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Review: Roméo Onze
"While this film manages to glean a moderate amount of pathos due to a quietly observed performance from lead, Ali Ammar, the distinction of showcasing an often unseen community really reiterates that coming of age stories, even for those disenfranchised with their individual communities, have similar coming of age traumas."
Review: For a Few Dollars More (Blu-ray)
"It’s immediately apparent that Sergio Leone was operating with a much larger budget this time around. He playfully takes his time setting up Lee Van Cleef’s character as well as Eastwood’s, not kicking the film into gear until a good 20-25 minutes in. But all the signature style evident in Fistful is all the more accentuated here."
Review: A Fistful of Dollars (Blu-ray)
"While the film is arguably straightforward and predictable, stylistically, it’s magnificent and beautiful to look at. Leone (here credited as Bob Robertson) was famous for his extreme close-ups and his refreshing take on realism in the genre. A Fistful of Dollars is remarkably violent and realistic in it’s depiction of the West as a vile, violent, and unjust universe."
