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CIPC #432: “Hukkunud alpinisti” hotell

Posted on July 1, 2025July 2, 2025

Today, we’re dealing with an Estonian film, of all things. It’s based on a novel by the Strugatsky brothers of the same name, which apparently…

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CIPC #429: Harrison Bergeron

Posted on June 10, 2025June 17, 2025

Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron is, without a doubt, one of the most well-known science fiction stories ever. It is not surprising, then, that it was…

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CIPC #428: Target

Posted on June 4, 2025

The two main roles in this movie — and they are the only roles, really — are played by Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon, good…

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CIPC #423: Le foto proibite di una signora per bene

Posted on April 30, 2025

The title of this movie, which translate to something like The forbidden pictures of a reputable lady, might lead you to believe it is rather…

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CIPC #421: State secret

Posted on April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

With State secret — released in the USA as The great manhunt — we go back to 1950  It’s a classical action movie with solid…

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CIPC #414: Alice through the looking glass

Posted on February 25, 2025February 25, 2025

You’d think if I ever can’t think of something to write about on this blog, I could always go to the long, long list of…

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CIPC #409: Oddity

Posted on January 21, 2025January 21, 2025

I’ve discussed one or two horror thrillers on this blog, but this one is a bit of an oddity. I don’t mean the plot which…

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CIPC #405: Holiday in handcuffs

Posted on December 24, 2024December 30, 2024

Last week’s movie about the sadistic serial killer was kind of fun, but this one is really disturbing. When in Copycat someone goes around gleefully…

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CIPC #404: Copycat

Posted on December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

There is an old aphorism that claims reality is weirder than fiction but, like most aphorisms, it is mostly bullshit. Take, for example, our subject…

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CIPC #398: Ghostbusters: Frozen empire

Posted on November 6, 2024

The last time we met the Ghostbusters, they were a few young teenagers busting ghosts in a small Midwestern town. Now they are a couple…

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