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#1001 Old 27th Dec 2024 at 6:13 AM Last edited by ScaryRob : 3rd Jan 2025 at 6:29 PM.
The Kolonel's Freight Crew Rides Again (2018): Third installment (1hr 12min) of the James Stobie train-hopping films. This one has considerable footage of James' friend, Wingman, a few shots of other train riders, as well as James' mother and others who appear to be family members. Toward the end, there are some pictures of his funeral.
There is almost constant piano accompaniment throughout, and I think it gets a bit too much. Also, at about the middle third of the film, many of the video clips are a bit shakey and nausea-inducing, so I wouldn't rate the cinematography as highly as in the Canadian adventure that I watched yesterday. I'll rate this mediocre, and just barely.
Mediocre (4-6)
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#1002 Old 28th Dec 2024 at 3:30 PM
I Robot (2004)

Genre: Cyberpunk, Science ficton, Action

Comment: I, Robot is truly an amazing movie. I was very impressed with this movie. When it first came out I was very young (3 years old), but it received a lot of good reviews and praise even back in these years where humanoid robot were not a big thing yet. However, when I saw it, I was blown away. I thought it was amazing! I still think so today because it's ahead of it's time.

Rate: 9/10
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#1003 Old 30th Dec 2024 at 7:37 AM
Ringu (1998, Japan, subtitled): When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko sets out to investigate. She finds the tape, watches it and receives a phone call informing her that she'll die in a week.
Mediocre (4-6)
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#1004 Old 31st Dec 2024 at 11:43 PM Last edited by ScaryRob : 1st Jan 2025 at 6:16 AM.
Here is a list of films I watched this year that I rated Good (6-8), or Very Good (8-10). None of these are new films, but were new to me, mostly, as well as a couple that I had seen previously. I rated only three of them as Very Good (8-10), with two of those being documentaries and the third an oldie from the 1950s.
I watched most of these on TubiTV, others at ok.ru, and the occasional one on YouTube.
My comments on these films start at page 38 of this thread.

North by Northwest (1959): Very Good (8-10)
The Overlooked Suspect (2007): Very Good (8-10)
Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970): Good (6-8)
Caligula (1979, uncut version): Good (6-8)
Frank Lloyd Wright: Murder, Myth & Modernism (2005): Good (6-8)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996): Good (6-8)
Cruising (1980): Good (6-8)
Hardcore (1979): Good (6-8)
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000): Good (6-8)
Polytechnique (2009): Good (6-8)
Microhabitat (2017, Korea, subtitled): Good (6-8)
Felicia's Journey (1999): Good (6-8)
Night Train (1998): Good (6-8)
Manson (1973): Good (6-8)
The Wrecking Crew (2008): Very Good (8-10)
Murder by Contract (1958): Good (6-8)
More (1969): Good (6-8)
Canada by Cargo Train (2018): Good (6-8)
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#1005 Old 2nd Jan 2025 at 7:05 AM
Intruder (2020, Korea, subtitled): Seo-Jin is a popular architect. He suffers from a trauma when his younger sister Yoo-Jin went missing. 25 years after her disappearance, Yoo-Jin comes back to her family. Seo-Jin feels something is not right with Yoo-Jin.
Mediocre (4-6)
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