Dekalog ought to be analysed a singular work.
  
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  Polish legend Janusz Gajos (Three Colors: White, Interrogation) is… more
  
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  Decalogue III. 1990
  ★★★½ Rewatched 07 Sep, 2016
  
  Having written extensively on the Dekalog before, I will limit rating of this Cinematheque review to newly discovered details of each individual episode.
  
  For the first time, I will attempt to rate and rank the episodes individually, though I hold fast to the idea that the series is much greater than the sum of its parts and that under normal circumstances the Dekalog ought to be analysed a singular work.
  
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  Previously and currently my least favourite episode, Kieslowski presents… more
  
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  Decalogue II. 1990
  ★★★★ Rewatched 07 Sep, 2016
  
  Having written extensively on the Dekalog before, I will limit rating of this Cinematheque review to newly discovered details of each individual episode.
  
  For the first time, I will attempt to rate and rank the episodes individually, though I hold fast to the idea that the series is much greater than the sum of its parts and that under normal circumstances the Dekalog ought to be analysed a singular work.
  
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  Bearing her 'Sophie's choice', the episode finally draws on… more
  
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  Decalogue I. 1989
  ★★★★★ Rewatched 07 Sep, 2016
  
  Having written extensively on the Dekalog before, I will limit rating of this Cinematheque review to newly discovered details of each individual episode.
  
  For the first time, I will attempt to rate and rank the episodes individually, though I hold fast to the idea that the series is much greater than the sum of its parts and that under normal circumstances the Dekalog ought to be analysed a singular work.
  
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  The spontaneity found in the child actor of Dekalog… more
  
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  Le bel indifférent 1957
  ★★★★ Watched 01 Sep, 2016
  
  A woman scorned, like a phantom in the shadows, presents the haunting darkness of love unrequited.
  
  80/100 - Great.
  
  1 like
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    Raging Bull 1980
    ★★★★★ Rewatched 31 Aug, 2016
    
    35mm at Vancity Theatre.
    
    Engages with powerful cinematography, yet profound are the intricacies of score, dialogue, and symbolism. Masterful - 97/100
    
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    The Princess Bride 1987
    ★★★ Rewatched 19 Aug, 2016
    
    Dry humour, Wallace Shawn, and Andrei the Giant make iconic this rather unremarkable yet exceptionally charming 80s film.
    
    70/100 - Good.
    
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    Like Someone in Love 2012
    ★★★★★ Rewatched 18 Aug, 2016
    
    Projected at Van City Theatre.
    
    Former review still applies, though I picked up much more this time on how the film's visual form conveys its themes of disconnection in a big city. Certain shots of characters between windows (cars usually), off screen, and spatially displaced speak the internal story of each their feelings of isolation.
    
    An exceptionally subtle and fluidly conveyed narrative using real time and tense silence with masterful precision.
    
    93/100 - Amazing.
    
    2 likes
    
    
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    Birth 2004
    ★★★★★ Watched 31 Jul, 2016 1
    
    a complex and delicately executed rumination on the connection between identity, love, and belief.
    
    92/100 - Amazing.
    
    1 like
    

 

Sep 13, 2016

The Battleship Potemkin: a silent film from 1926 that is so intense and amazingly shot u forget that its a silent film. 9/10 btw this is where The untouchables get the stairs scene from.

 

Sep 13, 2016

You have gained enormous respect in my eyes for praising decalogue

 

Sep 13, 2016

space jam

 

Sep 14, 2016

While on the subject of Polish film, have you seen the movie Demon by Marcin Wrona? Just saw it last week...was pretty dope!

 

Sep 15, 2016

I planned to watch it a while ago but ultimately I've forgotten about it. As far as his movies are concerned, I only watched The Christening. It's also very good but according to the reviews, the one you mentioned is slightly better.

Wrona was a very promising director. Too bad he committed suicide during the movie festival in Gdynia last year in which Demon took part in the competition for the best polish movie of 2015.

 

Sep 19, 2016

Sully

 

Sep 20, 2016

That is so awesome!!!

 

Sep 24, 2016

Just saw The Magnificent Seven...really good movie

 

Oct 8, 2016

Never read the book but the girl on the train movie was good I thought, reviews are pretty s--- but I enjoyed it. I liked the way they told the story and the characters and acting were great. Nice suspense as well. 8/10

 

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Oct 21, 2016

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  Two Lovers and a Bear 2016
  ★★½ Watched 20 Oct, 2016
  
  An intriguing relationship drama wherein Northern spirituality guides lost lovers in facing their troubled past. Notably high concept, spiritual guidance acts through ancestral links such as blood and poetic links such as love and intuition. It also acts via a talking bear. In other words, the film's appreciable high concept mode mostly misses the mark.
  
  66/100 - Decent.
  
  1 like
  
  
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  The Birth of a Nation 2016
  ★★½ Watched 20 Oct, 2016
  
  A digressive narrative dilutes the films sensitivity to its subject matter, rendering instead moments of supposed emotional gravitas. This is where emotional manipulation trumps sensible storytelling. Overall rather well shot and paced besides ventures into pseudo surrealism.
  
  63/100 - Decent.
  
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  The Young Girls Turn 25 1993
  ★★★½ Watched 19 Oct, 2016
  
  In spite of her contrasting aesthetic interests, Varda palpably renders a sense of that dreamy charm that was Demy.
  
  75/100 - Very Good
  
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  Megamind 2010
  ★★★ Watched 17 Oct, 2016
  
  Wears references on its sleeve yet creatively forges something new and original. Predictable but pleasant.
  
  73/100 - Good.
  
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  Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 2016
  ★★ Watched 15 Oct, 2016
  
  Poor CGI and editing just two of the many offensive cinematic traits of this bizarrely unnecessary sequel. Some laughs had, and its attempt to be socio-politically relevant is notably positive minded.
  
  58/100 - Mediocre.
  
  1 like
  
  
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  Citizenfour 2014
  ★★★½ Watched 14 Oct, 2016
  
  A terse procedural doc commendable for transparency & devotion to subject, though its urgency reveals formal haphazardry
  
  79/100 - Very Good.
  

 

Oct 21, 2016

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  Mynarski Death Plummet 2014
  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Oct, 2016
  
  An astounding pairing of cinematography and animation produces an ecstatic analogue-driven journey through time.
  
  87/100 - Excellent
  
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  Borrowed Time 2016
  ★★★ Watched 21 Oct, 2016
  
  Impressive sound design helps build tension throughout this unnerving yet ultimately insubstantial and weighty piece of filmmaking.
  
  70/100 - Good.
  
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Oct 23, 2016

Boo! A Madea Halloween!

i'm not too familiar with tyler perry, but i went to go see this with my mom and was pleasantly surprised. the movie was pretty funny, i thought. some of the scenes were a bit too long and drawn out, but overall i liked it and thought it was a solid film. if you take it for what it is, i think you'll really enjoy it

7 out of 10

 

Oct 23, 2016

Annabelle isn't "terrible" persae, just not great. It should have been scarier considering where it came from if you know what I mean

Conjuring 2 is a masterpiece in horror cinema along with the original, you'll definitely enjoy it

 

Oct 23, 2016

La Haine ~ 4/5

 

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Oct 31, 2016

48 Hours! Great Movie!
Butterfly Effect