List: Favourite Five-star Films | Curated by Remy Dean

Dec 17, 2024
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Favourite Five-star FilmsIn-Depth Reviews of Films I Rated Five-Stars
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Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) • 4K Ultra HD [StudioCanal]In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend are sent to the Gévaudan province to investigate a beast…
May 12, 2023
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May 12, 2023
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The Box of Delights — magical storytelling in a beloved Christmas TV classicA young boy finds himself drawn into a world of magic and danger when he encounters an old Punch & Judy man.
Dec 5, 2024
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Dec 5, 2024
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Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories — hauntingly beautiful adaptations of Japan’s spookiest…A collection of three of Japan’s most famous ghost stories that have haunted people for centuries.
Oct 25, 2024
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Oct 25, 2024
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The Outcasts (1982) — haunting folk horror classic rediscoveredIn mid-19th-century Ireland, a man whose wife died finds that his daughter is accused of being a witch. A magic fiddler comes to her aid.
Sep 22, 2024
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Sep 22, 2024
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Repo Man — unmissable punk sci-fi cult classicA young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20K bounty…
Feb 28, 2024
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Feb 28, 2024
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial — emotion and wonderment in a children’s classicA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
Jun 9, 2022
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Jun 9, 2022
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Vampyr (1932) • Blu-ray [Eureka! Masters of Cinema]A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
May 19, 2022
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May 19, 2022
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‘Yōkai Monsters’ Collection (1968–2005) • Blu-ray [Arrow Video]A review of Arrow Video’s box-set ‘Yōkai Monsters’ Collection, featuring ‘100 Monsters’, ‘Spook Warfare’, ‘Along with Ghosts’, and ‘The…
Oct 16, 2021
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Oct 16, 2021
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Murder by Decree (1979) • Blu-ray [StudioCanal, Vintage Classics]Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders committed by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.
Jun 30, 2021
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Jun 30, 2021
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Night of the Hunter (1955) • Blu-ray [Criterion Collection]A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he’d stolen…
Jun 26, 2021
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Jun 26, 2021
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) • 50 Years LaterAnton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wife’s death…
May 19, 2021
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May 19, 2021
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Excalibur (1981) • 40 Years LaterMerlin helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.
Apr 9, 2021
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Apr 9, 2021
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Kagemusha (1980) • Blu-ray [Criterion Collection]A thief who resembles a samurai warlord is hired as his double, but when the warlord dies the thief’s forced to take up arms in his place.
Mar 6, 2021
Mar 6, 2021
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The Man Who Laughs (1928) • Blu-ray [Eureka! Masters of Cinema]When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
Aug 11, 2020
Aug 11, 2020
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Kwaidan (1964) • Limited Edition Blu-ray [Eureka! Masters of Cinema]A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
Apr 25, 2020
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Apr 25, 2020
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Inferno (1980) • 40 Years LaterAn American college student in Rome and his sister in New York investigate a series of killings…
Apr 4, 2020
Apr 4, 2020
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Anatomy of a Murder (1959) • Blu-ray [Criterion Collection]In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife.
Mar 12, 2020
Mar 12, 2020
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Shocker (1989) • 30 Years LaterAfter being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead…
Oct 28, 2019
Oct 28, 2019
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Don’t Look Now (1973) • Blu-ray [StudioCanal, Vintage Classics]A couple grieving the death of their daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic…
Jul 27, 2019
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Jul 27, 2019
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November (2017) • Blu-ray + DVD [Montage Pictures, Eureka Video]In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter…
May 8, 2019
May 8, 2019