Letterboxd 5019o David WG https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/ Letterboxd - David WG The Cool Mikado 6a6j4b 1963 - ★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-cool-mikado/ letterboxd-review-894903559 Fri, 23 May 2025 00:36:21 +1200 2025-05-22 No The Cool Mikado 1963 2.0 257663 <![CDATA[

4v291o

Winner displaying all the talent you’d  expect for staging musical numbers! 
Actually kind of starts off quite endearing. Incredibly cheap looking, music hall comedians gurning through atrocious one liners, Lionel Blair as a Japanese man. Laughably fun for a while. Inevitably it becomes a bit tiresome. 
Hard to believe he made West 11 the same year.

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West 11 2g40f 1963 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/west-11/1/ letterboxd-review-894188142 Thu, 22 May 2025 03:03:22 +1200 2025-05-21 Yes West 11 1963 4.0 76147 <![CDATA[

Surprisingly accomplished for an early picture by Michael Winner.

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Deep Red 2c3n5x 1975 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/deep-red/ letterboxd-review-892961797 Tue, 20 May 2025 12:50:08 +1200 2025-05-19 Yes Deep Red 1975 5.0 20126 <![CDATA[

A technical wonder with an all timer everyman over his head performance from God Hemmings (and no one played that role better than him). Argento’s masterpiece.

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Petulia 414f2w 1968 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/petulia/ letterboxd-review-892508670 Tue, 20 May 2025 01:47:57 +1200 2025-05-19 No Petulia 1968 4.5 42634 <![CDATA[

Loved this, one of the great San Francisco movies. Beautiful Nic Roeg photography. Clearly the best thing Lester made, a shame he seemed to stick with the slapstick after it.
A slippery, mysterious romance with a great John Barry score. 
Oh and a Grateful Dead cameo too.

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California Split 3f4z6s 1974 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/california-split/1/ letterboxd-review-891556438 Mon, 19 May 2025 03:34:07 +1200 2025-05-18 Yes California Split 1974 4.0 32044 <![CDATA[

Dug this a lot more second time around. A great hang out movie.

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I Love My Wife 6r5n11 1970 - ★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/i-love-my-wife/ letterboxd-review-891418475 Sun, 18 May 2025 23:39:09 +1200 2025-05-18 No I Love My Wife 1970 2.0 280132 <![CDATA[

Deeply sexist but undeniably interesting as a an early Elliott Gould vehicle which I can only assume he’d signed on for before his Oscar nomination.

Misogynistic in the extreme - but there’s an occasional laugh at the absurdity of how outdated this must’ve felt even in 1970. 
Highlights include Gould:
- being disgusted at his pregnant wife eating for two, immediately getting the horn for other women and beginning a string of affairs 
- horrified at the thought of jerking off as a married man so dragging his wife out of bed to have his way 
- deciding the only way to fix the marriage is to send her off to fat camp for a month 

We’re clearly not supposed to like Gould’s character. But none of the comedy is at his expense. It’s basically the ‘for you’ tab on Twitter.

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A Ghost in Monte Carlo 604221 1990 - ★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/a-ghost-in-monte-carlo/ letterboxd-review-890480368 Sun, 18 May 2025 01:25:13 +1200 2025-05-17 No A Ghost in Monte Carlo 1990 2.0 87628 <![CDATA[

1973: Sarah Miles is blackmailed by a man she’s involved with. He dies under mysterious circumstances on a film set and she is accused of covering up his murder.

1989: Sarah Miles stars in a Barbara Cartland TV movie in which she is blackmailed by a man she’s involved with. She murders him and covers up the crime. 

For that reason alone I award this the highest rating possible for a Barbara Cartland adaptation.  Two stars and a like.

Camper than a warehouse full of tents and starring several people who should be above this sort of thing, it’s possible to wring some fun out of Miles’ scenery chewing performance. And Oliver Reed plays an Indian Raja.

