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"Ascension" (2002) 5/10

Story:

An unknown creature has murdered the creator of universe and unleashed the ability to produce miracles. This ability is now in the hands of human beings who have driven themselves into destructive envy and the horrible chaos of suddenly becoming gods themselves. The only way to stop this vicious circle is to destroy the creature who started it all. Some have already tried it, but never returned from the creature's hiding place. Now, three women of different ages and backgrounds have decided that things have to be stopped and climb up to face the murderer of God.


What we get is:

3 women slowly getting up the stairs of an empty industry building while having slow, dark and philosophical conversations.... the horror..




I managed to see the whole damn thing somehow. Maybe due to its weirdness and unique "story". Didn't get the ending, of course, but I have a vague idea.

For some reason i now wanna see Karim Hussains "Subconscious Cruelty" and "La belle bête", coz he sure is different.

Thanks for the heads-up! I haven't seen any of his films yet but sure it all sounds like deals with some mind-fuck weird materials. While I was trying to little know about Mr. Karim, I've found this interview...which you may like to check out also; bit surprised to know that he's also working as a cinematographer in Hobo with a Shotgun...one of the most anticipated movies in 2011 for genre fans!

Thank You For Smoking


Excellent satire about a lobbyist for big cigarette companies, trying to be a good role model for his son whilst promoting smoking. Aaron Eckhart is very watchable in the lead, highly recommend this one.

The Possession Of David O'Reilly (2010)

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Strange! Whether I didn't get it or whatever...I think it isn't actually any usual shockumentary or POV features like PA, BWP or REC. Cause here there's no character in the film was handling the camrea or there weren't set ups for several cameras inside & outside the house; the directors here intentionally used POV shots in most of the parts. And as usually it sometimes worked & sometimes didn't. I mostly liked the part when David was stuck in a room with that pregnant woman. Anyway, it isn't a perfect film but there's some potential. The little cast did a good job. The make-up effects for the demonic creatures were good; accompanied with some eerie sound effects that worked pretty well in some scenes. Overall, besides some plot holes it wasn't a bad effort at all; I liked it. Next time the directors should try a solid haunted house story with a good script but without the POV format, IMO.

>>: B

True Grit (2010)

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>>: B+

Thanks.

That movie sounds lame. Lame but entertaining. :D

Sounds a little like "Rampage" actually.

Blackout (2008). This movie starts out really bad, I mean the acting was lamentable. But through sheer perseverance this movie makes a grand turnaround to enter the annals of a pretty darn decent psychological thriller. I have to wonder if the beginning's bad acting was intentional. It might even make sense. With the exception of movie greats such as 12 Angry men, claustrophobic flicks need to give the viewer a breath of fresh air, and this one does so with clever use of flashbacks; otherwise it would have been an insufferable affair. The story slowly builds and the mounting tension was was adroitly snappy. The acting could have been better, but for a low budget affair it would be unfair to expect anything better. One cheap fix would have been to sharpen up the dialog, but it got the job done. There were some enjoyably gruesome moments in the third chapter, and the villainy that was exposed lent credence to the nasty things we hoped would come his way. The effects were decent and the camera work was fun. In lesser hands this flick would not have worked, but Castaneda worked wonders with a barely decent script, sparse budget, and rough acting. Merci.
d

"Castle freak" 3/10

That's a lot of scrotum showing for one movie.

Sure it was fake and you could see his blue underpants behind his "flesh", but he was gross nevertheless. A god damn FREAK!!!

subconscious cruelty is certainly an odd one.

Yes, i read a user review on IMDB.

The dude liked the movie without having much of a clue what it was trying to say and how the stories were connected, if they were.

So i guess it's more visuals than dialogue.