If anyone ever said that a child cannot fill the parent's shoes, Fernanda Torres's performance in "I'm Still Here" is a force to be reckoned with. It stands on par with her mother, Fernanda Montenegro's legendary reputation, the Grande Dame of Brazilian theater and film known for "Central Station" and "House of Sand." Remarkably, Montenegro appears in this film as the elderly, senile version of Eunice Paiva, having only recently retired at age 96. But this is Torres's film, and she commands every frame.
Torres balances the complicated vectors of Latin family strength, class values, soci…
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Might be a clear homage to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes, but Brute 1976 just is an uninteresting horror film that I found my mine drifting and scrolling through an app on my phone. The cinematography was decent but the characters pretty forgettable and rather bland performances along with the script. **2.0/5**…
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Buckle up, buttercup - you're gonna see things beyond imagination, especially if you've never waded into these completely over-the-top waters before. The 'moderate violence' part of the tagline is sort of on target: no one's brains are blown out, nobody pitches face-first into a woodchipper,or gets run straight over by a train. Otherwise - SPOILER ALERT - people are creatively dispatched by falling mortar and other ingenious (and inglorious) means.
The second half of this utter insanity is like a hysterical mashup of Pulp Fiction and The Blues Brothers, with a dash of Monte Python throw…
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### **Review: *Orphan Black (2013)***
**Score: 10/10 — A Televisual Masterpiece of Performance and Conspiracy**
*Orphan Black* isn't just a great TV show; it is a landmark achievement in acting, storytelling, and genre-bending creativity. From its now-iconic opening moment—a woman witnessing her own suicide on a train platform—it launched a paranoid, propulsive, and profoundly human thriller that redefined what a single performer could accomplish. It is a perfect series, earning every point of its flawless score.
#### **The Unparalleled Alchemy of Tatiana Maslany**
The show’s found…
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While I can admire the production design recreating the 70s and 80s and a great performance from Burt Reynolds, I didn't find this terribly engaging. The first part and last section were very good but found the middle to be meandering. I didn't think the various character arcs came together (compared to Magnolia which I loved) and I think 15-20 minutes could've been removed. Still, it's worth watching at least. **3.25/5**…
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I'm Living with an Otaku NEET Kunoichi!? _(NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dousei Hajimemashita)_ Is a "reverse isekai" where the main character remains in the present day every day and the supernatural creatures and people with extrodinary abilities gravitate around the MC. And it is a standard boy-meets-ninja girl protector. All good. She is Shizuri Ideura, sent to protect the MC - Tsukasa Atsumi, and everyday salaryman. Atsumi has the warrior blood of the samurai and that attracts supernatural creatures called yohmai to attack him. Not having any obvious offensive skills to protect himself, h…
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They say that “no good deed goes unpunished.” If you doubt that, just ask Oscar Restrepo (Ubeimar Rios). The middle-aged, modestly talented poet struggles to get by on multiple fronts, but, to be honest, he’s often his own worst enemy, frequently getting in his own way, digging in his heels and refusing to make any compromises that might make his life easier and more palatable. He’s broke financially, living with his aging mother (Margarita Soto), and relations with his largely estranged college-age daughter (Alisson Correa) are severely strained, particularly since she pities him as a patheti…
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The opening part of *The Mouse Hunt* is indeed funny—especially the bit where the protagonist’s dad falls into the sewer.
After the mouse shows up, the suffering goes on forever, so I skipped most of the scenes where the mouse fights back because they were kind of boring. Honestly, even though the mouse defeats different opponents in different ways, the theme is always the same: the mouse is so powerful that everyone gets humiliated.
Even heroes as strong as Spider‑Man or Jackie Chan in *Jackie Chan Adventures* can take down a bunch of foes in a single episode, but they occasiona…
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The V/H/S franchise of films are often fun, often in bad taste but typically don't cross the line into ugly and cruel, until now.
The latest iteration to my mind, goes too far depicting the actions of a child serial killer, in a manner that I found troubling and deeply off putting. Or put another way, downright awful.
In summary, if this is the direction V/H/S want to go in, Ill be staying away in future. A hard pass from me.…
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"Air" like other remarkable Russian war films, is brutally frank. It tells you that war is not pretty, it is not forgiving and above all, for many combatants, there are no happy endings. Indeed, even those who do survive, face the trauma of rememberance of those who are lost,leaving emotional pain, that can last generations.
This is the story of a young female Russian pilot. Antithetically she must embrace her humanity, connecting with those around her, whilst, in turn, denying it, by cooly taking the lives, of enemy pilots.
Everything about this film speaks of excellence. Its a…
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