<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt0081163" rel="nofollow">The Mirror Crack'd</a> 9/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt2400463" rel="nofollow">The Invitation</a> 6/10</p><p>What ever happened to Claire?</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt33764258" rel="nofollow">The Odyssey</a> 10/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt0030341" rel="nofollow">The Lady Vanishes</a> 7/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt0037248" rel="nofollow">The Scarlet Claw</a> 9/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt0036348" rel="nofollow">Sherlock Holmes Faces Death</a> 9/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt0031448" rel="nofollow">The Hound of the Baskervilles</a> 10/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt6451304" rel="nofollow">Have a Nice Day</a> 5/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt7210348" rel="nofollow">Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat</a> 6/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt3576728" rel="nofollow">Bilal: A New Breed of Hero</a> 4/10</p><p>This was really disappointing. There are definitely moments of brilliant direction, stunning character design, and impressive uses of the score and soundtrack, but the script needed a lot more polish. For the entire film there wasn't a single character that I felt I could latch on to and it made this viewing a slog. (I actually fell asleep during the first 40 minutes on my first viewing.) This movie is easily half an hour longer than it needs to be and I still don't have a clear understanding of why--not everything that was included needed to be and the film's plot turns feel as though they are pilfering pretty unabashedly from THE PRINCE OF EGYPT. I really like films in this genre, especially when animated, so this, while not awful, was definitely a letdown.</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt7761590" rel="nofollow">Retablo</a> 8/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt5363618" rel="nofollow">Sound of Metal</a> 7/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/tmdbId-520763" rel="nofollow">A Quiet Place Part II</a> 5/10</p><p>It's enjoyable but mostly forgettable. We do learn some new things about the creatures and I'm encouraged by what I'm seeing of the world-building especially where other people are concerned, but this needed to do more and with quicker pacing. It's great that it has something to say about young people and maturation but it doesn't do nearly enough to carry on the character development that was EXACTINGLY earned in the first film. A movie where Emily Blunt goes on to find her daughter and leaves the strange man to take care of her son and baby would've been a lot more interesting to me, but I also understand how that presents the potential for discontinuity. It is passable and holds things together, which is more than most sequels can so, so I really hope Part III builds on and expands the stakes. Give us more direct conflicts with and between humans, PLEASE.</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt4895668" rel="nofollow">Saint George</a> 6/10</p><p>SÃO JORGE should be lauded for its self-awareness of the history and social functions of race and class. In it the eponymous protagonist Jorge (Nuno Lopes), a retired boxer, struggles to financially assist the woman he loves and feed and clothe their mixed-race son (she is black and from Brazil, he is white and from Portugal). To do this he first returns to the sport, serving mostly as glorified punching bag, but the impact these fights have on son Nelson (David Semedo) leave an impression. In a touching sequence following one such bout, Nelson asks his bruised and bloodied father a simple question: why do humans eat other humans? Jorge asserts, perhaps too-confidently, that they don't.It turns out that what he will do for the remainder of the film is eat those words. The threat of Nelson's mother Susana (Mariana Nunes) leaving Portugal and leaving Jorge for the former colonial territory, itself made possible through slave labor, is deeply ironic--backwards, even--but it underscores just how drastically the economic malaise has affected those who comprise the underclass. This looming threat also serves as a kind of moral test for Jorge on his worth as a man. He and others in his predicament frequently find themselves emasculated by their economic disempowerment and in this way SÃO JORGE offers a peephole through which one can view how masculinity and power are forged through access to capital. Money talks, sure, but it frequently compels listening as well.To reclaim this masculinity, stolen from him by the financial crisis much like Susana's affections appear pilfered, Jorge reverts further to an archetypal masculine identity defined primarily by muscled biceps and taut sinews. In this new capacity he cuts a figure as a menacing debt collector with his earnings tied directly to the cash that he intimidates out of borrowers. Jorge has then willingly become an agent of the oppressive economic system that victimizes people for their lack of access to resources. Ultimately his desire to provide a home and comfort for Susana and Nelson catalyzes a more complete metamorphosis--he becomes less a person and more a hunting dog, dishing violence out at another's behest.The comparison of Jorge to a beast and a dog in particular is not accidental. In taking on the character of a servile animal Jorge is effectively enslaved (like his peers) to a certain economic order, chained to the politics and realities of resource scarcity. That he could go so far is neither surprising nor particularly compelling because what the film shows is that we are, each of us, animals, often prioritizing personal wants over social equity--we each desire our own pound of flesh as an analgesic. If the question Nelson poses is do humans eat other humans and Jorge's 'no' is truthful, then SÃO JORGE contends that none of us is human and that we are all beasts in human drag. We all are capable of great harm in ensuring that we and others we love are able to survive. In fact the one truism of the film may be that harm endures and is inescapable.SÃO JORGE tackles the soul-crushing realities of living under debt with refreshing frankness, but its slow pacing and singular focus on Jorge do get a bit stale and place hamper it in terms of complexity. (I was particularly hoping Nunes's Susana would play a larger role as she is the character most susceptible to the winds of change.) Nonetheless one strength of the film is in the texture of Marco Martins's characters, polished as they are by economic austerity and social neglect. Slipping into this world happens with relative ease, but the film is not without its fair share of bumps: stilted dialogue often makes husks of the on-screen performers, while and the long runtime might have conveyed a stronger sense of both purpose and intensity. SÃO JORGE certainly has good intentions and it is impressive that it was made at all, but it is a truly dispassionate film. This shouldn't be surprising.