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February 23rd Year: 2021 Genre: Post Hardcore Sing for the Damage We've Done

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February 23rd Year: 2020 Genre: Progressive Death Metal Exhale The Ash

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February 23rd Directed by: Gillo Pontecorvo An extremely impressive and shocking film, it's really hard to know at times if what you're seeing is fabrication or not. You don't have to be ingrained in the politics of Algeria in the 1950s to get what's going on, it's really very simple, but I did feel like the focus was shaky after the first hour or so. I feel like there were too many scenes of French colonizers just talking, maybe I missed the point of those scenes. But overall this is a tremendously well made film that presents both sides of any sort of argument that could be made and makes you ask yourself questions. It's quite powerful as a statement, a document and a pure film experience, I do think it's technically great but not a personal favorite. Downloaded.

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CD Smiles added 2 items to Movies Re-Watched in 2021 list

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February 18th Directed by: Bong Joon-ho 3rd Viewing Previous Rating: 3.5 After: 3.5

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February 16th Year: 1990 Genre: Heavy Metal Evil on Queen Street

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February 16th Year: 1987 Genre: Heavy Metal I Could Have Been a Dreamer

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CD Smiles rated The Thule Grimoires

 The Thule Grimoires 9/10

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February 15th Year: 2021 Genre: Experimental Black Metal The Tundra Shines

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CD Smiles rated Action U.S.A.

 Action U.S.A. 3/10

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February 13th Directed by: Ettore Scola The first 20 minutes or so I thought I was watching one of my new favorite films. It's very uniquely stylish in the beginning, but it comes to be a Cinema Paradiso-esque odyssey that feels longer than it is. It's a neo-realism send-up while being kind of an overly sentimental schmooze-fest. It's kind of fun seeing all the references and cameos from classic Italian cinema but it also cheapens this experience as it's own film. It is a really nice movie but I feel like it became really forgettable after the first act. Downloaded.

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CD Smiles added The Birds, the Bees and the Italians to wanted list

 The Birds, the Bees and the Italians 

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February 13th Directed by: John Stewart I've been struggling to find anything to say about this for four days now. Vinegar Syndrome announced this movie as a limited numbered release for their Black Friday sale and being the sucker I am for limited stuff I bought it. I bought it because the trailer they made opens with one of the craziest stunts I've seen and follows it up with another amazing dangerous visual. The trailer is amazing but unfortunately you'll find that every single memorable moment there is in this movie, is there in the trailer. Those incredible moments are actually dulled by how immensely uninteresting every single scene that wasn't featured in the trailer is. Those awesome stunts barely got me to raise my eyebrows because of how bored I was. This is uninspired and stale, it sucks. Blu-Ray.

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CD Smiles added Killers of the Flower Moon to wanted list

 Killers of the Flower Moon 

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February 12th Directed by: Mark L. Lester This is the good stuff. I didn't expect it to be, I had very low expectations, I didn't think Lundgren would be a good lead, and also this is from 1991, one year after the cutoff date of these movies having any chance of being good, but it prevails. I feel like we don't have these kind of characters anymore, Lundgren is endlessly cool to the point that it takes me out of the movie, in a good way. When you have lines of dialogue that explain your lead has a massive shlong it just makes me think of things outside of the world of the movie. It feels like Eric Bischoff is the director just doing everything he can to stroke the boys egos, in both cases it leads to hilarity but there's much less long term damage in the movie world. The moment Brandon Lee is introduced is when you know this is going to be really special. I can't even try to explain his line delivery, it's like he's pantomiming for the people in the back row of the theater, or almost like he doesn't speak English and is just reading lines phonetically. Neither of these exactly describe his specific brand of camp, but you come to understand why he's there when the action scenes start. There's a lot of great, memorable set pieces like the beach house shootout or the bath house brawl, these movies always work really well when someone is there who can actually do impressive martial arts, but Lundgren is still there to punch through a door and PULL A MAN THROUGH IT (???). Their dynamic is so funny, and while Lundgren plays the uber-serious reckless sergeant, he unexpectedly succumbs to Brandon Lee's cornball behavior as they adorably become friends. This also apparently works the other way as after Lee portrays the straight-laced by-the-books cop who's always telling Lundgren he's too reckless, he tells a man "you have the right to die" and then blows him up. I reiterate, this is a good one. Downloaded.

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CD Smiles rated Who Framed Roger Rabbit

 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 7/10

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February 12th Directed by: Mark Goldblatt The premise of this movie is really good and you can tell it was written by a comic book writer because it is way too good for the rest of this movie. The dialogue is AWFUL and literally nobody is trying to act but Lou Gossett Jr. who really turns it up for his big scene and looks like he's having a lot of fun with it. Dolph Lundgren is Dolph Lundgren, except he looks extra cool with black hair, the whole image of this movie is very cool, on the outside that is. As much as I want to say this is a grift for potential renters at Blockbuster I do feel like they were genuinely trying their best. One little issue this movie had is it's rock bottom budget, sets are adorably terrible and there is no sound design to be heard. One kid actress is dubbed over by an adult woman doing a hilarious child voice, and I have to assume it' because that meant they could pay that kid less for a non-speaking role. This is definitely closer to a Killing American Style than it is a The Terminator. The climax brings a bit of thrills so I have to assume that was lifted from the comics as well. Still the best Punisher movie. Downloaded.

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