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Jules et Jim
This review was originally written recently for Blueprint: Review, and is also my selection for August for my Blind Spot pick. Before I get into this review, I feel it’s only fair I give you a glimpse...
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Electra Glide in Blue
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. John Wintergreen (Blake) dreams of being a detective, but for now is stuck on a motorcycle beat, as his short stature is literally looked down...
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Fading Gigolo
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. In New York’s Jewish Quarter, Murray, a failing bookshop owner (Allen), needs money. When his dermatologist (Stone) mentions she and her friend...
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Killing Season
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. Almost twenty years after the US intervened in the Serbian/Bosnian conflict, two opposing veterans run into one another in the mountains of...
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
This review was originally written as part of my USA Road Trip series at French Toast Sunday. I also reviewed the film recently for Blueprint: Review. Five youths – two couples and the wheelchair-bound...
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Burying the Ex
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. Max (Yelchin) is not happy with his life. He works a demeaning job, his half-brother Travis (Cooper) uses Max’s apartment as a bachelor pad,...
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Robot Overlords
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. After robots from space have taken over the Earth, the surviving humans are forced to remain inside their homes indefinitely, being monitored...
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Vivre sa Vie
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. Over the course of twelve chapters we experience the life of Nana (Karina), an aspiring actress and shop assistant who turns to prostitution...
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John Wick
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. John Wick (Reeves) has suffered a loss. His wife (Moynaham) recently passed away, but after her funeral Wick is delivered a final gift from...
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. In a prison in Brazil, two cellmates – cross-dressing homosexual Luis Molina (William Hurt) and aggressive political prisoner Valentin Arregui...
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Rocco and His Brothers
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. After the death of her husband, Rosario Parondi (Paxinou) takes her four youngest sons Simone (Salvatori), Rocco (Delon), Ciro (Cartier) and...
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Three Brothers
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. When their mother passes away, three very different brothers return to their family home to pay their respects, but their opposing lifestyles...
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Room
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. Today is Jack’s birthday, he is five years old. To him, the whole world is Room, an 11×11 foot enclosure outside of which he has never been. He...
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The Marriage of Maria Braun
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. After getting married during a bombing raid in Germany in the midst of World War II, Maria and Hermann Braun (Hanna Schygulla & Klaus...
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Gilda
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) is a small time hustler and card shark, saved from a potentially nasty end by illegal casino owner Ballin Mundson...
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Men & Chicken
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. Brothers Gabriel and Elias (David Dencik & Mads Mikkelsen) discover they were adopted after their apparent father passes away. Elias’...
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Forbidden Planet
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. In the 23rd century, mankind is undergoing a widespread mission to colonise other planets. Twenty years before the story begins, a ship arrived...
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Wiener Dog
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. Todd Solondz is almost the dictionary definition of an acquired taste when it comes to film. For most directors, subjects like rape, dead...
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Hannah and Her Sisters
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. Set over a two-year period, Hannah and Her Sisters follows the numerous exploits of three sisters living in New York and their various friends...
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The Age of Innocence
This review was originally written for Blueprint: Review. Wealthy New York aristocrat Newland Archer (Day-Lewis) announces his engagement to the well-respected May Welland (Ryder), and their blissful...
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