</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt3806654" rel="nofollow">To My Beloved</a> 6/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt2119396" rel="nofollow">Britain's Greatest Codebreaker</a> 8/10</p><p>Rewatched this as a result of having recently seen THE IMITATION GAME and deeming it severely lacking in its approach--historical and thematic--to Alan Turing's work. On technical levels this film could use some improvement in its cinematography and editing, but given that it bills itself as a made-for-tv docudrama it comes across as both insightful and competent.What I appreciated most about the film was its construction and the way it dramatized the interactions between two people--Turing (Ed Stoppard) and his therapist, Franz Greenbaum (Henry Goodman). We get a bit of backstory of both, of course, but the interaction between the two allow us to get a better sense of the inner-workings of Turing's mind before, during, and after his service at Bletchley Park.This back-and-forth is complemented by the more traditional style of sit-down interviews, which include relatives and descendants of Turing and Greenbaum. More importantly to me, though, was the way in which the film perfectly contextualizes his general thinking about the computability of life with his discoveries of and contributions to computer science, artificial intelligence, and biological mathematics.What I appreciated most about this was the way in which it positions the sciences (and universities, really) as places of interdisciplinary study. Wozniak for the most part stresses the integral nature of his contributions to computer science and machine learning, but it is left to the professors to explicate how his genius would influence later thinkers and both postulate (and shape) the theories, philosophies, and extent(s) of artificial intelligence.The film isn't solely about his mind, however, it's also about his heart. And here the film also gets it right. We learn about the loss in his youth of his childhood friend Christopher and, perhaps masterfully, the philosophical question of immortality through AI is raised while at the same time Turing's conception of a means of discerning true intelligence--his eponymous test--comes into form.At nearly the same time his love for Queen and country is tested when, following a burglary at his residence, law enforcement are called, but are more interested in his sexual proclivities than in meting out justice to the thieves. What's interesting about the recollection of this event is how it's used to color Turing. We learn from various sources about how open he was about his sexuality, even with these officers, and also that he was aware that he bore some social privileges as an academician.Charged with gross indecency and offered the choice between jail and chemical castration, the film shows us how Turing's disillusionment and anger with the world and British society began. What he didn't count on was that his mind might become just as addled and confused as his heart. The idea that the country he helped save from Nazi Germany's atrocities could visit the same upon its own citizens would eventually drove him to his death. The film captures this reality with little to no effort and it doesn't shy away from it. It can't.CODEBREAKER is a film that is as much about genius as it is about the social contexts and relationships that inform and constrain it. What this film does right is depict a man wronged by society simply because he could be wronged. It is a tale about villainy and state violence, but it's also a story about a boy who wanted to give something back to the world and vindicate the worth of an adolescent friendship. It's a glimpse into a time characterized by secrets and surveillance. Deeply human despite its flaws, it passes the test.</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt2032557" rel="nofollow">The Reluctant Fundamentalist</a> 6/10</p><p>A moving film about allegiances at the social, national, and personal levels, The Reluctant Fundamentalist has high aims but fails to fully render its many messages. Because of this, a beautiful film about the origins of culture clash and the role patriotism and fear play in producing these inevitabilities, comes across heavy-handed. This is a bit of a disappointment as the casting is spot-on--Riz Ahmed, Kiefer Sutherland, and Om Puri give some incredibly magnetic performances--and there is no dearth of technical skill.Typically I'm a fan of overambitious films, but this manages to somehow telegraph a variety of positions while never quite putting its foot down. It is perhaps too comfortable with ambiguity, certainly more comfortable than its audience is. At the film's opening this makes for compelling and interesting material, but the fact that few concrete answers or explanations are offered on the ontologies of its characters' motivations ensures that the congealed product is unrewarding. It comes as no surprise, then, that many of the supporting cast exist solely to add context and are themselves underdeveloped.All said, the film IS vibrant. When not dominated by the rich sounds and visuals of Pakistan, ethereal vocalizations and sheer and embroidered textiles, the film is arguably at its most uninteresting. One of the things I loved, in particular, was how the soundtrack was used to inspire feeling or to accompany the feelings being created and shown on screen. The sound profile of the film is itself incredibly diverse and enjoyable; the soundtrack contains oral chants, hip hop beats, and melodious instrumentations, all of which are creatively and effectively woven into the narrative.Through this film we come to realize that militancy is rarely a mask of our making or choosing, that sometimes it is chosen for us. This is the kind of film that brings cerebrality and moral philosophy to characters we often hear about but never see. While a smaller scale might have provided for more powerful meditations on the social constraints of identity, this remains a film to be seen because it manages to be both race and class-conscious, all while subverting the popular characterizations of peoples and groups in the middle east. It doesn't do it well, but it does it. And that is saying something.</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt1687221" rel="nofollow">I Don't Want to Go Back Alone</a> 7/10</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt0083951" rel="nofollow">The Flight of Dragons</a> 7/10</p><p>Pure nostalgia! I loved this movie as a kid.</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt12042730" rel="nofollow">Project Hail Mary</a> 10/10</p>
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<p>Added <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt21285562" rel="nofollow">The Dog Stars</a> to Movie Watchlist</p>
<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt23724682" rel="nofollow">Outcome</a> 5/10</p>
<p>Added <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt0087469" rel="nofollow">Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</a> to Movie Watchlist</p>
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<p>Rated <a href="https://neodb.kevga.de/search?r=1&q=https://bridge.neodb.net/catalog/movie/imdbId-tt0045564" rel="nofollow">The Blue Gardenia</a> 7/10</p>