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The Terminator (1984, James Cameron)

August 12th, 2008 2 Comments

I remember The Terminator being a lot better. Even as it started–I think during the first chase sequence (Michael Biehn in the department store)–I thought about the great highway chase sequence at the end. Then, as things went sour during, I kept waiting for that sequence, sure it would bring things around.
But it doesn’t bring […]

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982, Nicholas Meyer), the director’s edition

November 5th, 2005 No Comments

Layers. Star Trek II has a lot of layers. I couldn’t decide if, as a sequel, it had the time to work so many layers in (it runs two hours). It’s the human heart, in conflict with itself, others, and its environment. There’s so much going on and some of it is purely cinematic. The […]

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White Dog (1982, Samuel Fuller)

June 2nd, 2005 No Comments

I kept getting sad during White Dog, probably for a few reasons. First, the film is effective: it’s about people faced with a reality (a racist training his dog to attack black people) they can’t fix, but they’re going to try. I have a bootleg from Denmark (everyone’s bootleg is from Denmark), but hadn’t watched […]

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