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The Last Starfighter

“I’m a kid from a trailer park.”

“If that’s what you think, then that’s all you’ll ever be!”

Recommended to me from a friend in physical format, so I had to take a peak at this. It certainly has some age to it as the special effects has aged horrendously but as for the many practical effects, they fit the bill for making it a fun experience enjoying a time of age that had characters stand out for all the…

Caché

I usually love ambiguous endings left up for interpretation and discussion but when the plot is mostly thickened by its mystery and not its complexed themes (there are many) one must suggest that some closure, if not fully but at least something concrete, then the viewer has the right to be frustrated and let down which is what my experience of this was. It certainly doesn’t help when the film is moved by one of the most frustrating characters that…

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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

“The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seabird: weatherly, stiff and fast... very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime.”

I would say that this may be the most underrated Hollywood blockbusters of my time that has stood the test of time. In fact, it seems now as a relic for there hasn’t been quite nothing else like it especially…

Alien

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