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Review: Dog Soldiers (Neil Marshall)
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Dog_Soldiers_DVD.jpg[/img] Werewolf films have always gotten the short-stick when it came to quality product. Vampires have always gotten the...
[img]http://www.filmposters.it/imgposter/grandi/oldboy.jpg[/img] 2003 would go down as the year a master filmmaker emerged from the ranks of the independent circles to the forefront of elite...
[img]http://www.lacoctelera.com/snakesolido/imagen/superman-concept1.jpg[/img] I'm fortunate enough to have seen the original [b][i]Superman[/i][/b] and [b][i]Superman II[/i][/b] in the theaters...
[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JOTP.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] Director Wayne Kramer's follow-up to his directorial debut ( The Cooler ) shows that he is a rising talent in...
[img]http://www.nexbase.net/albums/Hard-Candy/hard_candy.sized.jpg[/img] The film directed by David Slade and written by Brian Nelson seems disturbing enough for just the subject matter alone,...
[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006FDBW.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] This 2001 film by Takashi Miike has to count as one of the most disturbing film's I have ever seen. I have seen my...
[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009ETCUQ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] The last year or so has seen the rise of several new directors from France who've made quite a splash with their...
[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00009W0U4.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] Gaspar Noe's Irreversible was filmed in the same style as Christopher Nolan's excellent Memento. With the story...
[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000ERU9S2.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V56911479_.jpg[/img] The definition of the Japanese word ronin describes it as a samurai who has lost his master from the ruin...
[img]http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/streeter/media/vendetta.jpg[/img] Alan Moore's decision to want his name off the final credits for the film adaptation of...
James Gunn first got his chance to work in the horror-comedy genre with his time in Troma Films. His first contribution to the genre being a send up of Shakespeare's Romero and Juliet aptly...
[img]http://chud.com/nextraimages/hills1sht.jpg[/img] I'm not much for remakes of film's that doesn't really require being remade. Some classic examples being Psycho , Dawn of the Dead...
John McNaughton's directorial debut has been hailed as one of the best by any first-time director. I won't be one to disagree with those who agree. McNaughton took $125,000 dollars, an idea of...
[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/custom/43/10004743.jpg[/img] The start of the new year is usually pretty slow when it comes to big films. Most of the time its when films not...
[img]http://ai.pricegrabber.com/muze_images/Video/DVD/88/218288_118x160.jpg[/img] Ichi the Killer (aka Koroshiya 1 in Japan) is a tour-de-force of excessive violence that outdoes even...
[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/custom/14/1154714.jpg[/img] I may be one of the few people who actually enjoyed Eli Roth's first film, [b][i]Cabin Fever[/i][/b], despite the...
Well, I have to say that Peter Jackson's [b][i]King Kong[/i][/b] might have the same effect on the young people who sees it as Meriem C. Cooper's 1933 original had on him. Despite doubling the...
Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds shows that he hasn't lost his touch when it comes to creating blockbuster spectacle that's become the province of the Michael Bay's and his many clones....
[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JO16.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] I've seen it twice now and the first time I saw it as a Romero-fanboy. The second time it was with a more critical eye....
What can I say about David Cronenberg's latest work that hasn't already been said by film critics everywhere? My answer to that has to be: not much. A History of Violence will remind people...
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Dog_Soldiers_DVD.jpg[/img] Werewolf films have always gotten the short-stick when it came to quality product. Vampires have always gotten the...
Posted Aug 1, 2006 6:49 am PT
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Review: Oldboy (Chan-wook Park)[img]http://www.filmposters.it/imgposter/grandi/oldboy.jpg[/img] 2003 would go down as the year a master filmmaker emerged from the ranks of the independent circles to the forefront of elite...
Posted Jul 3, 2006 11:45 pm PT
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Review: Superman Returns (Bryan Singer)[img]http://www.lacoctelera.com/snakesolido/imagen/superman-concept1.jpg[/img] I'm fortunate enough to have seen the original [b][i]Superman[/i][/b] and [b][i]Superman II[/i][/b] in the theaters...
Posted Jun 29, 2006 12:08 pm PT
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Review: Running Scared (Wayne Kramer)[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JOTP.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] Director Wayne Kramer's follow-up to his directorial debut ( The Cooler ) shows that he is a rising talent in...
