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Not that you ever are, but should you one day find that you're stuck for something new to watch, I'd recommend the TV series of Gomorrah. I like the film, but the series is immense, IMO.
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The Clay Pigeon (Richard O. Fleischer, 1949)

Cornered (Edward Dmytryk, 1945)

Summer Love (Lynne Stopkewich, 2016)

Kelly’s Heroes (Brian G. Hutton, 1970)
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Pacifist hippie Donald Sutherland anachronistically heads the American tank used to help collect millions of dollars worth of gold during WWII.
Battle of the Bulge (Ken Annakin, 1965)

Lake Placid 3 (G.E. Furst, 2010)

Darby's Rangers (William A. Wellman, 1958)

Where Eagles Dare (Brian G. Hutton, 1968)
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The Allies send Englishman Richard Burton and American Clint Eastwood to a Bavarian castle full of Nazis to do something real sneaky.
The Tale (Jennifer Fox, 2018)

Stage Door Canteen (Frank Borzage, 1943)

...One Third of a Nation... (Dudley Murphy, 1939)

Hollywood Canteen (Delmer Daves, 1944)

Canteen president Bette Davis and friendly assistant John Garfield, as well as dozens of other Warner Bros. celebrities, provide food and entertainment for servicemen on leave from WWII active duty.
Breakthrough (Lewis Seiler, 1950)

Lake Placid: Legacy (Darrell Roodt, 2018)
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The Naked and the Dead (Raoul Walsh, 1958)

César and Rosalie (Claude Sautet, 1972)


Two men (Yves Montand & Sami Frey) love the same woman (Romy Schneider) even though they all become good friends.
To My Unborn Son (Leslie Kardos, 1943)

Vincent, François, Paul and the Others (Claude Sautet, 1974)

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (Michael Gordon, 1942)

Lone Survivor (Peter Berg, 2013)


A Navy seal team is dropped off in Afghanistan to kill a high-ranking member of the Taliban.
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Going through some Lake Placid movies eh? Haha love the posts, keep 'em coming



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After Midnight with Boston Blackie (Lew Landers, 1943)
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Paree, Paree (Roy Mack, 1934)

Breaking Point (Bob Clark, 1976)
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Unsane (Steven Soderbergh, 2018)


A worker (Claire Foy) seeks advice from a counselor about her troubles with stalkers and thoughts about suicide and finds herself in a strange mental institution - or does she?
Crazy House (Jack Cummings, 1930)

The Saint's Double Trouble (Jack Hively, 1940)

The Saint Takes Over (Jack Hively, 1940)
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Red Sparrow (Francis Lawrence, 2018)
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Former Bolshoi ballerina Jennifer Lawrence becomes involved with spying amd killing.
The Saint in Palm Springs (Jack Hively, 1941)

The Sun Comes Up (Richard Thorpe, 1949)
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The Saint's Vacation (Leslie Fenton, 1941)

Love, Simon (Greg Berlanti, 2018)
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High school best friends Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford hang out in his bedroom but he has a secret – he’s gay.
Tale of a Dog (Cy Endfield, 1944)
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The Saint Meets the Tiger (Paul Stein, 1943)

Rusty Leads the Way (Will Jason, 1948)
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Bulldog Drummond (F. Richard Jones, 1929)
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Bulldog Drummond (Ronald Colman) finds adventure with a young woman (Joan Bennett) who needs help protecting her uncle.
Rusty Saves a Life (Seymour Friedman, 1949)
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The Big Shave (Martin Scorsese, 1967)

Rusty’s Birthday (Seymour Friedman, 1949)
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Flipper (James B. Clark, 1963)


After a hurricane in the Florida Keys, Flipper and a fishing family adopt each other.



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A Bad Son (Claude Sautet, 1980)
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The Burning Hell (Ron Ormond, 1974)

Fiesta (Richard Thorpe, 1947)

Private Parts (Paul Bartel, 1972)
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Kinky characters and situations abound in LA’s "last respectable hotel".
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (Paul Bartel, 1989)

An Old Spanish Custom (Carlos Navarro & Antonio Samaniego, 1932)
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A Day at the Beach (Isadore [Friz] Freling, 1938)

The Girl Can’t Help It (Frank Tashlin, 1956)


Jane Mansfield has a snack while recording her hit version of “Rock Around the Rock Pile”.
Let's Sing with Popeye (Dave Fleischer, 1934)

What Price Safety! (Harold S. Bucquet, 1938)

Scarlet River (Otto Brewer, 1933)

