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Forum: Movie Reviews 8 hours ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
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14. Drive - I love Nicolas Winding Refn's films...

14. Drive - I love Nicolas Winding Refn's films and I think Ryan Gosling is a good fit for playing dark, brooding protagonists - he excels with characters who don't have a lot to say...
Forum: Movie Reviews 9 hours ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
Another "4/4 on my ballots" day concerning the...

Another "4/4 on my ballots" day concerning the two concurrent countdowns :

#14 The Night of the Hunter - An extremely imaginative mix of folklore, fairy tale, film noir, horror and parable - and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10 hours ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
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Forum: Movie Reviews 11 hours ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
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BLACK RAIN (1989)

Directed by : Shōhei Imamura

Something I must confess to before I talk about Black Rain - a close, personal friend of mine...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
15/15! But I couldn't beat Holden's time of 3:41,...

15/15! But I couldn't beat Holden's time of 3:41, I had 2:44 left.
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
Here's a few from my ballot... 18. Jackie...

Here's a few from my ballot...

18. Jackie Brown - I guess Jackie Brown is one of my least favourite Quentin Tarantino movies, but it's still a great movie nevertheless. A friend of mine gave me...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
#18 Strangers on a Train - I keep on meaning to...

#18 Strangers on a Train - I keep on meaning to watch this. I have it on DVD so all that's stopping me is the roster of films that I've given priority. Another one I'm looking forward to. For some...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By PHOENIX74
The Shôhei Imamura one, but the fact you asked...

The Shôhei Imamura one, but the fact you asked has me a little interested in the Ridley Scott film as well.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
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The Expendables 3 - (2014)

I'm...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
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Late Night with the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
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IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (2012)

Directed by : Don Hertzfeldt

My mind often takes a time-out just to wonder at the fact that...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
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The Expendables - (2010)

Yeah, against...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
#20 Notorious - A Hitchcock classic that I...

#20 Notorious - A Hitchcock classic that I haven't seen. I look forward to getting to it, soon hopefully.

#19 Ace in the Hole - Ace in the Hole is to it's era what Nightcrawler is to us today....
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
20. The Usual Suspects - I've seen this film a...

20. The Usual Suspects - I've seen this film a few times, but I've got a feeling that if I watched it again today it'd be the viewing that cements it as a great in my mind. Full of great performances...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
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THE ACID HOUSE (1998)

Directed by : Paul McGuigan

I'm a big fan of the film versions of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting and Filth, so approaching...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
I nearly made the Killers/Killing mistake myself....

I nearly made the Killers/Killing mistake myself.

#22 The Killers - I haven't seen this but I'm vaguely aware of it's existence.

#21 Pickup on South Street - I'd never seen much of the young...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
22. Body Heat - Another puzzling omission from...

22. Body Heat - Another puzzling omission from me, I suspect because I finally saw this film only recently. It is a great neo noir classic - Kathleen Turner is amazing, and I can feel the body heat...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By PHOENIX74
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Scream 4...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By PHOENIX74
I have La Cérémonie already on my watchlist, but...

I have La Cérémonie already on my watchlist, but I've added Torment and plan to sprinkle his films in - because he does seem to have a great body of work.
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
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THE BUTCHER (1970)
(Le boucher)

Directed by : Claude Chabrol

We've got ourselves a school teacher/principal, Hélène (Stéphane Audran), a...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
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Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 1,673
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
Oh, what a disaster for my ballot this specific...

Oh, what a disaster for my ballot this specific countdown has been!

24. Dark City - I remember seeing this at the movies, and I had a pretty good time. I was excited to see Jennifer Connelly's...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
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My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By PHOENIX74
Ahh, I forgot to amend that! I was puzzling over...

Ahh, I forgot to amend that! I was puzzling over what else I could put instead of just deleting it, and tossed around ideas like putting it in inverted commas or otherwise indicating I was being...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 1,442
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By PHOENIX74
#24 Detour - This one was a whole heap of fun -...

#24 Detour - This one was a whole heap of fun - one of those film noir classics that just doesn't mess around and speeds a protagonist through a personal nightmare at a breakneck speed. First off Al...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 263
My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By PHOENIX74
The other two I've seen are Bellissima (1951) and...

The other two I've seen are Bellissima (1951) and Senso (1954) - all three have been mighty impressive.