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Think Peaceful Thoughts | X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Blu-ray

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) - Michael Fassbender

Despite effectively kicking off the modern era of superhero blockbusters with its first movie in 2000, Fox’s X-Men franchise suffered serious quality swing issues with later installments and started to feel like an also-ran when competing against the even more successful Marvel Cinematic Universe. The series seemed to bounce back a little with the prequel… Read More Think Peaceful Thoughts | X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) Blu-ray

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You’re Too Impressed with Yourself | Year of the Dragon (1985) Blu-ray

Year of the Dragon (1985) - Mickey Rourke

In the very brief span of just nineteen months, between multiple Oscar wins for The Deer Hunter in April 1979 to the disastrous financial and critical failure of Heaven’s Gate in November 1980, Michael Cimino went from being a celebrated Hollywood darling to a pariah in the filmmaking industry. The director wouldn’t attempt (or wouldn’t… Read More You’re Too Impressed with Yourself | Year of the Dragon (1985) Blu-ray

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You Exhaust Me with Your Obsessions | A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) Blu-ray

A Zed and Two Noughts (1985)

Even among those who’d call themselves fans (myself included), I expect most will admit that Welsh filmmaker Peter Greenaway is an acquired taste. His work actively defies traditional mainstream conventions. Greenaway makes art films, the type best appreciated in a museum setting rather than a multiplex. To that end, Greenaway’s 1985 A Zed & Two… Read More You Exhaust Me with Your Obsessions | A Zed & Two Noughts (1985) Blu-ray

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