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The Mule 1l1g6l 2018 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-mule-2018/ letterboxd-review-889428617 Fri, 16 May 2025 16:32:22 +1200 2025-05-16 No The Mule 2018 3.5 504172 <![CDATA[

Much lighter and funnier than I expected. For some reason I had this pegged as two hours of misery and punishment being heaped on old Clint. Instead he’s dancing with the chicas and singing in the car. Nice movie.

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The Hospital 5p5n58 1971 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-hospital/ letterboxd-review-889310398 Fri, 16 May 2025 13:20:07 +1200 2025-05-16 No The Hospital 1971 4.0 32082 <![CDATA[

Life has many pleasures but not many of them come close to George C Scott delivering Chayefsky dialogue. Terrific stuff.

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Charley Varrick 2v5p6b 1973 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/charley-varrick/1/ letterboxd-review-888913942 Fri, 16 May 2025 02:16:38 +1200 2025-05-15 Yes Charley Varrick 1973 5.0 27331 <![CDATA[

Fell head over heels for this last year, loved it just as much today. Siegel’s masterpiece.
RIP Joe Don Baker, mean as hell here. Nearly steals the whole picture.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 4a3o1x Dream Warriors, 1987 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-3-dream-warriors/3/ letterboxd-watch-888558837 Thu, 15 May 2025 12:50:49 +1200 2025-05-15 Yes A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987 4.5 10072 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday May 15, 2025.

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Twilight 1c5y57 1998 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/twilight/ letterboxd-review-888212602 Thu, 15 May 2025 03:45:19 +1200 2025-05-14 No Twilight 1998 4.0 26269 <![CDATA[

This was delightful. What a surprise. A great LA movie, one of the finest neo-noirs I’ve seen. Looks amazing, wonderful old Hollywood score.
Absolutely incredible cast.
Kind of predictable but it’s a total blast seeing how it plays out. Newman rules in this. 

RIP Robert Benton

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Last Dance 465i62 1996 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/last-dance/ letterboxd-review-888145976 Thu, 15 May 2025 01:28:29 +1200 2025-05-14 No Last Dance 1996 2.5 46063 <![CDATA[

Not a bad film, has that 90s Touchstone gloss and a Mark Isham score so it’s a reassuringly easy watch. Stone is decent enough, there’s just no weight to the drama so none of it really lands with the intended effect. Lifetime movie of the week with a budget.

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The Banshees of Inisherin 1d2r22 2022 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin/1/ letterboxd-review-887406681 Wed, 14 May 2025 02:23:27 +1200 2025-05-13 Yes The Banshees of Inisherin 2022 5.0 674324 <![CDATA[

Still wonderful.

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Quintet 5s2r1 1979 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/quintet/ letterboxd-review-886438520 Mon, 12 May 2025 18:17:16 +1200 2025-05-12 No Quintet 1979 4.0 45169 <![CDATA[

I think I kind of dug this. Glacially fascinating, shot with a Vaseline smeared frame, Paul Newman in fur solving a puzzle. The world he creates feels all too real. One of Altman’s most interesting pictures. Feel like this would definitely improve on repeat viewings.

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Figures in a Landscape 4v4b3k 1970 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/figures-in-a-landscape/ letterboxd-review-886301133 Mon, 12 May 2025 14:41:36 +1200 2025-05-12 No Figures in a Landscape 1970 4.0 107327 <![CDATA[

Immediately arresting from its first seconds, it remains sinister and ambiguous throughout, aided by Shaw’s typically devilish performance. Losey has a wonderful eye for landscapes - a terrific looking picture.

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Johnny Handsome 1x2f3g 1989 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/johnny-handsome/ letterboxd-review-886197519 Mon, 12 May 2025 12:36:19 +1200 2025-05-11 No Johnny Handsome 1989 3.5 505 <![CDATA[

Minor Walter Hill but nice to see him back in Louisiana. Never quite goes as OTT as it’s visuals and some of the performances suggest (Freeman and Barkin are having a great time) but it’s a fun 90 minutes. Terrific cemetery set climax.

