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  • Robot Carnival

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    Following my recent Tarantino marathon, I’ve decided to do one for Katsuhiro Otomo, certainly one of my favorite creators of all time. I plan on watching all the movies that he’s directed – and that includes his participation in anthologies – as well as the ones he’s listed as screenwriter (Roujin Z, Metropolis). I kicked…

  • Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly

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    Yesterday I got on a free month-long trial of the Mubi service, which I find to be quite a neat idea: it offers up a curated selection of films, 1 new every day, which stays available for 30 days. The selection is on the arty side, which is something I haven’t been consuming a lot…

  • Steve Jobs

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    What a fantastic film. Who cares that it’s a narrative construction that is inspired by the life of Jobs – that’s probably why it’s such an entertaining film to watch. No big surprise that the backdrop for the story is of course something I’d be into – I think I’ve been pretty clear when talking…

  • The Hateful Eight

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    Holy shit did I ever love this movie. I was absolutely mesmerized from start to finish, to a point where I barely felt the time go by, which is saying something for a 3-hour film (I didn’t even want it to end). With everything Tarantino so fresh in my mind, although I still can’t say…

  • Django Unchained

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    And with this, my Tarantino marathon comes to an end (until of course I watch The Hateful Eight). As with Inglourious Basterds, I’d only watched Django Unchained once, and so didn’t remember it as much as I did all the other Tarantino movies I’ve watched over the last few days. Also, I seemed to remember…

  • Inglourious Basterds

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    Considering the number of times I’ve watched Tarantino movies in general – especially Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, which I had even on VHS – it was fun watching Inglourious Basterds again because I had only watched it once (and same goes for Django Unchained). I really enjoyed it, much more than I remembered enjoying…

  • Death Proof

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    I think Death Proof is underrated – it doesn’t help that people don’t think about it beyond its Grindhouse double billing, with the Rodriguez film (which I also quite like). There are so many fun nods at how these movies were done, and the sequences with cars are truly exciting to watch. I also love…

  • Kill Bill Vol. 2

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    I like Vol. 2, and when considered as part of a whole, it’s fine, but it can’t really be considered to be a great movie on its own. Pretty much every single iconic moment you remember from Kill Bill is from Vol. 1. Vol. 2 is more grounded, and more “regular,” really – the one highlight…

  • Kill Bill Vol. 1

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    Watching Kill Bill Vol. 1 tonight, I think I’ve never enjoyed it so much. I remember that when it originally came out, although it felt more satisfying as a Tarantino film than Jackie Brown did, it almost felt too Tarantino-esque, like he was starting to parody himself. As outlandish as Pulp can come off as,…

  • Jackie Brown

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    I never really liked Jackie Brown. Watching it again now, it’s easy to see why. After the amazing innovative 1-2 punch of Dogs and Pulp, he follows up with what feels like such a “regular” movie. I won’t go so far as to say I actively dislike it – and I actually quite enjoyed watching it…