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Funny People (2009), The Hurt Locker (2009)
So far this year, a lot of my most anticipated films have been a little underwhelming. I liked Coraline, Watchmen, Public Enemies, Star Trek and Bruno to various degrees, but I didn’t fall in film-geek...
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The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (1987) and The Fall (2008)
I know I’m a philistine, but some movies just work best chopped up into bite-sized pieces. They might not work great as a whole, but watched in 20-40 minute chunks over the space of a few evenings,...
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Thirst (2009)
On the surface, Thirst, the latest film from Park Chan-Wook (who did the brilliant Oldboy, the pretty great Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and the okay Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance), is the story of a...
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Blood Freak (1972)
Looking for something to wash out the bad taste of the Avatar trailer (it made Hitler sad)? Well, step right up and take a good, long gawk at Blood Freak. Most old exploitation flicks are pretty...
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5 thoughts on District 9 and Inglourious Basterds
I’m never really sure what to say here about widely-seen and discussed movies. You’re a mouse-click away from more professionally-written articles than you could ever want to read about both these...
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
I don’t really approve of criticizing movie adaptations for how they failed to live up to one’s personal connection to the source material. Having said that, Scott Pilgrim really failed to live up to...
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Animal Kingdom (2010)
I really wanted to like the Aussie crime flick Animal Kingdom, and I almost succeeded. In the end, though, I found the movie more admirable than actually likeable. Centred around a family of bank...
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Underwater Nazi Zombie Movie Showdown!
The last few weeks have been a bit eventful, to be sure. Since my return from Australia, I’ve gotten engaged, finished writing and editing my PhD thesis, and started developing iPhone applications....
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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
There’s a brilliant 90-minute film here: a Tolstoyesque tale of a group of men searching for the body of a murder victim, shot through with meditations on epistomology and haunting digital-video shots...
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The Wrestler (2008)
So the second time around with The Wrestler, I was struck even more by just how creaky and cliched the script was. But this time I appreciated it more. I didn’t really care that every twist and turn...
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