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Cutter's Way 2m1u15 1981 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/cutters-way/ letterboxd-review-886111883 Mon, 12 May 2025 10:49:50 +1200 2025-05-11 No Cutter's Way 1981 4.5 31593 <![CDATA[

Finally watched this. As great as I’d heard.
Jeff Bridges the coolest guy ever despite awful moustache and bouffant hair. 
John Heard giving one of the greatest performances of the 80s.
Wonderful Lisa Eichhorn giving confusing Lisa Blount energy.
*Incredible* ending.

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Gloria 1e5o1o 1999 - ★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/gloria-1999/ letterboxd-review-885407609 Sun, 11 May 2025 17:13:29 +1200 2025-05-11 No Gloria 1999 2.0 45712 <![CDATA[

Feels largely misguided and Lumet is on total auto pilot, some of it looks awful. 
Stone seems a bit at sea and would have been better off without the Noo York accent but is more effective in some of the quieter moments. 
A lot darker than I’d imagined (haven’t seen the original).

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V for Vendetta 4kh3i 2005 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/v-for-vendetta/1/ letterboxd-review-885337638 Sun, 11 May 2025 15:38:06 +1200 2025-05-11 Yes V for Vendetta 2005 4.0 752 <![CDATA[

Haven’t seen this in years, thought this might not hold up - still pretty into it.
A great ‘ing cast’ movie. Lots of faces. John Hurt wonderful but Stephen Rea is perhaps my favourite part of the whole movie. One of our most underrated actors. 
Great ending - quite moving IMO.

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Tres 1o5b4a 1992 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/tres/ letterboxd-review-885201593 Sun, 11 May 2025 12:48:56 +1200 2025-05-11 No Tres 1992 4.0 22004 <![CDATA[

Dug this a lot, feels like something me and my friends would have rented for a sleep over in 1993 but somehow never did. 
Hill on top form, those claustrophobic interiors  look great and the action is first rate. 
I have never been convinced by Ice-T as an actor and this film did little to dissuade me of that, could’ve used a better lead antagonist.

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The Driver n734f 1978 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-driver/1/ letterboxd-review-885116619 Sun, 11 May 2025 10:59:02 +1200 2025-05-10 Yes The Driver 1978 4.0 2153 <![CDATA[

Didn’t fully connect with this first time, pleased to see I was wrong.
O’Neal never cooler, Adjani one of the most beautiful faces, Dern in uber cunt mode (again). Great LA vibes and exciting car chases. What’s not to like? Hill’s run at this time is unmatched.

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Red Rock West 4q2218 1993 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/red-rock-west/ letterboxd-review-884492924 Sat, 10 May 2025 18:05:34 +1200 2025-05-10 No Red Rock West 1993 4.0 10427 <![CDATA[

Kind of comforting seeing Polygram/Propaganda at the start of a film. 
First rate neo-noir, looks wonderful, 90 minute run time, bags of atmosphere. A good time.

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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 404j48 1970 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-private-life-of-sherlock-holmes/ letterboxd-review-884433640 Sat, 10 May 2025 16:55:57 +1200 2025-05-10 No The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970 3.5 5185 <![CDATA[

A little bit all over the place but an excellent Holmes and Watson. Terrific chemistry. Feels like that awkward bridge between old and new Hollywood with the drugs and latent homosexuality brought to the surface. Very funny in parts.

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The Possession of Joel Delaney t37 1972 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-possession-of-joel-delaney/ letterboxd-review-884274853 Sat, 10 May 2025 12:38:57 +1200 2025-05-09 No The Possession of Joel Delaney 1972 2.5 29491 <![CDATA[

Iffy little curio that plays like a cheap Canadian tax shelter but benefits from some wonderfully grimy NYC locations and a big star in the lead. 
Kind of boring with occasional flashes of exploitation mayhem, the last 15 minutes certainly brings some much needed energy (but is largely driven by the cruel humiliation of  children!)
There’s an undercurrent of incest through the whole thing that the makers of Amityville 2 would find ‘a bit much’

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After Dark 4a161v My Sweet, 1990 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/after-dark-my-sweet/ letterboxd-review-884186463 Sat, 10 May 2025 10:25:48 +1200 2025-05-09 No After Dark, My Sweet 1990 3.5 25501 <![CDATA[

RIP JAMES FOLEY
Great looking neo-noir made with a high level of technical skill and a considerable amount  of atmosphere. Didn’t fully click for me despite a committed performance from Patric and another great scum bag turn by Bruce Dern. 
Nice Maurice jarre score that I would’ve sworn was Brad Fiedel.

