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Irreversible

question of the day: Which great movie can you not bring yourself to watch again?

Mon, Sep 10, 2012
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Because it’s either too disturbing or too gory or too long or too something that makes it too uncomfortable to reexperience…

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question of the day: What movie memory do you wish you could eliminate?

Wed, Mar 07, 2012
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We’ve all had movie moments we wish we could unsee, things so disturbing or upsetting that they are, alas, seared into our brains forever…

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trailer break: ‘Enter the Void’

Thu, Sep 23, 2010
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Gaspar Noe’s Irreversible was a brutal trip. This looks like it could be another. Do I want to put myself through that again?

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (review)

Tue, Jul 10, 2007
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Holy shit, but this may be the best straight-up horror movie of the year — I was riveted by the sinister sophistication of it.

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