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2023 movies

The Ice Pirates The Princess Bride Ponyo Matango The Brave Little Toaster The Day of the Triffids Hellzapoppin Hunt for the Wilderpeople Fumer Fait Tousser Filibus Skidoo

title: The Ice Pirates (1984)

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review: lol. a bad but funny space comedy action movie. it doesn't do anything well, but there were a few moments or twists that made me giggle. better than "Star Wars" for sure.
âšž anjelica huston wears amazing outfits
âšž the spaceship gets herpe (singular?)
âšž very weird jarring and good time skip thing at end
âšž space eunuchs
âšž amazons

⚟ the worst part was the over-the-top, prolonged hetersexual sex scene

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title: The Princess Bride (1987)

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review: much wittier than i remembered! the jokes and faces people make go by quickly and the action keeps it going.


title: Ponyo (2008)

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review: SOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. we watched it while we were at the beach :) ponyo's dad was right, though. ponyo's mom is like a Great Fairy.

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title: Matango (1963)

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review: i had disregarded this movie many years ago as a middling monster movie, but it's so much more than that. it is about class, addiction, post-war japan, sex appeal! the set and character design are over the top and really make an impact at the climax.

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title: The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

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review: this had too many songs. it was as cute as i remembered! i liked the "message" about keeping old appliances.

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title: The Day of the Triffids (1981)

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review: A reaaaally good BBC mini-series (which is practically a movie). The texture of the film made me relax (nostalgia). For me it brought up thoughts about anthropogenic climate change and fossil fuels, distrust of nature and science, the self-destructive nature of nature, the way able people think disability is a death sentence. Watching it motivated me to finally try and read Wyndham's book.

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title: Hellzapoppin (1941)

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review: funny. zany. wacky. a lot of good gags. Whitey's Lindy Hoppers bring it to an amazing level of energy. some of it's certainly dated (robert e lee sketch) but overall i liked it.

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title: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

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review: good! cute! beautiful... poignant. what i expect from Waititi... (both + and -). was nice to hear "Leonard Cohen - The Partisan"

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title: Fumer Fait Tousser (2022)

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review: a funny French movie with cancerous sentai folks. a kind of Decameron

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title: Filibus (1915)

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review: amazing. a pure triumph of gender-bending lesbianism

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title: Skidoo (1968)

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review: not great. Carol Channing did a pretty good job. i felt bad for Groucho Marx, though.

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