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Bridesmaids (2011)
Bridesmaids
★ 6.7 220 ratings
保罗·费格 actor: 克丽丝滕·威格 / 玛娅·鲁道夫 …
other title: 내 여자친구의 결혼식 / ブライズメイズ 史上最悪のウェディングプラン …
Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.
Watched
March 25, 2025
It's been a few years since the last time I saw this and I still like it a lot.
Jesse Amazon Prime Video
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Days of Heaven (1978)
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★ 7.7 119 ratings
泰伦斯·马力克 actor: 理查·基尔 / 布鲁克·亚当斯 …
other title: 천국의 나날들 / 天国の日々 …
In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.
Watched
March 18, 2025
A beautifully filmed, mildly biblical, lightly epic dream of a movie.
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Munich (2005)
Munich
★ 7.9 191 ratings
史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格 actor: 艾瑞克·巴纳 / 丹尼尔·克雷格 …
other title: 慕尼黑 / 慕尼黑惨案 …
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
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Cruising (1980)
Cruising
★ 6.6 22 ratings
威廉·弗莱德金 actor: 阿尔·帕西诺 / 保罗·索维诺 …
other title: 虎口巡航 / 광란자 …
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
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Mark of the Devil (1970)
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Michael Armstrong actor: Herbert Lom / Udo Kier
other title: 魔鬼记号 / Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält …
In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.
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Siege (1983)
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保罗·多诺万 / Maureen O'Connell actor: 汤姆·纳迪尼 / 布伦达·巴济内 …
other title: 惊悚12小时 / Self Defense …
During a police strike in Nova Scotia's capital city, a gang of hoodlums end up unintentionally causing the owner of a gay bar to be killed. This escalates into a string of murders with a lone survivor trying to not be next.
Watched
Feb. 18, 2025
ACAB: All Canadians (named Chester) Are Badass.
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Southern Comfort (1981)
Southern Comfort
沃尔特·希尔 actor: 基思·拉丁 / 鲍尔斯·布特 …
other title: 서던 컴포트 / Die letzten Amerikaner …
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
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The Brutalist (2024)
The Brutalist
★ 6.8 147 ratings
布拉迪·科贝特 actor: Robert Jackson / 贝内特·维尔曼尼 …
other title: 브루탈리스트 / ブルータリスト …
When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.
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The Keep (1983)
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迈克尔·曼 actor: 斯科特·格伦 / 伊恩·麦克莱恩 …
other title: 魔鬼战士堡 / 天魔劫 …
Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar, and a mysterious traveller.
Watched
Sept. 17, 2025
Half-star bump up on rewatch.

An honestly fascinating follow-up to the precision of Thief, and it's too bad that we never got more supernatural/sci-fi from Mann after this because I'd love to see what else he's got in that dept.

There's an idea in my head that's been ruminating for a while now that I haven't found the time or've been able to put into words; an exploration of the Jewish experience as it relates to a physical place/space (the Keep in The Keep, the Van Buren Institute community center in The Brutalist, the idyllic home next to Auschwitz in Zone of Interest).

(Maybe there isn't anything there, but if there is and you're smarter/more capable than me (likely!) and want to take a crack at it, just give me thanks when you win an award for it.)
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Jan. 22, 2025 Review Initial Review - a review of The Keep
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Nosferatu (2024)
Nosferatu
★ 6.3 108 ratings
罗伯特·艾格斯 actor: 莉莉-罗丝·德普 / 尼古拉斯·霍尔特 …
other title: 노스페라투 / Nosferatu - Der Untote …
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Watched
Dec. 26, 2024
Outside of feeling a bit of the length at some points, there's much to like here. Lily-Rose gives an incredible and physical performance, and I could watch a whole other movie about the superstitions of the gypsy village.
That said, *The Witch* remains my favorite of the Eggersverse.
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Reindeer Games (2000)
Reindeer Games
★ 6.5 21 ratings
约翰·弗兰克海默 actor: 本·阿弗莱克 / 查理兹·塞隆 …
other title: 驯鹿游戏 / 神鬼莫测 …
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
Watched
Dec. 17, 2024
I knocked 1.5 stars off because of Ben Affleck.
There's about 30 good minutes of movie in here, though, and Gary Sinese (looking like Chris Cornell) and Charlize Theron are great.
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The Virgin Spring (1960)
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★ 8.5 360 ratings
英格玛·伯格曼 actor: 马克斯·冯·叙多夫 / 贝吉塔·瓦尔堡 …
other title: 处女泉 / Jungfrukällan …
1960 film by Ingmar Bergman
Watched
Nov. 19, 2024
Beautifully shot and acted and, in a way, was a nice accidental pairing with *Eyes of Fire* for me, in so far as the way it dealt with beliefs and faith.
I felt terribly that one of the last things that poor girl should hear was the incessant mouth harp of her attacker.
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Phantom of the Mall (1990)
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Richard Friedman actor: Derek Rydall / Jonathan Goldsmith
other title: 商场魅影 / Phantom Nightmare - Phantom des Todes …
A young man named Eric apparently dies in a suspicious house fire after saving his girlfriend, Melody. One year later, a new mall is constructed atop where Eric's house once stood, where a shadowy, uninvited guest is preying on the mall's crooked developers.
Watched
Nov. 12, 2024
I find the love ballad to be wonderful, so I'm glad it gets played about 8 times.
Also, the reaction the one guy has to his dick getting bitten off by a snake is the same way that F. Murray Abraham reacted to losing his son in *Surviving the Game*, so that's fun!
Jesse
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
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★ 6.3 12 ratings
达里奥·阿基多 actor: Michael Brandon / Mimsy Farmer …
other title: 灰天鹅绒上的四只苍蝇 / 4 mosche di velluto grigio …
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders...
Watched
Nov. 6, 2024
The story feels incomplete.
Jesse
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Deliria (1987)
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★ 6.6 10 ratings
米歇尔·索伊 actor: David Brandon / 芭芭拉·库皮斯蒂
other title: 舞台惊魂 / 아쿠아리스 …
A troupe of struggling stage actors is rehearsing for a small-town production of a play. Everything seems to be as it should until one of the cast members turns up dead. In a panic, the others try to get out, only to find they are now locked in the theater with the killer! Which one of them committed the murder, and who will get out alive?
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The Last Horror Film (1982)
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戴维·温特斯 actor: Joe Spinell / Peter D'Arcy …
other title: 最后的恐怖电影 / 광란의 깐느 …
A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends
Watched
Oct. 8, 2024
There are a lot of layers to this film and it's kind of incredible that it exists and I love watching movies with my friend! (that last part has nothing to do with the actual movie itself, just wanted to share)
Jesse
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The Beast Within (1982)
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菲利普·莫拉 actor: Ronny Cox / Bibi Besch …
other title: 食尸人 / 공포의 기억 …
A horrified teen mutates into a crazed cannibalistic swamp creature, and must uncover the terrifying secret identity of his father before his nasty natural tendencies force him to make jambalaya out of the locals.
Watched
Oct. 5, 2024
This is probably more of a 3 but I had a good time.
I like the ideas that this happens every 17ish years.
The dad sure loved the idea of Houston.
I feel bad for Amanda.
Jesse