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🎬 I'm NOT your casual movie reviewer!

I don't do plot overviews or safe, spoiler-free summaries. For that stuff, there's Wikipedia.

What I DO: I share my raw, unfiltered experience and thoughts on movies and TV shows. That means MAJOR SPOILERS could hit you in the very first line of any review.

I talk about films the way you'd chat with a friend who's already seen them. No dancing around plot points. No vague hints. Just honest, spoiler-filled conversation.

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Angel-A (2005)

Director: Luc Besson Producer: Luc Besson Screenplay: Luc Besson Starring: Jamel Debbouze as AndrΓ© Moussah Rie Rasmussen as Angela Gilbert Melki as Franck Serge Riaboukine as Pedro Akim Chir as Samy Music: Anja Garbarek Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast Editing: FrΓ©dΓ©ric Thoraval Release Date: December 21, 2005 (France) Running Time: 91 minutes Language: French   ***SPOILER ALERT*** A Charming but Flawed Film So, I'm writing this review for "Angel-A" after "Arthur" even though I watched "Angel-A" first, Luc Besson's 10th movie after a six-year hiatus following "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc." I was so mad at "Arthur" that I had to write the hateful one first and get it over and done with. "...
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Nightmare Alley (2021)

Nightmare Alley is a 2021 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay by del Toro and Kim Morgan, based on the 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham, being the second feature film adaptation of Gresham's novel, following the 1947 version. The film received positive reviews from critics but flopped at the box office, grossing a total of $39 million worldwide against a $60 million production budget. It received four nominations at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_Alley_(2021_film) A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychiatrist bent on exposing him. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** Neo-Noir Atmosphere and Aesthetic KRASNAYA: Before starting my review, I found out that Nightmare Alley is the second film adaptat...
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (also known as Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For) is a 2014 American neo-noir crime thriller film and follow-up to the 2005 film Sin City. Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, the script is written by Miller, and is primarily based on the second book in the Sin City series by Miller. One of the smaller plots of the film is based on the short story "Just Another Saturday Night", which is collected in Booze, Broads, & Bullets, the sixth book in the comic series. Two original stories ("The Long Bad Night" and "Nancy's Last Dance") were created exclusively for the film written by Miller. The film stars an ensemble cast including returning cast members Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, Jaime King, and Powers Boothe. Newcomers to the series include Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, Christopher Lloyd, Jamie Chung, Jeremy Piven, Chri...
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