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Brokeback Mountain 1m3n32 2005 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/brokeback-mountain/ letterboxd-review-883835512 Sat, 10 May 2025 01:10:24 +1200 2025-05-09 Yes Brokeback Mountain 2005 5.0 142 <![CDATA[

"If you can't fix it, you gotta stand it"

Hadn’t seen this in at least 15 years. Still one of the most beautiful films ever made. An exceptional achievement on every creative level. Each role no matter how small is perfectly cast. Every scene has one of the most incredibly framed/lit images you’ve ever seen.

Oscars don’t matter at all. But this one losing still feels like a one of the Academy’s biggest mistakes.

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Thieves Like Us 6c3f2q 1974 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/thieves-like-us/1/ letterboxd-review-883196553 Fri, 9 May 2025 03:59:43 +1200 2025-05-08 Yes Thieves Like Us 1974 4.0 31656 <![CDATA[

One of Altman’s most authentic feeling works, you can almost taste the Great Depression. Ending’s a kick to the guts. Maybe his most underrated.

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The Damned 24h1r 2024 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-damned-2024-1/ letterboxd-review-882774116 Thu, 8 May 2025 11:57:14 +1200 2025-05-07 No The Damned 2024 3.5 850439 <![CDATA[

Beautiful to look at, incredible sense of place. You can feel the COLD. Never quite chills or thrills but not without some sense of unease or moment of dread. Worth 85 minutes of anyone’s time.

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Paper Moon 231239 1973 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/paper-moon/1/ letterboxd-review-882430110 Thu, 8 May 2025 02:12:09 +1200 2025-05-07 Yes Paper Moon 1973 5.0 11293 <![CDATA[

Ryan O’Neal is fantastic in this, one of the most unsung leading man performances of the 70s.
A truly joyful picture. Gorgeous to look at. Near perfect.

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A Complete Unknown 5y6t4 2024 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/a-complete-unknown/ letterboxd-review-881282023 Tue, 6 May 2025 11:33:37 +1200 2025-05-05 No A Complete Unknown 2024 3.5 661539 <![CDATA[

Walks that fine line between being very well made and very safe. Main problem is the one that often sinks these biopics… no room for any of these relationships, particularly the romantic ones, to mean anything.  
But isn’t Monica Barbaro great? And why am I suddenly moved by Cash’s letter? And doesn’t it all look terrific? Good movie. Can’t see why I’d ever want to watch it again though.

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The Anderson Tapes 4u1o3u 1971 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-anderson-tapes/ letterboxd-review-880657009 Mon, 5 May 2025 17:51:12 +1200 2025-05-05 No The Anderson Tapes 1971 4.0 30941 <![CDATA[

À ton of fun. Zips along at a tremendous pace. First hour the best. Connery and Cannon have terrific chemistry, Martin Balsam camping up a storm, funky Quincy Jones score. 
The actual heist seemed to bring things to a bit of a drag, I felt.  Cannon disappears for the last act. Not quite as much fun. A shame as for a while there I thought I’d stumbled across a new favourite. Will definitely revisit. Have a feeling I’d like it even more second time around.

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King and Country 5f28d 1964 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/king-and-country/ letterboxd-review-880538205 Mon, 5 May 2025 14:58:48 +1200 2025-05-05 No King and Country 1964 4.0 96394 <![CDATA[

Relentlessly bleak WW1 drama, Bogarde on wonderful form. Depths of misery never seen before or since in a war movie.

