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"Premium Rush" Is Silly Fun In A Make-Believe Fantasy World Where Bicycle...
Premium Rush (2012)I wasn't entirely sure how appealing I would find "Premium Rush". A story about cycle couriers, with the protagonist being a thrill seeker who rides without breaks or gears. Still...
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Spanish Werewolf Movie Is Desperate To Be Funny, But Lacks A Sense Of Timing...
Game of Werewolves (2011)I'd received a pretty strong recommendation for this from the horror movie blog "John Of The Dead". I don't always agree with "John Of The Dead", but he gives some pretty...
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"Amazing Spider-Man" Is Still The Only Superhero Franchise With A Compelling...
The Amazing Spider-Man 2I haven't found many people who shared my love for the first of the Amazing Spider-Man films. I actually said at the time that I preferred it to "Avengers Assemble" and I...
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The John Hughes Directorial Retrospective: Part Two
Three more films in my John Hughes retrospective. I've been working backwards from John Hughes' final directing credit "Curly Sue" to his directorial début "Sixteen Candles". So far I reviewed "Curly...
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"The Nanny", The Final Black And White Hammer Horror Film, Is Particularly...
The Nanny (1965)A later Bette Davis performance. A child comes home from a special school intended to sort out his poor behaviour. In the house the boy's mother seems highly reliant on the nanny and...
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"Good Vibrations" Is A Better-Than-Average Biopic With A...
Good VibrationsI was a little worried when this seemed to be trying to be quirky at the beginning. There's a strange little sequence to indicate that our protagonist lost an eye when he was younger and...
View ArticleToo Good To Be True! Short Film Suggests That The Upcoming Animated Film...
"Almost Home" is a really sweet and funny short film also acting as a trailer for the upcoming animated movie "Home".(video link)I think it's good that this is a role that seems to suit Steve Martin's...
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"The Exorcist" Is Worth Watching As A Classic, Even If It Hasn't Aged Well....
The Exorcist (1973)In light of my recent dissatisfaction with the box office smash hit horror movie "The Conjuring" I decided to go back to the source. The granddaddy of all exorcism movies: "The...
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All the Final Destination Movies...
As I began working through these films I had only seen the second one. I hadn't actually seen the first one at all. The poster was like a lot of posters at the time and while there appear to be some...
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"The Double" Is An Exceptional Film - Gorgeous, Intense And Hilarious
The Double (2014)This is the second film to be directed by Richard Ayodade, who is probably most well known for his role as Morris Moss the hilarious geek from "The IT Crowd". His first film...
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Happy Chocolate Egg Day!!!! :D
HAPPY EASTER!Confused? Egg day, day of new life, egg-based pokemon, right?Yesterday I decided that perhaps I really ought to get hold of some chocolate eggs for the big day only to discover that they'd...
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"A Field In England" Is Pretentious Tripe...
A Field in England (2013)Three strikes and you are OUT Mr. Wheatley!I've been consistently recommended Ben Wheatley's films and each time I keep thinking that the NEXT one will be the one which I...
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"Calvary" Looks Deeply At Righteous Anger Against The Church. Is A Good...
Calvary (2014)Calvary is the latin name for the place of Jesus' death, often known as Golgotha. At the start of the movie Calvary we see the following phrase attributed to St. Augustine: "Do not...
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"Tales Of The Crypt" Is An Excellent Horror-Comedy Anthology Film From The...
Tales from the Crypt (1972)A British horror anthology movie which ties up together a lot better than most. The central storyline involves a mysterious figure talking to a bunch of people who are lost...
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Upcoming Horror-Comedy "Wolfcop" Looks Totally Crazy...
Just discovered this bizarre trailer for the movie "Wolf Cop". It's from the director of a recent horror film called "13 Eerie". One actor who seemed more familiar, Jonathan Cherry, turns out to have...
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"Prisoners" Has Fantastic Central Performances, But The Central Mystery Is A...
Prisoners (2013)"Prisoners" benefits a great deal from a strong cast. In particular the two central roles of Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman, both of whom are on top form here, as well as a wonderful...
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ZOMG WOW! - "REC 4: Apocalypse" Trailer!
I am so excited for this!After leaving his co-director Paco Plaza to make a fairly generic horror-comedy for the third instalment, Jaume Balaguero returns and so does Angela Vidal, our heroine from the...
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Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey Is A Pretty Sweet Sequel. Excellent! *Plays Air...
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)My first encounter with Bill and Ted was the trailer for this movie, so I don't think I fully appreciated back then how ridiculous the whole premise of this film...
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Awesome Song - "I Love You All" Sung By Michael Fassbender (From The "Frank"...
I'm not at all sure what the hell is going on with a bizarre upcoming movie called "Frank" about a band fronted by a figure I remember appearing on channel four during the nineties. But Michael...
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Reviewed Here! A Stuart Gordon Lovecraft Adaptation + Dream-Like Horror...
From Beyond (1986)Star Jeffrey Combs and director Stuart Gordon, worked together on one of my favourite horror comedies: "Re-Animator". Here they rejoin to work on another HP Lovecraft adaptation. This...
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