Tag: Movie Review
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Pinocchio: A True Story – Movie Review
Somebody shoots Pinocchio with a gun because he is a wooden boy. The fact that this is a sentence about a Pinocchio movie of all the things is a reality that I’m not ready to deal with right now. As the first of various films starring the titular character releasing this year. This self-proclaimed true […]
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The Modernized Death of a Salesman: Glengarry Glenn Ross
A.B.C. Always Be Closing. This line from the film’s opening monologue delivered with condescending fury from Alec Baldwin is the motto for the salesmen that Glengarry Glenn Ross is centered on. After all, what good is a salesman if he can’t seal the deal? But the answer to this question is far more complicated and […]
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A Rant About Eight Crazy Nights
No. No, seriously no. I was doing so great having my first experience with this disgusting trainwreck be utterly repressed within the gutters of my mind. It was so nice and easy and made life simple. The completely braindead decision on my part to watch this movie again with friends for the “lols” was the […]
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Audition – Movie Review
This is by far the most difficult film I’ll likely have to cover during this marathon. Not in regards to overall quality. That’s a different story. Mainly because Audition is one of those experiences that’s hard to recommend to certain branches of people and to explain why is extremely complicated as it would require me […]
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The Empty Man – Movie Review
A common theme throughout this entire marathon has been centered on cult films. Ones that have been recognized as such after the fact. That’s the funny thing about time. No one ever knows when anything could reach that status. Maybe it’s destiny that people will come around to it and go, “Hey, that was pretty […]
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Suspiria – Movie Review
Out of all the films I’ve reviewed in this marathon if I had to rank them by the strength of their presentation and how it’s interwoven with the narrative, then Dario Argento Suspiria would be an easy number one. In fact, it was so close to getting my highest grade. My only struggle with doing […]
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The Ring (Ringu) – Movie Review
Suffice to say that this is the point in the marathon where we get to certain films that leave me unsettled. Not just in the sense of being left fearful of creepy imagery or graphic content. I mean the type of fear that leaves you feeling off and utterly terrified of what might be around […]
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Train to Busan – Movie Review
If there is one genre of horror that appears to be struggling to stay relevant in the eyes of movie-going audiences currently, then Zombie flicks would be at the top of that dissuasion. This isn’t to say that the genre is incapable of producing quality material. Still, it is tough to showcase something that can […]
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Hellraiser – Movie Review
What’s interesting about Hellraiser to me is that while it’s known these days for spawning a rather large franchise and featuring an ionic horror star in Pinhead, what the character means today isn’t in the same vein of the film that started it all. Think of another horror franchise like Friday the 13rth for instance. […]
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An American Werewolf in London – Movie Review
An American Werewolf in London can best perfectly describe as a best of both words type movie. The ideal blend of fun dark comic wit and gruesome violence. It’s been nearly 40 years since the film’s original release, yet it stands on the top of the golden tower as one of the definitive werewolf features. Something […]
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