Gigot (Gene Kelly, 1962)


In Paris, mute Jackie Gleason befriends a prostitute’s young daughter (Katherine Kath).
The Camera Caught It (No Director Listed, 1954)

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (Louis King, 1937)

Dark Tide (John Stockwell, 2013)
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Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)


Little does wife Grace Kelly know that someone is in her apartment ready to kill her.
The Return of Bulldog Drummond (Walter Summers, 1934)

Strong to the Finich (Dave Fleischer, 1934)
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Tennis Technique (Ray McCarey, 1931)

It’s My Party (Randal Kleiser, 1996)


His body failing from AIDS, artist Eric Roberts tries to reconcile with former lover – filmmaker Gregory Harrison – on the day he plans to commit suicide.



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Bulldog Drummond at Bay (Norman Lee, 1937)

The Mascot (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1933)

The 5th Wave (J Blakeson, 2016)
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For Heaven’s Sake (Sam Taylor, 1926)
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Just an average day for Harold Lloyd.
A Woman's Face (Gustaf Molander, 1938)

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (Thomas Hamilton, 2016)
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Opening Night (Roy Mack, 1931)

Kino Eye (Dziga Vertov, 1924)


No matter how experimental or poetic early Soviet cinema gets, they always stress science(?)
The Academy of Muses (José Luis Guerín, 2015)
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Phil Spitalny and His Musical Queens (Joseph Henabery, 1934)
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Pluto’s Purchase (Charles Nichols, 1948)
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Jane (Brett Morgan, 2017)
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Gombe National Park, Tanzania, the 1960s, primatologist Jane Goodall gets another chimp to reciprocate her love.
Stavisky… (Alain Resnais, 1974)
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Ken Burns: America’s Storyteller (Bob Marty, 2017)
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Zookeeper (Frank Coraci, 2011)
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Blood Wedding (Carlos Saura, 1981)


The climax of a dress rehearsal of a flamenco version of Lorca’s play as choreographed by Antonio Gades.
Capriccio Italien (No Director Listed, 1953)

Moose Hunters (Ben Sharpsteen, 1937)
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Banjo (Richard O. Fleischer, 1947)
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The Insult (Ziad Doueiri, 2017)
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A battle of words, fists and lawyers arises between Lebanese Christian mechanic Adel Karam and Palestinian refugee construction supervisor Kamel El Basha.



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The Seesaw and the Shoes (Douglas Foster, 1945)

Hotel (Richard Quine, 1967)

The Birds and the Beasts Were There (Andre De La Varre, 1944)
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On the Beach at Night Alone (Hong Sang-soo, 2017)
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Probably the most-honest line I’ve seen in a Hong film.
So You Want to Play the Horses (Richard L. Bare, 1946)
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Sleepy-Time Squirrel (Dick Lundy, 1954)
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Shiver Me Timbers! (Dave Fleischer, 1934)
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Journey’s End (Saul Dibb, 2018)



WWI troops are ordered to in the trenches in Spring 1918. No biggie – right? Wrong. The first film version of this famous play was directed by James Whale the year before he did Frankenstein.
The Monroe Doctrine (Crane Wilbur, 1939)
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The Twilight People (Eddie Romero, 1972)

No Down Payment (Martin Ritt, 1957)

The Black Stallion (Carroll Ballard, 1979)


When a ship capsizes, a wild horse and a boy (Kelly Reno) are stranded on a desert island.
Delicious Dishes (No Director Listed, 1950)

Celebrity Dog Show (Bill Roberts, 1939)

My Stars (Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, 1926)
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That Man from Rio (Philippe de Broca, 1964)
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Soldier Jean-Paul Belmondo gets into all kinds of trouble searching for his girlfriend (Françoise Dorléac) from Paris to Rio to Brasilia and beyond.
Up to His Ears (Philippe de Broca, 1965)
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The Whole Town’s Talking (John Ford, 1935)
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Sex and the City 2 (Michael Patrick King, 2010)

All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk, 1955)


Individualistic nurseryman Rock Hudson and country-club widow Jane Wyman find love and want to marry, but her friends and family object. Sorta remade by Fassbinder as Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.



