Tag: one and a half stars

Movie Review – Branden Chowen on Carrie (2013)

January 15, 2014
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Title: Carrie (2013) Director: Kimberly Peirce Runtime: 100 minutes — I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a huge fan of Brian DePalma’s Carrie from 1976. There is a whole lot of annoying religious mumbo jumbo, finally capped off with some decent kill scenes. But when I learned that this remake was coming…

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The Cinefessions Podcast: Collector’s Anonymous Edition – The Demented (2013)

August 10, 2013
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Podcasting is hitting Cinefessions hard this month, and we’re happy to announce a second podcast series entitled Collector’s Anonymous. Collector’s Anonymous is a solo podcast hosted by Branden that will cover movie collecting, the costs associated with it, and what deals Cinefessions found while out and about. There is also one quick review on each…

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Oscar Countdown 2013 – Les Misérables (2012)

February 20, 2013
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This is the fifth of ten Oscar Countdown posts from Zuzana Urbanek, where she reviews the Best Picture nominees, and gives her own predictions on who will win. Les Misérables: Miserable, Indeed Runtime: 158 minutes Director: Tom Hooper Let the hate-mail come, but … oh my, this film is dreadful. This review comes from someone…

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Movie Review – Alien Origin (2012)

November 11, 2012
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Title: Alien Origin (2012) Runtime: 88 minutes Director: Mark Atkins — The Asylum has the potential to surprise every so often (Paranormal Entity is a better film than Paranormal Activity; there, it’s been said), which is why I get excited whenever a new film of theirs comes out (which is practically weekly at this point)….

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Movie Review – Area 407 (2012)

November 11, 2012
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Title: Area 407 (2012) Runtime: 90 minutes Directors: Dale Fabrigar and Everette Wallin — For a made-for-tv horror film, I really expected this to be worse than it was. That said, this is not a good movie. Unfortunately, the incredibly cool premise – a group of people survive a plane crash, but, unbeknownst to them,…

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Movie Review – Grace (2009)

November 9, 2012
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Title: Grace (2009) Runtime: 85 minutes Director: Paul Solet — For an unknown horror film, I had read quite a bit about Grace, and, thus, I expected that I’d enjoy it a great deal. Unfortunately, I found it to be a bit too slowly paced, thought the acting was hit or miss, and found the…

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Movie Review – The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

November 5, 2012
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Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Scott Derrickson — I guess I should’ve waited a few months before watching this remake of the 1950s classic. Maybe I would’ve forgotten how incredible the original was (unlikely), and then this may not have seemed so pedestrian (even less likely). Unfortunately, I…

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