Awesome Song: "Sunday Drive" by Ladyhawke
(video link)I decided to check out the wikipedia page for "Radioactive Dreams" and it said that the style of music counted as "New Wave". Looking at the wikipedia page for "New Wave" it seems to be...
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Halloween Franchise Review Series - Part 1: Halloween (1978)
Halloween (1978)One element that I've always felt was the main strength of "Halloween" is the way that it is, at heart, a monster movie. This distinguishes it from other slashers like "Texas Chainsaw...
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Halloween Franchise Review Series - Part 2: Halloween II (1981)
Halloween II (1981)This is a sequel which ups the ante in every possible way. Loomis now has first-hand evidence that Myers is completely inhuman and he is out for blood. The killings by Myers are more...
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Halloween Franchise Review Series - Part 3: Halloween III: Season of the...
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)I was going to say that this movie has the most boring poster ever, but then looking for an image of the movie poster I came across these other rather cool...
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Proud Ignorance...
If anyone's been following Pharyngula, they will already know that Bill Nye has decided to debate a creationist. Lots of people think this was a bad idea because its easier for creationists to poke...
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Halloween Franchise Review Series - Part 4: Halloween 4: The Return Of...
Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers (1988)This begins with some utterly stupid continuity errors. What's more, the filmmakers know damn well that these are utterly stupid continuity errors, but...
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Halloween Franchise Review Series - Part 5: Halloween 5: The Revenge of...
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)Blooming eck, these titles are getting interchangeable. Perhaps the best part of this film is the sequence at the beginning where they completely redo...
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My End-Of-Year Favourite 20 Movies List For 2013 (Part One)
Sorry this has taken so long. This has been a really busy couple of months for me.It's impossible for the average movie-goer to say what the best movies of the year were actually AT the end of the...
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Valentine's Day Viewing: Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Muriel's Wedding (1994)I don't think I really fully understood this film when I saw it in my teens. Oddly, far from recognising the references to Abba here, my whole understanding of who the band Abba...
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My End-Of-Year Favourite 20 Movies List For 2013 (Part Two)
If you missed it, you can check out the movies I ranked between 11 and 20 here.Below is my top 10 movies from 2013. Do be aware that this is an end-of-year list and, not being a proper movie critic,...
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Reviews follow an old-fashioned report card grading system:A = ExcellentB = GoodC = SatisfactoryD = UnsatisfactoryE = UnacceptableU = Barely qualifies as a movieI give each rating a + or - to suggest...
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Halloween Franchise Review Series - Part 6: Halloween: The Curse of Michael...
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)We've had the 'Return', the 'Revenge' and now the 'Curse'. However, this time the title actually has some relevance to the content of the film. We start the...
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Halloween Franchise Review Series - Part 7: Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)It should probably noted that his appeals to be one of the most stupid movie titles in the history of cinema. Well it wasn't going to take much now for this film to...
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Two Films I Didn't Finish....
The last time I felt compelled to write about movies I was unable to finish was just over a year ago. The movies were "The Conformist" and "Perfect Sense". (Read my entry on those here.)Another movie I...
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"The Lego Movie" Makes References To Great '12' and '15' Rated Films! - Oh...
The Lego Movie (2014)I'd been looking forward to this ever since I realised it was being made by the insane genuineses behind "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs", who also managed to make a pretty damn...
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Beautiful Song from The Cure: "Dredd Song"
It's bizarre that this song was connected to the Judge Dredd movie starring Sylvester Stallone. Or any Judge Dredd property for that matter. It doesn't really suit that character at all. The cynical...
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Halloween Franchise Review Series - Part 8: Halloween Resurrection (2002)
Halloween Resurrection (2002)This marks the return of the director of "Halloween II" and while the script isn't great and the inclusion of Busta Rhymes seems like a massive misstep, there's a more...
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Curse of Chucky Is One Of The Better Child's Play Movies, With A Great...
Curse of Chucky (2013)While the Child's Play series isn't consistently brilliant, all the Child's Play movies are fun, with "Child's Play 3" being the only one I'd say was completely mediocre.It seemed...
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Two Surprisingly Great Films: "Escape" and "The East"
It wasn't so long ago that I released my "best movies" list for 2013, but I've already seen two movies probably more deserving of a place on that list (at very least in the top 20). My reviews are...
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The Best Things About "Man of Steel" Are The Effects And Kevin Costner......
Man of Steel (2012)I was not really terribly interested in seeing "Man Of Steel" until I saw a clop from one of the fight sequences on Youtube. there's a female evil Kryptonian working for the...
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