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2+2=22 [The Alphabet] (Heinz Emigholz, 2017)

Bickels [Socialism] (Heinz Emigholz, 2016)

Niñato (Adrián Orr, 2017)

The Mercy (James Marsh, 2018)


When her husband (Colin Firth) decides to solo sail around the world, his wife (Rachel Weisz) wonders if it was because of something she did.
A Notorious Affair (Lloyd Bacon, 1930)

The Night of the Generals (Anatole Litvak, 1967)
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Bullet Scars (D. Ross Lederman, 1942)
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After Love (Joachim Lafosse, 2016)


A family is torn apart because the parents (Bérénice Bejo & Cédric Kahn) cannot even have a reasonable conversation about anything.
XXX Medico (Basil Wrangell, 1940)

The Double Man (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1967)

Casa Roshell (Camila José Donoso, 2018)

A Woman’s Face (George Cukor, 1941)


American remake of a Swedish Ingrid Bergman film about an evil woman – this time Joan Crawford – who undergoes a moral conversion after her physical scars are corrected by surgery.
Emergency Doctor (Harry W. Smith, 1956)

Life Is Flashing Before Your Eyes (Vince Collins, 1984)

Between Two Women (George B. Seitz, 1937)

The Pharaoh’s Belt (Lewis Klahr, 1993)


Avant-garde surrealistic animated film about secrets in a ‘50s American home.
The Eyes of Laura Mars (Irvin Kershner, 1978)
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Papa Gets the Bird (Hugh Harman, 1940)

Freighters of Destiny (Fred Allen, 1931)

Axe Me Another (Dave Fleischer, 1934)


Bluto and Popeye battle over lumber and of course, Olive Oyl.



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Nertsery Rhymes (Jack Cummings, 1933)

Liza AKA Love to Eternity (Marco Ferreri, 1972)

Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery (Ray Taylor, 1935)

Outside In (Lynn Shelton, 2018)
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When Jay Duplass gets out of prison after 20 years, he's drawn to his teacher (Edie Falco) whose encouragement kept him going inside.
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley (Michael Merriman, 2000)

Gnomeo & Juliet (Kelly Asbury, 2011)

From Hell It Came (Dan Milner, 1957)

The Pirates of Somalia (Bryan Buckley, 2017)
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Helpful Somalian (Barkhad Abdi) greets aspiring journalist Evan Peters when he arrives to interview officials and the major “pirates”.
Untamed Youth (Howard W. Koch, 1957)

So You Want to Be a Salesman (Richard Bare, 1947)

Dolemite (D’Urville Martin, 1975)

Gemini (Aaron Katz, 2018)
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Languid mystery noir concerning a Hollywood film star (Zoë Kravitz) and her assistant (Lola Kirke).
Teenagers on Trial (Frances Dinsmoor, 1955)

Diestre [Uruguay] (Heinz Emigholz, 2017)

The Wild, Wild Planet (Anthony Dawson [Antonio Margheriti], 1966)

It’s Love I’m After (Archie L. Mayo, 1937)



Underseen screwball classic about philandering Shakespearean ham actor Leslie Howard, his jealous, beloved leading lady Bette Davis and a young admirer (Olivia De Havilland) of his brand of Deviled Ham.
Devotion (Robert Milton, 1931)

Chick and Double Chick (Seymour Kneitel, 1946)
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Beirut (Brad Anderson, 2018)

Blockers (Kay Cannon, 2018)
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The ridiculous, yet hilarious “butt-chugging” scene involving parents (Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz & John Cena) of three female high schoolers who plan to lose their virginity after their prom..



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Júlia ist (Elena Martín, 2017)

So You Want to Hold Your Wife (Richard Bare, 1947)

Sandokan the Great (Umberto Lenzi, 1963)

The Divine Order (Petra Volpe, 2017)
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Actually, “she” was talking about women’s vaginas and how they resemble certain animals.
Color Scales (Zion Myers, 1932)

LSD: Insight or Insanity? (Max Miller, 1967)

Beautiful Day (Hattie Macdonald, 1996)

Isle of the Dogs (Wes Anderson, 2018)


Chief (Voice of Bryan Cranston), a stray dog who’s proud to have never had an owner, gets hugged by the Little Pilot (Voice of Koyu Rankin) who’s come to Trash Island looking for his dog who strongly resembles Chief.
The Fighting Temptations (Jonathan Lynn, 2003)

Maniac (Dwain Esper, 1934)

A Dream Walking (Dave Fleischer, 1934)

Weirdos (Bruce McDonald, 2018)


Canadian teenagers Julia Sarah Stone & Dylan Authors are loving friends and weirdos who take a road trip and come across some more.
Come on Danger! (Robert Hill, 1932)

Streetscapes [Dialogue] (Heinz Emigholz, 2017)
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He Knows You’re Alone (Armand Mastroianni, 1980)

The Three Little Pups (Tex Avery, 1953)


No matter how the Wolf tries to outsmart the Pups, things go crazy against him.
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (Gene Burdette, 1935)

The All-American Boy (Charles Eastman, 1973)

The Story of Dr. Jenner (Henry K. Dunn, 1939)

Klass AKA The Class (Ilmar Raag, 2007)


Two Estonian teenagers reach a breaking point in the bullying they’ll take from their classmates.



