Tag: three and a half stars

Movie Review – Little Deaths (2011)

November 20, 2012
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Title: Little Deaths (2011) Runtime: 94 minutes Directors: Sean Hogan (House & Home), Andrew Parkinson (Mutant Tool), and Simon Rumley (Bitch) — And I thought torture porn was dead. When it comes to the fine line between horror and porn, Little Deaths falls just on the horror side. Barely. This film is incredibly graphic, insanely…

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Movie Review – The Faculty (1998)

November 6, 2012
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Title: The Faculty (1998) Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Robert Rodriguez — Kevin Williamson has got to be the greatest horror scriptwriter of the 1990s, with hits like the Scream series, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and The Faculty to his name. His scripts share a common theme: they’re smart, funny, and current to…

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Blu-ray Review – Twins of Evil (1971)

July 27, 2012
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(Originally Written for Inside Pulse Movies) Hammer Horror is a name that is forever engrained in the hearts and minds of vintage horror fans everywhere. From the classic monster movies of the mid-late 1950s, to the sequel craze of the 1960s, all the way to the erotic turn of the 1970s, Hammer Horror has earned…

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Blu-ray Review – La haine (Criterion Collection)

July 11, 2012
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(Originally written for Inside Pulse Movies) La haine, which translates to “hate” in English, is a perfect title for Mathieu Kassovitz’s film, which revolves entirely around the hatred that brews between the teenagers in France’s projects, and the corrupt police officers that attempt to control them. Everything that happens in the first two acts leads…

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Cinefessions Episode 04 – Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) Review

March 7, 2012
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I need to begin this post on a personal note: as some of you may know from Twitter, my grandfather (92 years old) has passed away this afternoon. I want to say thank you again to everyone who has shared their condolences. It means a lot to me. I’m grateful that my grandpa is no…

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Movie Review – Catching Hell (2011)

January 3, 2012
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Movie Number– 1 Title– Catching Hell (2011) Running Time– 102 minutes (“TV-PG”) Director– Alex Gibney — Branden ChowenBranden has been a film fan since he was young, roaming the halls of Blockbuster Video, trying to find the grossest, scariest looking VHS covers to rent and watch alone in the basement. It wasn’t until recently, though, that Branden started seeking…

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Movie Review – Rubber (2011)

June 16, 2011
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Movie Number– 77 Title– Rubber (2011) Running Time– 82 minutes (“R”) Director– Quentin Dupieux Writer– Quentin Dupieux Starring– Stephen Spinella, Jack Plotnick, and Roxane Mesquida — (Originally an IP Movies Review) Writer and director Quentin Dupieux has crafted a film in Rubber that is both an homage to the ‘70s era of exploitation, and a…

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