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Fruitvale Station 41b4r 2013 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/fruitvale-station/ letterboxd-review-880441573 Mon, 5 May 2025 13:16:14 +1200 2025-05-05 No Fruitvale Station 2013 4.0 157354 <![CDATA[

Deeply upsetting, piss boiling stuff. Beautifully performed.

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The Woman in the Yard 6o1ww 2025 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-woman-in-the-yard/ letterboxd-review-880353124 Mon, 5 May 2025 11:39:51 +1200 2025-05-04 No The Woman in the Yard 2025 2.5 1244944 <![CDATA[

Looks great, not without a moment or two, but I’m beyond bored of this whole sad lady horror genre. Nothing unique here at all.

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Streamers 311l3e 1983 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/streamers/ letterboxd-review-880259926 Mon, 5 May 2025 10:10:53 +1200 2025-05-04 No Streamers 1983 4.0 66487 <![CDATA[

Really liking Altman’s play adaptations. Heavy stuff. Always heard this his 80s period was a wilderness before his big 90s comeback… it’s a lie!
Last 30 minutes takes a shocking turn but includes a moment of physical comedy that made me laugh out loud before gasping in surprise.

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Butterfly Kisses g4d3e 2018 - ★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/butterfly-kisses-2018/ letterboxd-watch-878855554 Sun, 4 May 2025 05:37:02 +1200 2025-05-03 No Butterfly Kisses 2018 2.0 480733 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.

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Sinners 5z1711 2025 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/sinners-2025/ letterboxd-review-877732963 Sat, 3 May 2025 00:17:25 +1200 2025-05-02 No Sinners 2025 4.5 1233413 <![CDATA[

Wonderfully made, near masterpiece stuff that I’m sure will only improve on further viewings. Incredible to look at and listen to.  
Kind of preferred the twins returning home to set up the club and reconnecting with their pasts to the vampire part - but that’s so much fun this is barely an issue. 
A terrific achievement.

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Airplane! 3c2a4s 1980 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/airplane/ letterboxd-review-877354802 Fri, 2 May 2025 12:24:30 +1200 2025-05-01 No Airplane! 1980 4.5 813 <![CDATA[

No greater feeling than watching these ZAZ movies maybe once a decade and all the gags landing like it’s your first time. 
Stayin’ Alive still one of cinemas all time greatest scenes.

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Fréwaka 4dj2f 2024 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/frewaka/ letterboxd-review-876694824 Thu, 1 May 2025 17:36:25 +1200 2025-05-01 No Fréwaka 2024 3.0 1189735 <![CDATA[

I don’t know when Ireland became the world capital of horror - particularly this kind of thing - but I will always go back to the well. This lays on the trauma a bit thick but has some decent spooks and unsettling folk imagery (corn heads!).

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Cookie's Fortune 145o6c 1999 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/cookies-fortune/ letterboxd-review-876546221 Thu, 1 May 2025 13:38:14 +1200 2025-05-01 No Cookie's Fortune 1999 3.5 9465 <![CDATA[

Lesser Altman but still enjoyable. Great cast. Glenn Close wonderfully detestable.

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Sphere 4j5z17 1998 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/sphere/ letterboxd-review-876467804 Thu, 1 May 2025 12:00:35 +1200 2025-04-30 Yes Sphere 1998 4.0 10153 <![CDATA[

I am of course pre-disposed to liking this more than many for one very big reason, but I am generally inclined to enjoy these bloated, silly sci-fi yarns made by reputable directors with great casts and big ideas. 
This was better than I’d ed. Goes off the rails a bit but it looks great, some of the set pieces are well staged, the effects hold up well, and it has a great Elliot Goldenthal score. 
Reminded me a little of the similarly reviled Mission to Mars… which I also enjoy.

