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:7510: 205 - Adventures of Captain Vrungel (1976) - 7.5/10 - A sea captain and his student decide to join an international regatta. The regatta turns into quite the adventure, especially after a thief joins them onboard, along with their stolen goods. The animation is a bit different, but good. Ther...

:310: 199 - Arabesk (1989) - 3/10 - Two people who have loved each other since childhood are kept apart due to misunderstandings and through the actions of others. :6510: 200 - Destiny / Kader (2006) - 6.5/10 - Bekir runs his father's rug store and falls for a young woman named Ugur who comes into h...

:810: 193 - Outrage (1950) - 8/10 - A young woman gets engaged, but is raped on her way home from work shortly thereafter. This traumatizes her and she tries to escape from her problems. Mala Powers gives a nice performance. :610: 194 - Wendy and Lucy (2008) - 6/10 - Wendy is driving to Alaska with ...

:7510: 188 - Winnie the Pooh (2011) - 7.5/10 - Winnie the Pooh is out of honey, Eeyore loses his tail, and the gang are all scared of a creature known as a 'Backson'. This was fun and reminiscent of the early Pooh cartoons. :810: 189 - A Goofy Movie (1995) - 8/10 - Max is embarrassed by his father, ...

22 - Severance Season 1 (2022) - A company has come up with a procedure where people have a microchip implanted in their brain which separates their work self from their regular self. When they are at work, they have no knowledge of their life outside and vice-versa. The show focuses on one employe...

21 - Silo Season 1 (2023) - An immense underground tower known as the Silo is home to approximately 10,000 residents centuries after some sort of catastrophe made the outside toxic. There was a rebellion 140 years earlier and in the aftermath, relics from before the rebellion are heavily restricted...

:7510: 187 - Poor Things (2023) - 7.5/10 - The production and costume design were top notch and Emma Stone gives an excellent performance. I ended up liking, but not loving the film, though. 2 Into 1 (1997) Official Opening of McTaggart Esplanade (1927) Re-entry (1964) Spot the Microdot (1969) The B...

:710: 182 - Pictures of the Old World (1972) - 7/10 - A number of old people from a rural area are interviewed and shown here. The imagery and people are interesting. :610: 183 - Szindbád / Sinbad (1971) - 6/10 - The film features the various loves and relationships of a middle aged man. The film lo...

:610: 176 - Valkoinen kaupunki / Frozen City (2006) - 6/10 - A taxi driver has to look after his three small children after his wife leaves. Things get worse when she returns. There were parts of the film that were interesting, but too much of it was a downbeat slog to get through. :710: 177 - Varas...

:4510: 170 - Levoton veri (1946) - 4.5/10 - Two sisters love the same man and he seems to have some feelings for each of them. He marries the older sister and things seem to go well, but when their son dies in an accident, the older sister blinds herself with poison and the other two start to cheat ...

:6510: 163 - Neitoperho / The Collector (1997) - 6.5/10 - Eevi is a mentally deranged woman who steals her sister's car and goes on a road trip when things aren't going her way. Woe betide those who meet her during her journey. :7510: 164 - Niskavuoren Heta (1952) - 7.5/10 - Heta is a prideful and u...

:6510: 160 - Flamin' Hot (2023) - 6.5/10 - The 'true' story of how Richard Montañez rose from being a janitor at Frito-Lay without a high school diploma to inventing Flamin' Hot Cheetos. The story is formulaic and seems highly exaggerated, but is still fairly entertaining. Not a great film, but it i...

:7510: 153 - The Zone of Interest (2023) - 7.5/10 - Rudolf Höss and his family live in a villa just outside Auschwitz, the camp that he commands. Life proceeds normally for them as the war and the Holocaust goes on. It's pretty good, but didn't wow me. :7510: 154 - Past Lives (2023) - 7.5/10 - Nora ...

:710: 146 - Elina: As If I Wasn’t There / Elina – som om jag inte fanns (2002) - 7/10 - In the 1950s, a young girl has been at home recovering from tuberculosis for a year and is finally well enough to go back to school, though she will be in a class with her younger sister. The girl likes to spend ...

:710: 143 - Inspector Palmu's Error (1960) - 7/10 - A wealthy man is found dead in the bath with the door locked. This was after having a number of guests over the night before. Inspector Palmu investigates in the mystery comedy. I was enjoying it quite a bit early on, but I started losing interest ...