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Category Archives: Movies Watched In 2017
Raising Cain (1991)
DIRECTOR’S CUT A fascinating re-assembly that restores De Palma’s original structure before he got cold feet and made it more linear to avoid confusion amongst audiences. I rewatched the theatrical version just before this and, for anyone savvy to De … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian De Palma, John Lithgow, Raising Cain
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The Sixth Sense (1999)
Weird how this was a major studio release in 1999 and in today’s landscape it looks and feels like anything but. An achingly personal portrait of haunted psyches and oppressive spaces that unfolds at exactly the pace it needs to … Continue reading
The Matrix (1999)
“I know you’re out there. I can feel you now. I know that you’re afraid. You’re afraid of us. You’re afraid of change. I don’t know the future. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to … Continue reading
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