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Being There 4v701o 1979 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/being-there/ letterboxd-review-876124392 Thu, 1 May 2025 02:26:54 +1200 2025-04-30 Yes Being There 1979 4.0 10322 <![CDATA[

Hadn’t seen this in 15 years at least. Wonderful stuff. The funked up Also Sprach Zarathustra sequence as Chance enters the outside world is one of the best scenes of the decade. 
Great performances from all.
Fun fact - sellers allegedly based his performance on the same Gardner who inspired Stephen Stills’ song Johnny’s Garden.

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Exorcist II 216w3f The Heretic, 1977 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic/2/ letterboxd-watch-875772124 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:35:02 +1200 2025-04-29 Yes Exorcist II: The Heretic 1977 4.0 11586 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday April 29, 2025.

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A Man for All Seasons 2w6e5t 1966 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/a-man-for-all-seasons/ letterboxd-review-875018769 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:53:09 +1200 2025-04-28 No A Man for All Seasons 1966 4.0 874 <![CDATA[

Involving, surprisingly cinematic adaptation. Scofield is impressive as the stoic Thomas Moore and is backed by an impressive ing cast, but everyone one is upstaged by a ferocious Robert Shaw as an unstable Henry VIII.
Looks terrific, and John Hurt has a haircut which looks as if it inspired The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper barnets.

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The Wild Robot 6w211 2024 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/the-wild-robot/ letterboxd-review-872119826 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 09:14:53 +1200 2025-04-25 No The Wild Robot 2024 4.0 1184918 <![CDATA[

This was quite lovely. Knew nothing of it going in. Genuine laughs, a wonderful look and some excellent voice work, particularly Nyong’o. 
A shame it all feels derivative of a dozen previous animated films. 
Still head and shoulders above anything Pixar and Disney have churned out recently.

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About Schmidt 4e5vw 2002 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/about-schmidt/ letterboxd-review-871441426 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:41:12 +1200 2025-04-24 Yes About Schmidt 2002 4.0 2755 <![CDATA[

Haven’t seen this in at least twenty years and I it very fondly. It’s not quite the classic I recalled but it does feature three great performances from Nicholson, Bates and Hope Davis. 
Davis is an undervalued actress who excels at portraying this kind of exasperated character. Nicholson of course can cut you to the bone whether it’s with a dazed stare or sobbing through his dead wife’s face cream. 
Lovely to revisit. Will watch again in 20 years.

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https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/thelma-louise/ letterboxd-review-870668100 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:30:52 +1200 2025-04-23 Yes Thelma & Louise 1991 5.0 1541 <![CDATA[

Feels like there’s a real chance this is becoming an under appreciated Scott movie when it’s actually top 3. Every bit as a monumental as Alien or Blade Runner. 
Both leads fantastic, but Davis particularly does an exceptional job of selling Thelma’s “crossing over”. 

Watched on criterion’s recent 4K disc. Adrian Biddle’s beautiful photography has never looked better.

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Broken Flowers 6o5n1r 2005 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/broken-flowers/ letterboxd-review-867909814 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:07:17 +1200 2025-04-20 No Broken Flowers 2005 4.0 308 <![CDATA[

Somehow never seen this but wonderful stuff. Murray doing his thing very well aided by an incredible ing ensemble.
Jeffrey Wright is terrific as Murray’s amateur sleuth neighbour, but little thrills me more than a director pulling something really great from Sharon Stone. She’s awesome here. Maybe better than she’s ever been. Really wish she leant into this warmer, funnier side more.

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Barbie 6e3i3o 2023 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/film/barbie/1/ letterboxd-watch-866698566 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 09:59:58 +1200 2025-04-19 Yes Barbie 2023 3.5 346698 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

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Winner winner 2y5m21 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/winner-winner/ letterboxd-list-32917620 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 17:49:32 +1200 <![CDATA[
  1. The Mechanic
  2. Scorpio
  3. Death Wish
  4. Death Wish 3
  5. Lawman
  6. The Big Sleep
  7. Death Wish II
  8. Chato's Land
  9. West 11
  10. I'll Never Forget What's'isname

