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Don Hertzfeldt recommended Modern Times (1936) in Movies (curated)

Modern Times (1936)

1936 | Classics, Comedy

9.0

(6 Ratings)

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"It’s difficult to watch The Great Dictator without thinking about how the world was about to be plunged into five years of war and horror, and it saturates everything with more wistful sadness than Chaplin probably could have imagined. It’s a comedy at the end of the world . . . this brief and desperate beam of optimism, laughing in the face of evil, just before everything went dark. These two Chaplin releases, as well as The Gold Rush and City Lights, are among the most amazing-looking Blu-rays I’ve seen. Could Criterion please do the same restoration work for Buster Keaton next?"

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Kim Newman recommended The Living Skeleton (1968) in Movies (curated)

The Living Skeleton (1968)

1968 | Horror

(0 Ratings)

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"To be found in the When Horror Came to Shochiku set from Eclipse, Horishi Matsuno’s engagingly demented Japanese picture jumbles gruesome crime, supernatural vengeance, psychic twins, mad science, and strange sea story—it may never settle on a tone, but its unpredictability is compelling. Haunted by her twin sister, who was murdered during a pirate attack, Saeko is mentored by a priest whose cool sunglasses conceal an evil secret identity and scars. Other pirate victims appear as living skeletons who inhabit a wreck and bring about the deaths of their murderers, and there’s also a mad scientist with vampire tendencies in the mix."

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Six Brothers (Gypsy Brothers, #2) in Books

Jan 11, 2021

I enjoyed this more than the first, though I can't explain why.

It's still a really strange storyline but I have to admit, it is rather addictive. You want her to get her revenge but at the same time are put off by some of the crap she's doing to get it.

Losing the brothers from the world is probably a blessing because they are as evil as their father and I can't wait to see them all get their comeuppance, except Jace of course because he's awesome.

Will most definitely be reading the third when it comes out.

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Andrew Kennedy (199 KP) rated Shaun of the Dead (2004) in Movies

Aug 30, 2019

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

2004 | Comedy, Horror

8.5

(106 Ratings)

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The first film in the Cornetto triology and arguebly the best.
The idea for this film was spawned from another Pegg/Frost?Wright project Spaced, when Peggs character Tim is having a dream inspired by the Resident Evil game.
From that short sequence Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright came up with Shaun of the Dead.
I dont want to spoil this movie by over reviewing it but when I went to see this when it came out I howled with laughter.
I watched it again this week and still find it so funny.
A solid must see film.