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Borderline

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  • Title: Borderline
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There’s nothing quite as disappointing as your typical film that never goes for it, never rises to the occasion, and chooses to play it safe within the expected framework of its genre. There are studios who are created for the sole purpose of outputting these kinds of films. Borderline does not have this problem. Writer/director Jimmy Warden‘s batshit crazy dark comedy about a celebrity (Samara Weaving) held hostage by an obsessed fan is the kind of balls-to-the-wall lunacy that garnered and kept my attention for its entire 94-minute running-time. This film rules.

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Battle Royale

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  • Title: Battle Royale
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The 25th Anniversary 4K SteelBook marks the first time director Kinji Fukasaku‘s 2000 action film has been released on 4K. The collection includes both the original and director’s cut of the film, new and previously-released special features, and SteelBook art by Oliver Barrett. While not the first film to offer a dystopian future in which combatants fight for the death, Battle Royale is highly regarded (despite, or possibly because of, the controversy surrounding its release that delayed it being shown in American cinemas for more than a decade).

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Parthenope

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  • Title: Parthenope
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Writer/director Paolo Sorrentino‘s film examines the life of a young woman (the stunning Celeste Dalla Porta) in Naples, highlighting various moments in her life (some of which sequences work better than others). Jumping forward in bursts, the film begins with Parthenope’s birth, then jumping forward to her flirtateous and incestuous relationship with her brother (Daniele Rienzo) and his best friend (Dario Aita), her years in college, various romantic troubles, a short acting stint, and a return to academia.

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Rabbit Trap

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  • Title: Rabbit Trap
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Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen star as Darcy and Darcy Davenport in writer/director Bryn Chainey‘s horror flick. After moving to the wilderness, the married couple accidentally discover and disturb something deep in the forest. Although the film gets off to a promising start, the faerie mythology at its heart is often underwhelming and the film runs out of gas lacking both the necessary tension for psychological horror and the thrills for a basic monster movie.

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When We Went MAD!

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  • Title: When We Went MAD!
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When We Went MAD! offers a fun look back at the creation and rise of MAD Magazine, its struggles over the years, the contentious relationship between MAD‘s first editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines, the creation of Alfred E. Neuman, the band of idiots who came and went over the years helping the magazine find and develop its satiric voice, and its eventually decline and end of the magazine publishing new content.

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