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Game Night (John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein, 2018)
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Whispers (Basil Wrangell, 1941)
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The Champ (Franco Zeffirelli, 1979)

A Thousand Girls Like Me (Sahra Mani, 2018)
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An Afghani woman goes to court to have her father imprisoned for repeatedly raping her, impregnating her and threatening to do the same to her kids, but will they believe her?
Mr. Lucky (H.C. Potter, 1943)

Bashful (Alf Goulding, 1917)

The Big Idea (Hal Mohr & Gilbert Pratt, 1917)

Lizzies of the Field (Del Lord, 1924)


During a crazy race, one mechanic “kidnaps” the daughter of another.
By the Sad Sea Waves (Alf Goulding, 1917)

Take a Chance (Alf Goulding, 1918)

Look Pleasant Please (Alf Goulding, 1918)

Ouroboros (Basma Alsharif, 2018)


The Gaza Strip is examined in a “documentary” which examines the cycle of time and nature as going backwards until somehow forced to move forward.
Billy Blazes, Esq. (Hal Roach, 1919)

Just Neighbors (Harold Lloyd & Frank Terry, 1919)

The Marathon (Alf Goulding, 1919)

Killing for Love (Marcus Vetter & Karin Steinberger, 2017)


Bizarre murder case involving the convicted killers, those murdered, the prosecution, the presiding judge and politicians from the 2010s which may still be keeping someone innocent in prison.
Outward Bound (Robert Milton, 1930)
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A Gasoline Wedding (Alf Goulding, 1918)

The Golden Years (No Director Listed, 1960)

Kuro (Joji Koyamo & Tujiko Norilo, 2018)


Experiment in film narrative where the visuals and narrator/music seem to exist in separate universes and actually seem to subvert each other.
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #3 (No Director Listed, 1933)

Captain Kidd’s Kids (Hal Roach, 1919)

Pal Joey (George Sidney, 1957)

The Sea Stares at Us from Afar (Manuel Muñoz Rivas, 2018)


Candles and bonfires help singing Spanish cavaliers see their landscapes in a different way.



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Happily Buried (Felix Feist, 1939)

Dark River (Clio Barnard, 2018)
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Cellbound (Tex Avery & Michael Lah, 1955)

Sweet Country (Warwick Thornton, 2018)
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Racist Bryan Brown and true Christian Sam Neill interact with married aborigine couple (Hamilton Morris & Natassia Gorey Furber) who are in trouble with the law.
Dolphin Tale (Charles Martin Smith, 2011)
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Death Wish (Eli Roth, 2018)
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The Old Grey Mayor (Leigh French, 1935)

Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)


Of course you do.
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (Greg Berlanti, 2000)
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Beyond the Rockies (Fred Allen, 1932)

Happy Feet Two (George Miller, 2011)

The Two-Alarm Fire (Dave Fleischer, 1934)


While Olive Oyl’s house burns, competing volunteer firemen Bluto and Popeye have “pissing” and quipping contests.
Cleopatra Jones (Jack Starrett, 1973)
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Magical Maestro (Tex Avery, 1952)

The Mack (Michael Campus, 1973)

The Tree (Julie Bertucelli, 2010)
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When her father suddenly dies under a tree in their yard, seven-year-old Morgana Davies thereafter relates that enormous, destructive tree to him and always wants to be near it.
Make Mine Freedom (William Hanna & Joseph Barbera, 1948)
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Hop (Tim Hill, 2011)

Tailspin Tommy (Louis Friedlander [Lew Landers], 1934)

The Red Badge of Courage (John Huston, 1951)


Civil War battles – in this case American – are scary and dirty.



Wow, not often I see a full
from you mark .... fully agree that Cabaret is brilliant



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If you like Fantastic Mr. Fox, yes to Dogs. Blockers has a plot that thousands of films have, but the characters have more idiosyncrasies than most which makes their actions more honestly funny. I laughed more than I thought I would.



If you like Fantastic Mr. Fox, yes to Dogs. Blockers has a plot that thousands of films have, but the characters have more idiosyncrasies than most which makes their actions more honestly funny. I laughed more than I thought I would.
JOHN CENA.