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Spiral (2019)
Is it a sect, dripping carbide, or just the locals struggling with the sudden warmth? It’s charming in its ability to keep a person in uncertainty, even by how superficially it addresses mythology; it’s apt in its idea that prejudices and fear are feelings that can be wonderfully exploited, and it has a satisfying ending, which, while whistling "When the Saints Go Marching In," offers a distant happy ending. One extra star as a defiance for reviewers who had overly tight asses about it.
Only You (1994)
Dear viewer, it sounds strange, but sometimes even delusions and lies can positively influence fate. The bowl with Tomei's affectation weighs less than the one with her charm; Downey, as can be gleaned from the kissing scenes, at that time her boyfriend, is searching for acting style and charisma, while Don Juan de Almeida gives the impression that he hides 50 kilos of cocaine under the skirts of his red Ferrari. So it’s left to Bonnie Hunt to save the dynamics between the characters with her naturalness. The episode with the pussy hunter Zain is funny and unpredictable, but it's a pity that the same cannot be said about the ending, where applause on the plane occurred much earlier than after landing.
Massacre in Rome (1973)
Aside from the situation where the ticking of the explosive device timer is supplemented by the march of the SS regiment, there is only the conflict of "higher principles" between the characters of Richard Burton and Marcello Mastroianni, which provides dramatic tension. When the machinery gets going and begins to calculate the ratio of how much for one dead person, as if they were adding oil to the gasoline of a lawnmower, there’s only a chilling realization of how easy it is to commit evil that one's conscience has come to terms with. Pope Pius XII was portrayed as quite the asshole.