Posted Jun 12, 2006 2:31 pm PT
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Review: Hard Candy (David Slade)[img]http://www.nexbase.net/albums/Hard-Candy/hard_candy.sized.jpg[/img] The film directed by David Slade and written by Brian Nelson seems disturbing enough for just the subject matter alone,...
Posted Apr 18, 2006 2:46 pm PT
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Review: Visitor Q (Takashi Miike)[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006FDBW.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] This 2001 film by Takashi Miike has to count as one of the most disturbing film's I have ever seen. I have seen my...
Posted Apr 18, 2006 8:09 am PT
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Review: Hostage (Florent Siri)[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009ETCUQ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] The last year or so has seen the rise of several new directors from France who've made quite a splash with their...
Posted Apr 14, 2006 10:30 am PT
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Review: Irreversible (Gaspar Noe)[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00009W0U4.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] Gaspar Noe's Irreversible was filmed in the same style as Christopher Nolan's excellent Memento. With the story...
Posted Apr 12, 2006 2:33 pm PT
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Review: Ronin (John Frankenheimer)[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000ERU9S2.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V56911479_.jpg[/img] The definition of the Japanese word ronin describes it as a samurai who has lost his master from the ruin...
Posted Apr 11, 2006 2:54 pm PT
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Review: V for Vendetta (James McTiegue)[img]http://www.palmbeachpost.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/palmbeach/streeter/media/vendetta.jpg[/img] Alan Moore's decision to want his name off the final credits for the film adaptation of...
Posted Apr 3, 2006 10:55 am PT
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Review: Slither (James Gunn)James Gunn first got his chance to work in the horror-comedy genre with his time in Troma Films. His first contribution to the genre being a send up of Shakespeare's Romero and Juliet aptly...
Posted Apr 2, 2006 11:09 pm PT
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Review: The Hills Have Eyes (Alexandre Aja)[img]http://chud.com/nextraimages/hills1sht.jpg[/img] I'm not much for remakes of film's that doesn't really require being remade. Some classic examples being Psycho , Dawn of the Dead...
Posted Mar 12, 2006 9:15 pm PT
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Review: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (John McNaughton)John McNaughton's directorial debut has been hailed as one of the best by any first-time director. I won't be one to disagree with those who agree. McNaughton took $125,000 dollars, an idea of...
Posted Jan 29, 2006 4:02 pm PT
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Review: Underworld: Evolution (Len Wiseman)[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/custom/43/10004743.jpg[/img] The start of the new year is usually pretty slow when it comes to big films. Most of the time its when films not...
Posted Jan 22, 2006 5:02 pm PT
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Review: Ichi the Killer (Takashi Miike)[img]http://ai.pricegrabber.com/muze_images/Video/DVD/88/218288_118x160.jpg[/img] Ichi the Killer (aka Koroshiya 1 in Japan) is a tour-de-force of excessive violence that outdoes even...
Posted Jan 20, 2006 9:28 am PT
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Review: Hostel (Eli Roth)[img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/custom/14/1154714.jpg[/img] I may be one of the few people who actually enjoyed Eli Roth's first film, [b][i]Cabin Fever[/i][/b], despite the...
Posted Jan 13, 2006 12:22 pm PT
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Review: Peter Jackson's King KongWell, I have to say that Peter Jackson's [b][i]King Kong[/i][/b] might have the same effect on the young people who sees it as Meriem C. Cooper's 1933 original had on him. Despite doubling the...
Posted Dec 15, 2005 8:25 am PT
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Review: War of the Worlds (Steven Spielberg)Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds shows that he hasn't lost his touch when it comes to creating blockbuster spectacle that's become the province of the Michael Bay's and his many clones....
Posted Nov 22, 2005 1:08 pm PT
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Review: Land of the Dead - Unrated Director's Cut (George A. Romero)[img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JO16.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg[/img] I've seen it twice now and the first time I saw it as a Romero-fanboy. The second time it was with a more critical eye....
Posted Oct 14, 2005 7:52 am PT
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3 comments
Review: A History of ViolenceWhat can I say about David Cronenberg's latest work that hasn't already been said by film critics everywhere? My answer to that has to be: not much. A History of Violence will remind people...
Posted Sep 30, 2005 3:28 pm PT
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