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Altman 43r24 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/altman/ letterboxd-list-35368148 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 05:29:43 +1200 <![CDATA[
  1. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
  2. The Long Goodbye
  3. Nashville
  4. Brewster McCloud
  5. 3 Women
  6. Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
  7. The Player
  8. Thieves Like Us
  9. Short Cuts
  10. California Split

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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King Ridley g34k https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/king-ridley/ letterboxd-list-25263237 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:04:55 +1200 <![CDATA[

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Discoveries 5o6s18 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/discoveries/ letterboxd-list-54032416 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 23:06:53 +1300 <![CDATA[

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My Top 50 t3b19 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/my-top-50/ letterboxd-list-27135 Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:06:49 +1200 <![CDATA[

An attempt to list my 50 favourite films, not in any order of preference apart from the first 10 or so!)

  1. The Exorcist
  2. The Empire Strikes Back
  3. Barry Lyndon
  4. Superman
  5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  7. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  8. Alien
  9. Rocky
  10. The Wicker Man

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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1973 36276l https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/1973/ letterboxd-list-48575950 Mon, 8 Jul 2024 08:08:31 +1200 <![CDATA[

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Fridays 3d302w https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/fridays/ letterboxd-list-27445600 Thu, 6 Oct 2022 08:29:50 +1300 <![CDATA[
  1. Friday the 13th Part 2
  2. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
  3. Friday the 13th
  4. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
  5. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
  6. Friday the 13th Part III
  7. Freddy vs. Jason
  8. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
  9. Friday the 13th
  10. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Miles 4o62z https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/miles/ letterboxd-list-38659529 Wed, 8 Nov 2023 12:17:47 +1300 <![CDATA[
  1. The Servant
  2. The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
  3. Ryan's Daughter
  4. Hope and Glory
  5. The Big Sleep
  6. The Hireling
  7. Term of Trial
  8. Lady Caroline Lamb
  9. Venom
  10. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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God Hyams 2g5s1l https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/god-hyams/ letterboxd-list-44686254 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:20:25 +1300 <![CDATA[
  1. Capricorn One
  2. Outland
  3. Busting
  4. The Star Chamber
  5. 2010: The Year We Make
  6. Running Scared
  7. Sudden Death
  8. The Relic
  9. End of Days
  10. The Presidio

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Top ten Fulci 1n505x https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/top-ten-fulci/ letterboxd-list-25176196 Sun, 19 Jun 2022 08:28:30 +1200 <![CDATA[ ]]> David WG Elm Streets t205q https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/elm-streets/ letterboxd-list-27445552 Thu, 6 Oct 2022 08:26:41 +1300 <![CDATA[
  1. A Nightmare on Elm Street
  2. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
  3. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
  4. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
  5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
  6. Freddy vs. Jason
  7. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
  8. New Nightmare
  9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
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De Palma 5p1q29 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/de-palma/ letterboxd-list-33913556 Thu, 25 May 2023 20:27:13 +1200 <![CDATA[
  1. Carrie
  2. Blow Out
  3. Body Double
  4. Dressed to Kill
  5. Scarface
  6. Carlito's Way
  7. The Untouchables
  8. Hi, Mom!
  9. Mission: Impossible
  10. Phantom of the Paradise

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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David WG
Ultimate JC 252l4h https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/ultimate-jc/ letterboxd-list-25202723 Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:09:37 +1200 <![CDATA[
  1. The Fog
  2. The Thing
  3. Prince of Darkness
  4. Christine
  5. Assault on Precinct 13
  6. Escape from New York
  7. Halloween
  8. They Live
  9. Big Trouble in Little China
  10. In the Mouth of Madness

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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1993 1o6e5p https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/1993/ letterboxd-list-37009803 Fri, 8 Sep 2023 06:46:14 +1200 <![CDATA[
  1. Carlito's Way
  2. Jurassic Park
  3. The Remains of the Day
  4. True Romance
  5. In the Line of Fire
  6. The Piano
  7. Cliffhanger
  8. Falling Down
  9. A Perfect World
  10. Untamed Heart

