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March 28th Directed by: Jules Dassin 2nd Viewing Previous Rating: 3.5 After: 4

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March 28th Directed by: Eiichi Yamamoto I've never seen something look so Japanese and so American at the same time, while also being the most 70's thing I've ever seen. This is one of those where the storyline is there but it's such a simple idea that you could just ignore the fact that there's a story at all and it wouldn't really affect your experience. I really wonder about the popularity of LSD in Japan, considering their drug laws because I don't know if it's possible this could have been made without it. This is really like nothing else. Blu-Ray.

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CD Smiles added The Suckling to wanted list

 The Suckling 

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March 27th Directed by: Seijun Suzuki This is definitely a Japanese youth film. I could only imagine it's a bit ahead of it's time seeing as how I associate this sort of thing with the 60's. With all that we know now this film doesn't really stand out, but I'm sure at the time this was some pretty wild stuff. It's better than the average 60's Japanese youth angst film that you've never heard of. Blu-Ray.

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March 26th Year: 1984 Genre: Speed Metal [youtube id=fP3TOHWcxXY] War and Pain

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March 26th Directed by: Roger Donaldson Man, what is this film movement that I've been missing out on? There was nary a moment where I feel like I fully understood what in the world was going on, but it was constantly entertaining and satisfying to my visual hungry caveman brain. The most amazing thing is how ridiculously grandiose the things happening on the screen were, but felt small and quaint, and I think that is something that could only be done by New Zealand. I like this even more than Smash Palace and that's saying a lot. Blu-Ray.

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March 25th Directed by: Hark Tsui I Can't Believe It's Not John Woo!® I legitimately have no idea what the plot to these movies is anymore, this is a prequel mostly taking place in Vietnam War era Vietnam. If John Woo style shoot shoot bang bang, smoke, slow motion and sunglasses plus the Vietnam War sounds weird to you, well it should. It feels like it's missing the magic the first two had, probably because it's trying so hard to be a John Woo film while it's not. The action scenes aren't worth comparing and if we're talking story... why would we talk story? I don't know if I could feel more neutral about a movie. I got nothing. DVD.

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CD Smiles rated By Inheritance

 By Inheritance  7/10

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March 24th Directed by: Jon Watts 2nd Viewing Previous Rating: 4 After: 3.5

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CD Smiles rated Circle of Veins

 Circle of Veins 7/10

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March 24th Year: 2019 Genre: Ambient Electronic / Blackgaze

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March 24th Directed by: Ingmar Bergman This film plays like the yin to La Strada's yang, and in that way it's a pretty typical Bergman film. In that, every shot is filled with moody atmosphere and the usual Bergman motifs. It's a good movie, it just didn't sink its hooks in me like it probably should have. Blu-Ray.

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CD Smiles added The Rite to wanted list

 The Rite 

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March 23rd Directed by: Lee Chang-dong Every one of Lee Chang-dong's films I've seen (the other two) have this strong sense of purpose, and I didn't really feel that with Oasis. It tends to wallow in sadness and pity a lot, but interestingly, most films that you could say that about have a habit of making things get worse and worse (i.e. Secret Sunshine) but nothing really gets worse in the events of this film, it just is how it is. A very, very interesting film with very interesting characters, but as usual for Korean style, nothing's gonna blow you away visually. Watch this if you want something to think about. I think that's become the overarching theme of my experience with Lee Chang-dong. Downloaded.

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March 21st Directed by: Barry Jenkins Holy shit, where do I start? This film is everything. Barry Jenkins is definitely coming into his own, but I still see the Wong Kar-wai influence and I'm not mad at it. Every moment in this film is beautiful and haunting. Can things be haunting in a good way? The pace is wonderful, there's clearly a driving force to the plot, but most of the movie is spent in flashbacks having absolutely nothing to do with the central conflict which gives it a lot of time to breathe and doesn't bog down the film with what could be seen as a predictable, generic story, it gets away with it because it's almost an afterthought, which is beautiful in context. There's so much care given to supporting characters, which was also one of Moonlight's strengths. I can't even begin to dissect the complexities of these characters, and the realities they are based on, it's something I could only hope to fathom. Downloaded.

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