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Intriguing, slow-paced, tense and taut psychological thriller, borrowing plenty from Inception, The Cell & The Silence of the Lambs. Recommended if you have the patience for it, and not if you are into explosions, pacy stuff, overt violence, excessive gore, etc. And don't worry if you are left with questions in the end. The movie makes you think about it all over, slowly, again, until you find your own answers to all your questions. Thumbs up. Oh and, Taissa Farmiga is a hottie. Remember her from American Horror Story (Murder House and Coven)? * * * ½ |
Has some decent jumpy scares and plenty of action in the last 15-20 minutes, but I thought the teenage angst bit was stretched a bit too much, and the film lost some of it's scariness due to this factor alone. The ending felt rushed and a ton of things were "explained" using unnecessary flashbacks, which could have been unfolded earlier and that could have helped the film to stick to it's original plotline. As things stood, this ended up being a teen film for the most part, with a horror twist/cameo thrown in. A decent watch, but not very impressed. * * ½ |
The Fourth Kind 2009
5/10 "Actual footage" together with dramatisation was an interesting concept. Worked on some levels. Was expecting much more from the story, or something more daring. Instead I found it rather simple and formulaic. The "UFO crowd" would likely find it old and shallow. Horror fans today would likely find old hat and cliche. Pacing and acting were fine. |
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Hatchet III (2013)
The kills in this movie are absolutely brutal. I love the opening. The chainsaw scene was extremely well done. The head explosion kill with the defibrillators was pretty cool too. I like the new additions to the cast specifically Zach Galligan, Caroline Williams and Derek Mears. Sid Haig showing up came as a complete surprise and he was hysterical. Joel Moore's cameo was also pretty cool. I thought the ending was really satisfying. |
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------------ https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eiQq...QnZDoP1qdI.jpg Tonight I watched Wolf Creek (2005) in preparation for watching the sequel. It's the first time I'd seen it since it first came out, when I saw it in the theater. I'll admit, it was more shocking the first time, but still gritty and suspenseful on second viewing. Mick Taylor is a memorable bad guy, and adds some black humor to the mix. A good watch and solid entry in the redneck subgenre. 7/10. |
THE RAVEN (2012). John Cusack plays Edgar Allan Poe in his final days helping a Baltimore detective solve brutal killings based on Poe's stories. Good attention to detail, but we felt it had a FROM HELL (2001) and SE7EN (1995) vibe to it. ***
Ever since reading "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" in Junior High, have loved Poe and find him so tragic. Tried a few times to visit his grave when I lived in Maryland, but panhandlers/deadbeats ruined my quiet experience. "The Poe House" is in an area of the city where you would not dare park your car. Richmond VA has its own "Poe House" that is very good with many exhibits/artifacts and well worth a road trip. |
Decent effort for a found-footage film. Some parts overzealous, some wonderful. One particular stand-out sequence involves a POV shot through darkness, of an encounter with a S.W.A.T. team, done really well. Leaves you with plenty of questions but then these films try to entertain without taxing the brains much. Recommended if you love these kind of films. * * * |
Chrono's gonna love this one. Pretty pacy and entertaining comedy. Worth a watch and a hearty laugh. Yes Angra, it's a chick movie. * * * |
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3/10 , low budget horror anthology & you could tell |
A good, tense low-brow indie effort ruined by an eye-roller of an ending. They should have just gone with the home invasion/haunted angle instead. BTW, Elizabeth Olsen has nice boobs. You can't help but stare at them for the most part of the film. * * |
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PROGENY 1999
A doctor and his wife discover they are expecting. But they both also have strange memories of the night the baby was conceived. Disappointing and far-fetched. This movie could have gone in one direction that would have been chilling but it ended up rather lame. |
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Standard romantic tale which (I could swear) finds it's inspiration from Bollywood love stories of yore, but it's actually a remake of the 80s Brooke Shields tale. Gabriella Wilde is hot, while Bruce Greenwood & Robert Patrick provide ample support. Recommended to romantics, and to those who would want to warm their hearts with a smile on a gloomy, bad day. * * * |
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9/10 This was a such a deep, moving and beautiful film. I relate to a lot of the characters, especially Grace. I'd definitely be watching this again. It's one of my favorites now! =) |
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THE THING (2010). Don't normally care for sequels (or prequels in this case( as they don't use logic or imagination, but we found this a very pleasant surprise. REALLY good tale of the events before the Carpenter film at the Norweigan's camp. The filmmakers did their homework, because everything wraps up. The FX are top notch, it's scary and downbeat enough and Mary Elizabeth Winstead is lusciuos::love::::love::::cool::. ****
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Thought-provoking and unusual. Just goes to show how far we can go to fill up the empty hollowness of our lives. Angra would term this film as "extremely disturbing", so recommended to him. * * * ½ |
The Raven (2012)
5/10 stars http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...959_SY578_.jpg Someone is copycatting Edger Allen Poe's macabre stories in real life, and a detective wants Edger to tag along to the murders and play: "Poe' Books for $200". Sounded like a good premise, if not a little familiar... but is actually a true insult to Poe the writer... as the story/plot/directing/acting are so cautiously safe & cliche, as to be a bore. One Cliff Notes movie to rip the guts out of all his best stories. I was intrigued by the first 10 minutes, feeling cheerful in the familiar setting, waiting for the coaster to dive down the tracks... only to find the story inching along as if waiting in a long line. I was begging for it to wrap-up so I could go to sleep. 5/10 stars |
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Too cliched, too many loopholes and too many unexplained twists. By the time the film tries to be scary, it has already failed. And a final sequence which is just unwarranted. No Grave Encounters, this. Don't go by the credits on the cover. Skip, unless you are into some first-person simulated sex scenes. * ½ |
A fantasy all-star tale, of demons, angels and Lucifer on earth. A tale of miracles, of being lost and being found at the same time. A tale of several decades, a hundred years or more. Most of all, a tale of eternal romance. Of love strong enough to bequeath immortality, and beyond. Impressive. Very impressive. Watch out for plenty of delightful cameos, none more so than Will Smith and Jennifer Connelly. Recommended. * * * * |
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