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Never Back Down
posted by maroon5gurl88
“Never Back Down” screams of a film that has
no idea who it’s catering to. Is it trying to
get men, especially men into mixed marital arts?
Is it attempting to lure in ...
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Fri August 1, 2008 10:56pm
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Machine Girl (2008, Japan)
posted by PK Eiselt
The Machine Girl (Kataude mashin gâru, Japan,
2008)
Noboru Iguchi’s Machine Girl is not a great
film, in fact its not even very good. Ultimately
the film’s strength is ...
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Wed July 30, 2008 8:23pm
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Mongol (2007/2008)
posted by PK Eiselt
Mongol (2007/ USA release - 2008)
Sergei Bodrov’s Mongol tells the story of
Genghis Kahn’s rise to power. The film Starts
with the future Kahn as a child known as Temü ...
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Sat June 21, 2008 11:24pm
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Pathology
posted by maroon5gurl88
It’s really hard to do a “psychological
thriller” right these days. Everything just
seems so recycled and ridiculous that nothing
about these movies screams psychologic ...
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Sat June 21, 2008 6:11pm
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The Incredible Hulk
posted by Frank
It's big, it's green, and it's on the screen: it's
the repackaged Incredible Hulk, with some spiffy
CGI graphics, oodles of action and explosions, and
even good dialogue -- sw ...
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Fri June 13, 2008 9:06pm
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The Strangers
posted by maroon5gurl88
My greatest fear in life is home invasion and
watching Bryan Bertino’s “The Strangers”
made me terrified to go home. The movie is
probably the most effective horror fil ...
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Fri May 30, 2008 7:01pm
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Son of Rambow
posted by Frank
In the vein of "Millions," and to a lesser extent
"Napoleon Dynamite" (both now a few years back)
comes "Son of Rambow," one of those wide-eyed
youthful films of innocence, ch ...
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Tue May 27, 2008 10:29am
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The Fall
posted by PK Eiselt
THE FALL (Dir. Tarsem Singh)
Tarsem’s The Fall, only his second feature, took
15 years to make. 11 of those years were spent
creating an amazing catalog of locations and
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Tue May 6, 2008 1:33pm
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
posted by Frank
I'm going to make a few assumptions here. The
first being the folks who typically really dig the
pot-smoking, drug-induced haze in their films
likely don't read reviews about ...
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Sun April 27, 2008 4:02pm
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Prom Night
posted by maroon5gurl88
80’s remakes are up there with cop dramas and
Asian remakes in that they’re everywhere you
turn. The latest one, “Prom Night” mixes
genres in that you have an 80’s ...
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Fri April 11, 2008 6:20pm
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The Ruins
posted by maroon5gurl88
Book adaptations really can be hit or miss
depending on your views. If you’re a purist
then most adaptations fall vastly under the mark
but if you can just sit back and enj ...
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Fri April 4, 2008 8:11pm
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Doomsday
posted by Frank
Walking in, I somewhat expected another flavor of
the somewhat predictable "28 Days" sort of film.
(Y'know, the deadly virus, extreme containment
measures, the good, the bad, ...
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Fri April 4, 2008 9:39am
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Funky Forrest
posted by PK Eiselt
Funky Forest: The First Contact (Japan – 2005)
“What is the most important thing to remember
when birthing sushi chefs from your Navel? Even
if I told you, you wouldn ...
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Tue March 18, 2008 9:05pm
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Penelope
posted by Frank
Christina Ricci has never been a huge fan of the
mainstream films, and she certainly didn't make an
exception for "Penelope." Now two years after this
was filmed, and a scant ...
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Fri February 29, 2008 9:57pm
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God of War: Chains of Olympus
posted by tonyromo1988
Review: God of War: Chains of Olympus
Platforms: PSP
There’s something in the water in Santa Ana,
California or the developers at Ready at Dawn
Studios must work with some ...
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