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Nineties 1x341n https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/nineties/ letterboxd-list-26498965 Sat, 20 Aug 2022 11:52:06 +1200 <![CDATA[

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Stallone 1c2q5v https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/stallone/ letterboxd-list-33678926 Mon, 15 May 2023 07:41:50 +1200 <![CDATA[
  1. Rocky
  2. Rocky III
  3. Creed
  4. First Blood
  5. Rocky Balboa
  6. Paradise Alley
  7. Cop Land
  8. Cliffhanger
  9. Rocky II
  10. Rambo: First Blood Part II

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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LA On Film 2023 5bq32 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/la-on-film-2023/ letterboxd-list-31981145 Thu, 9 Mar 2023 16:46:31 +1300 <![CDATA[

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Top 10 horror 2j6t8 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/top-10-horror/ letterboxd-list-31627436 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:45:19 +1300 <![CDATA[ ]]> David WG 10 Best British Horror Films 5nm37 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/10-best-british-horror-films/ letterboxd-list-31381884 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:03:43 +1300 <![CDATA[
  1. The Wicker Man
  2. Don't Look Now
  3. In Fabric
  4. The Innocents
  5. The Descent
  6. Taste the Blood of Dracula
  7. Death Line
  8. Asylum
  9. Tales from the Crypt
  10. The Blood on Satan's Claw
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Spielbergo 6l3o2m https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/spielbergo/ letterboxd-list-28213953 Sun, 13 Nov 2022 05:39:40 +1300 <![CDATA[
  1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  2. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  3. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  5. Jaws
  6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  7. Munich
  8. West Side Story
  9. Catch Me If You Can
  10. Minority Report
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LA on film 563dx https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/la-on-film/ letterboxd-list-30151161 Mon, 9 Jan 2023 13:02:15 +1300 <![CDATA[

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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JC 2t1f32 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/jc/ letterboxd-list-29040526 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 15:18:59 +1300 <![CDATA[ ]]> David WG Craven 4v573m https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/craven/ letterboxd-list-28400637 Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:50:02 +1300 <![CDATA[
  1. A Nightmare on Elm Street
  2. The Hills Have Eyes
  3. The Last House on the Left
  4. Scream
  5. The Serpent and the Rainbow
  6. Scream 2
  7. New Nightmare
  8. Red Eye
  9. The People Under the Stairs
  10. Scream 4

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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PTA i683o https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/pta/ letterboxd-list-28199989 Sat, 12 Nov 2022 12:11:02 +1300 <![CDATA[ ]]> David WG The Donald 6e6p6q https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/the-donald/ letterboxd-list-28058103 Sat, 5 Nov 2022 15:09:59 +1300 <![CDATA[

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Halloween ranked 602j https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/halloween-ranked/ letterboxd-list-27629750 Sat, 15 Oct 2022 13:56:20 +1300 <![CDATA[
  1. Halloween
  2. Halloween Ends
  3. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
  4. Halloween
  5. Halloween II
  6. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
  7. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
  8. Halloween
  9. Halloween Kills
  10. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Latter day Argento 2h6n62 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/latter-day-argento/ letterboxd-list-27616076 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 21:36:51 +1300 <![CDATA[
  1. Sleepless
  2. Dark Glasses
  3. The Mother of Tears
  4. The Card Player
  5. Giallo
  6. Dracula 3D
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David WG
Scorsese 5r5w2r https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/scorsese/ letterboxd-list-26680100 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 16:45:52 +1200 <![CDATA[

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Michael Mann 131821 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/michael-mann/ letterboxd-list-25159545 Sat, 18 Jun 2022 10:58:00 +1200 <![CDATA[ ]]> David WG Fincher 1rk4r https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/spinells_ghost/list/fincher/ letterboxd-list-24575129 Wed, 18 May 2022 07:25:14 +1200 <![CDATA[
  1. Zodiac
  2. The Social Network
  3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  4. Gone Girl
  5. Panic Room
  6. Alien³
  7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  8. Se7en
  9. Fight Club
  10. The Game
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