Author: Alex K
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A Most Wanted Man
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Read more: A Most Wanted ManNone of us really get to know whether anything we do is worth a damn to the world as a whole, or even to those we care about
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Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
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Read more: Dawn Of The Planet Of The ApesMaybe I am taking a movie about monkeys riding horses too seriously, but even the original Planet of the Apes was pretty silly. The subtext was…
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Food, Inc.
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Read more: Food, Inc.The illusion of the traditional farmer has been very useful from a marketing perspective, as every imaginable food product will have a picture of happy animals and good, honest, hard-working farmers bringing sustenance to the world while handling the family business. Thanks to the great distance between the consumer and how their food is produced,…
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The Earrings Of Madame De…
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Read more: The Earrings Of Madame De…One of the finest works in any media regarding human nature.
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The Law
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Read more: The LawWhen men were men…
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Dodes’Ka-Den
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Read more: Dodes’Ka-DenThis film has been referred to as ‘minor Kurosawa’, and if those two terms ever belonged together , then I would seriously begin to doubt the explosive potential of combining elemental sodium and water. Much as a dark sunspot shines bright as a star when seen against the backdrop of space, this film shines just…
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Our Man in Havana
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Read more: Our Man in HavanaIntelligence services for any nation have in common an innate need for secrecy regarding their actions and a defensive posture regarding their activities and justification for same. Any probe of their budgets or actions are generally met with a mixture of contempt and silence, answers to the questions often arriving decades later when the department…
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Simon of the Desert
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Read more: Simon of the DesertLeave it to Bunuel to craft a film depicting lunacy in crystalline form that manages to both indict religion in general, and invite sympathy for the insanely devout. Considering the question of faith and its value, it helps to simplify the environment around the intellectual exercise that will provide the context. History has documented the…
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The Hollywood Knights (1980)
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Read more: The Hollywood Knights (1980)The greatest generation deserved that flaming bag of dogshit.
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Elysium
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Read more: ElysiumWhenever he is on screen, Kruger seems as likely to kill his audience as anyone on screen with him. Whether stirring steaks on the braai with his ninja sword or…