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Sunday, 28 August 2011 19:12
Loron Hays
Exploitation fans rejoice! Shout! Factory has seen fit to bring their ongoing Roger Corman Triple Feature DVD releases to the Blu-ray market. Their initial release is also one of their best-selling: The Women in Cages Collection. This triple feature...
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Sunday, 21 August 2011 09:46
Loron Hays
With my “cool” card revoked for my favorable review of Fright Night, let me go ahead and suggest that maybe the mid-to-late 1970s and '80s were a better fit for writer/director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing). After a nine-year-absence his latest ...
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Sunday, 28 August 2011 11:22
Loron Hays
Leave it to the Swedes to think up something as fascinatingly bizarre as Troll Hunter. Using the cinema vérité style of The Blair Witch Project and combining it with strict adherence to a bit of Scandinavian folklore, filmmaker André Øvredal keeps the ...
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Saturday, 11 September 2010 19:48
Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and drug use. Director: Rachel Perkins Writer: Rachel Perkins; Reg Cribb Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Rockie McKenzie; Jessica Mauboy Genre: Comedy | Musical Memorable Movie Quote: "There's nothing I would rather be than to be an Aborigine" Release Date: September 10, 2010 (USA) DVD Release Date: Not yet announced
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Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:53
Loron Hays
While never released in America, Blitz is immediately entertaining. This gritty London-based serial killing actioneer might not have the smarts to survive even the most rudimentary of afterthought analysis, but Blitz is a total ...
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Saturday, 20 August 2011 18:59
Loron Hays
More than half a century since its original release, the announcement made from The Killing still rings loud and clear: director Stanley Kubrick, the auteur of the detached antirealism voice in cinema, has arrived ...
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Wednesday, 13 April 2011 12:25
Loron Hays
Entering into the ever-changing world of twitter and facebook status updates must be a hard task to accomplish for a 90s-based movie franchise. Scream made its mark back in 1996 with some clever lines concerning horror films and ...
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Friday, 10 September 2010 07:28
Christopher Symonds
MPAA Rating: Has not been rated by the MPAA. Director: Stuart Beattie Writer: Stuart Beattie Cast: Caitlin Stasey; Rachel Hurd-Wood; Lincoln Lewis Genre: Foreign | Drama Memorable Movie Quote: "How about a trip before we go back to school?" Release Date: September 2, 2010 (Australia) DVD Release Date: Not yet announced
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Friday, 19 August 2011 09:51
Loron Hays
Beginning during the coldest part of the original Bambi, this direct-to-video sequel fills in the gaps of Bambi’s maturation under his father’s guidance. The animation isn’t as sharp as the original just a bit more glossy in its overall look. Bambi 2’s heart ...
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Sunday, 21 August 2011 15:10
Loron Hays
The collective cry of The Big Lebowski’s cult has been answered. Finally, after many DVD releases and Special Editions and whatnot, The Coen Brothers’ detective farce of mayhem, murder, and marijuana gets its HD debut. It’s been out for over 13 years and is....
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Monday, 21 March 2011 13:10
Loron Hays
Written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Paul sucks upon the Spielberg/Lucas tit until all the milk and laughs have run dry – and then it keeps on sucking for good measure. Amusing although a little too long, there’s no denying that Paul is a geeked-out...
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Sunday, 15 May 2011 10:43
Loron Hays
The good news is that the second collaboration between director Scott Stewart and actor Paul Bettany is a marked improvement on the pseudo-religious muck that was Legion The bad news is that fact doesn’t make Priest any more...
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Thursday, 07 April 2011 13:18
Loron Hays
Danny McBride is my knight in shining armor. His comedic chops and loopy characters, always with their undeserved swagger, can rescue me from any prolonged mood of supernatural dourness...
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Saturday, 23 April 2011 19:18
Frank Wilkins
From beneath the super-hero movie flotsam has arisen a sub-genre of sorts. One that explores what might happen when ordinary Joe suits up to turn the tables on his intimidators. Though last year’s critically acclaimed Kick-Ass ...
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Saturday, 13 August 2011 18:58
Loron Hays
For these turbulent times, there simply is no other film as influential and as important as Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers. Its black-and-white images are gritty and powerful and uncommonly modern for its 1966 date of production ...
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Tuesday, 09 August 2011 20:00
Loron Hays
Splashy but predictable and a wee bit uninspired, Rio will certainly keep the kids in check but adults looking for something a bit more out of the unusual will have to go elsewhere. It’s from the makers of Ice Age – and while that might garner some attention...
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Tuesday, 09 August 2011 19:21
Loron Hays
Offering a new take on ghosts, mysticism and matters of life and death, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is also a bit tedious at times. The film is also a critical darling due to its ...
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Monday, 08 August 2011 15:04
Loron Hays
Finally, a serious take on the modern day vampire from a team of Americans arrives. Stake Land, directed by Jim Mickle, is an unsettling and atmospheric post-apocalyptic thriller. Think The Road with fangs and lots and lots of blood and you’ll understand ...
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