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The Hunt

11/21/2016

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B+
​3.48

A rural Danish school teacher is accused of a terrible crime.

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Starring Mads Mikkelson, Thomas Bo Larsen, and Annika Wedderkop
Initial Review by Joe Setnor

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Thomas Vinterberg’s 2012 film “The Hunt” is aptly described as a thriller and some other catchy descriptors like “intense” or “psychological drama.” As a male teacher, however, I just witnessed a damn two hour horror movie of the most epic bloodbath proportions. For that, I hate you Thomas Vinterberg, but I’ll be damned if you didn’t create a beautifully crafted movie that leaves the viewer angry, confused, perhaps less hopeful about the people they surround themselves with.


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The Witch

11/11/2016

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B
​2.89

A Puritan family is banished to the woods.  A witch lived there first.

Directed by Robert Eggers
Starring Anna Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, and Kate Dickie
​Initial Review by Jon Kissel

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​One of the worst scoring 2016 films on the exit-polling site CinemaScore, Robert Eggers' The Witch deserves far better than that ignominious footnote.  The usually-schlocky horror genre spits out a lot of duds, but there's always a handful each year that break out, shedding the tenuous compliment of being a good horror movie and simply being a great film.  The Witch joins compatriots like The Babadook, Goodnight, Mommy, and It Follows as another horror entry that is far more than jump scares and musical stings but gets at a primal fear in a dramatically compelling way.  Why that so agitated those who graded The Witch for CinemaScore is a complete mystery.


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Under the Skin

11/3/2016

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C+
​2.44

An otherworldly being stalks Scotland for human prey.

Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Starring Scarlett Johansson
​Initial Review by Blair Setnor

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​This was on my radar because of Jon.  While singing the praises of "the upside down" in Stranger Things, Jon mentions that this is not a new thing.  He proceeds to inform me of Under the Skin and we enjoy watching David Ehrlich's top 25 movies from 2014.  This was number 3.

Overall, the movie was beautifully shot with incredible nature scenes and equally incredible CGI.  The music and sound effectively had my blood pressure raised the entire movie.  I had to immediately turn it off because my heart rate needed to come down.


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