Willem Dafoe
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[TIFF 50] The Man In My Basement Review – A Dramatic Thriller With A Good Message That Doesn’t Get Where It Wants To Go
There is something that is interesting about a one location story that makes it hard to skimp on character or drama. Because of that one location, in this case, an old Colonel House in Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York,… Continue reading
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My Top 10 Films of 2025 So Far… Half Way Through The Year!
By Dan Skip Allen Honorable Mentions: Lilo & Stitch (Live-Action), How to Train Your Dragon (Live-Action), Thunderbolts*, Elio, Magazine Dreams, Sacramento, Ballerina, Black Bag, and Presence. 10: The Legend of Ochi 3/5 Letterboxd 77% Rotten Tomatoes A young girl learns… Continue reading
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[FFF 2025] The Legend of Ochi Review – A Sweet Family Film in The Vein Of ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
I grew up in the age of films like ET The Extra-Terrestrial, Gremlins, and the Goonies. These movies helped define me as a film fan. Stranger Things, the Netflix streaming series, was a great return to that era of films… Continue reading
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Nosferatu Review- Thrilling And Suspenseful Are Just Two Words To Describe This Dark Gothic Horror Love Story
A little over 100 years ago FW Murnau came out with his silent film version of Nosferatu. A vampire tale before all the vampire films and so forth that made this subgenre of vampire films popular. This was a highly… Continue reading
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Saturday Night Review- A Meticulously Crafted, Exceptionally Acted, And Well-Directed Film That Brought Me Back In Time
Saturday Night Live has been around for fifty years, but if you could have been at thirty Rockefeller Station back in 1975 you would have never known this long-running sketch comedy show would have stood the test of time. Saturday… Continue reading
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review- A Return To Form For Tim Burton And Company As Well As A Return To Greatness For Michael Keaton
I have a particular nostalgia for films and television shows that came out in the 80s. Mainly because that’s the decade I more or less grew up in. When filmmakers remake, reboot, or do sequels of some of my favorite… Continue reading
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Kinds of Kindness Review- Self Indulgence By Lanthimos Isn’t Exactly A Good Thing Especially Considering His Past Films
Anthology films are a mixed bag. Sometimes they are stories of groups of people in relationships or looking for love as in New York I Love You. Sometimes they are films that have different horrific stories in them like VhS… Continue reading
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Poor Things Review- A Wildly Wacky and Weird Coming of Age Sci Fi Fantasy
Yorgos Lanthimos is one of those directors who isn’t for everybody. His films The Lobster, The Favorite, Dogtooth, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer are a bit of an eclectic bunch of films. He tends to put a weird… Continue reading
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Mississippi Burning Retro Review- A Moving Portrait of Racial Hatred that Still Resonates Deeply in Our Society
Over the years I’ve seen a lot of films about racism or persecution toward a specific race of people. Mississippi Burning is one of the best I’ve ever seen on this topic. On par with 12 Years a Slave, The… Continue reading
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