I guess its fair to say everyone see's history through the lens of their own bias.
"The Turks are Coming: The Sword of Justice" is entertaining in its own way. Its production values are decent if not outstanding, acting is reasonable too and action scenes, are polished.
That said, it's an historical fantasy. Sultan Mehmed II known as "The Father of Conquest" was, as the name suggests, a conqueror. Trying to paint him and all of the Turkish empire as good and virtuous and everyone opposing him, as bad, is simplistic, to say the least.
The interplay between East and West i…
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**_A few days of the Battle of Hurtgen Forest in November’s gloom_**
Released in 1998, the events take place entirely in the woods along the border of Belgium and Germany in 1944. This makes the movie one-dimensional, unlike, say, “The Big Red One,” which took place in no less than six different countries in the Mediterranean and Europe.
Everything looks authentic and the hardships are well detailed, as well as the tensions between the men. In contrast to 1965’s “Battle of the Bulge,” which was shot in the heart of friggin’ Spain, this was filmed in areas similar to the actual lo…
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62/100
Jason must find a golden fleece so that he may become the rightful ruler of his kingdom. Being as I spent much of my youth watching creature features and fantasies, it's a mystery that this one slipped by me till now. Of course, watching Harryhausen perform his magic with stop-motion animation is a treat regardless of the film ...first time I've seen the full skeleton battle and wow!. Everything else, though, is pretty much matinee fodder for the time. Also, he goes to a peaceful nation, steals their most precious item and he's the hero?? Hmmm.. -- DrNostromo.com…
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I went into Old Enough expecting cheese and found a small classic. Marisa Silver’s Lower East Side feels lived in, and the friendship at the center—two girls from very different wealth classes—plays honest and tender. If you vibe with Little Darlings but want something smaller and truer, this lands.
New York in the eighties is captured with a sharp eye, the kid performances from Sarah Boyd and Rainbow Harvest feel real, and the women-led perspective keeps the gaze humane. No leering, no panic, just curiosity and empathy. A synthy Julian Marshall score threads it together with that indie…
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"A House of Dynamite is the perfect definition of a film with brilliant intent but exhaustive execution.
Kathryn Bigelow delivers an opening act of pure cinematic tension, technically and sensorially extraordinary, but its structure, divided into three acts that tell the same story, proves excessively redundant and draining, transforming the suspense thriller into an academic essay that gradually loses the viewer's attention.
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"Ballad of a Small Player is a sensorial experience elevated by all the artists involved. It's a story about a man trying to find himself amidst a culture marked by out-of-control capitalism and greed manifested through audiovisual intoxication.
Despite a slightly unbalanced first act and a central relationship that deserved more screentime, the film is a triumph of form, technique, and, above all, the magnetic perform…
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I usually don't like and watch comedies, but this TV is an exception! This is a masterpiece!…
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Not bad, better than any other German shows I have seen so far. Kinda reminds me "Lilyhammer" which was an amazing show.…
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"Gremlins 2: The New Batch" leaves you wondering what sort of audience this chaotic visual smorgasbord is aimed at. It is undoubtedly too violent in certain places for a pre-teen audience and it is much too fanciful and juvenile for a teenage audience. In any case it is very entertaining in its own shambolic way as the loosely constructed story strings together one unrelated set piece sequence after another. The gremlins themselves are particularly fearsome and frightning looking little critters - sorry, wrong franchise - and the film can be surprisingly gory in places as well, although it doe…
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When a filmmaker tackles a project that has a personal connection to the story, there’s always a risk that the director could be too close to the material to do it justice. And that would seem to be the case with the debut narrative feature from filmmaker Louise Hémon, who’s best known for her documentary work. However, that shift in genre does not seem to be the primary issue with this offering. The problem here is more contextual; indeed, it would appear that the director could be so acquainted with the subject matter that she assumes her audience may have the same degree of familiarity with…
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