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Prom review

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            Prom begins with the line “High School. It happens to everyone.” I have no doubt that this is actually fairly accurate to the ...

Wrecked review

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            The premise of Wrecked seems better suited for a short film, even after the success of Danny Boyle’s similar but more inspired...

Cold Fish review

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            Cold Fish is a nightmarish trip into insanity, and this means that each moment brings unexpected reaction from the insane char...

In a Better World review

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            The difference between foreign films (specifically European ones) and Hollywood movies is often the manipulation of the script...

United 93 Blu-ray review

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Although high definition is not necessarily the point of the film, it is understandable that United 93 is being released on Blu-ray the sa...

Assassination Games review

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            When action stars go over their prime, it helps when the roles they take are supporting rather than leading. The reason Assassi...

Secret Sunshine Blu-ray release

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            Secret Sunshine is a film which begs for repeat viewings. The process of sitting through this 142 minute emotionally complex Ko...

Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold review

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            Despite the fact that Morgan Spurlock built his reputation on a documentary which exposed the extreme health risks of a McDonal...

Win Win review

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            Win Win is a likeable film which takes unlikely paths to get to an unexpected conclusion. It has flawed characters, but somehow ...

Blitz review

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            Serial killer cop procedural meets Jason Statham action spectacle in Blitz, a film which tries to do too many things and ends u...

Little Big Soldier review

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            It is nice to see Jackie Chan making good movies again, embracing the fact that he is no longer always the leading man. Many ac...

The Beaver review

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            Watching The Beaver made me nervous. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and mostly in the exact ways that I expected that I would, but it...

Sympathy for Delicious

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            There is a lot happening in Sympathy for Delicious , a film about a handicapped homeless former DJ who discovers he has the abi...

A Fistful of Dollars

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            Based on Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, A Fistful of Dollars also marks the first collaboration between Clint Eastwood and Ita...

For a Few Dollars More Blu-ray review

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            The second in Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western films together was For a Few Dollars More, which brought back...

The Magnificent Seven Blu-ray review

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            Based on Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai , The Magnificent Seven easily adapts from samurai film to western, just as Yojimbo w...

The Battle of Algiers Blu-ray review

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            This past weekend the Los Angeles Times ran an article on the emotional risks of 9/11 themed entertainment ten years after the ...

The Big Lebowski Blu-ray review

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The ultimate slacker tale from the strange and hilarious minds of the Coen brothers is finally available in a new limited edition Blu-ray b...

Meet Monica Velour review

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            There are a lot of different directions that Meet Monica Velour could have gone in. It could have been satirical, raunchy, melo...

Priest

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             Priest is quite possibly the most unoriginal film made in the last decade. It even beats out Jonah Hex in the over-blending of ...