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1973

★★½ Watched 02 Jun 2025

More or less unknown anthology horror from the British golden age of the subgenre, it looks and feels like an Amicus film but it is not and the quality is also not there. The linking story is almost non-existent and the segments themselves are incredibly silly, even for a horror anthology. Fine actors all around though and the first segment about imaginary friends (or not?) is fun, but even the great Freddie Francis can't save this film. It's not a downright mess, but there had to be one or two more good segments.

1999

★★ Watched 01 Jun 2025

I was of course looking forward to this, a baseball film starring Kevin Costner and directed by Sam Raimi? But man, was this a letdown. Terribly outdated sports romance and awkward acting when the characters are talking to themselves, this old fashioned tale has kind of an interesting premise (the flashback structure and how does indeed such a unique long distance romance work) but it is way too long and the central romance really makes no lick of sense. For far better Costner baseball fare check out Field of Dreams and Bull Durham.

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2006

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched 23 Mar 2014

One of those very unique animation films. The use of black and white is particularly interesting as it's very extreme with a huge contrast between very black and very white. This of course makes it highly controversial as well since it's quite an odd choice of visuals. The story is intriguing with a police mystery set in futuristic Paris that recalls films like Blade Runner. Overall, a highly enjoyable film and a magnificent visual experience but be aware that it's pretty damn extreme.

2004

★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2014

Watch the French TV series instead, that's much better and also has a lot more atmosphere and mystery in the style of TWIN PEAKS. Oh, and the American adaptation for television was pretty terrible the first two episodes so I gave up on that.

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