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Review of Damage (2009)

By Alyssa N (120) on 11 Mar 2008

It's a shame that such superb performances, including Miranda Richardson's which earned a well-deserved Oscar nomination, could only serve…

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Review of The Road to El Dorado (2000)

By Alyssa N (120) on 06 Mar 2008

This movie is the most haleriuos movie ever…

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Review of Wait Until Dark (1967)

By Alyssa N (120) on 27 Feb 2008

This tension-filled thriller from the sixties is a reminder of when movies relied on compelling and unpredictable plots to create suspense…

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Review of Art of the Devil 2 (2005)

By Alyssa N (120) on 30 Jan 2008

For fans of extreme, gory horror movies, this gruesome Thai film should be a required rental…

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Review of Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)

By Alyssa N (120) on 26 Jan 2008

Miike, the director himself, is the first to admit that this film is not for everyone, and I agree…

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Review of My Girl 2 (1994)

By Alyssa N (120) on 07 Jan 2008

Not nearly as good as the first one, but still enjoyable. I love the Just Smile song though…

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Review of The Great Yokai War (2005)

By Alyssa N (120) on 03 Jan 2008

This is a family-oriented fantasy film from Takashi Miike (yep, you read that correctly)…

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Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By Alyssa N (120) on 03 Jan 2008

This is one of those movies that's so hard to describe, you really have to experience it for yourself…

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Review of Mau Mau Sex Sex (2001)

By Alyssa N (120) on 16 Dec 2007

Very interesting documentary about two of the most infamous exploitation film directors in the business…

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Review of Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

By Alyssa N (120) on 29 Nov 2007

This 1920's musical is certainly interesting, but at times I felt like I was watching an extended advertisement for the Ziegfeld Follies…

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Review of Memories of Murder (2003)

By Alyssa N (120) on 25 Oct 2007

During the first half of this movie, I was convinced it was an unfunny, offensive, and only moderately suspenseful murder mystery…

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Review of The Woodsman (2004)

By Alyssa N (120) on 11 Oct 2007

This movie, especially with Kevin Bacon's performance, did a great job of making us see a pedophile as not just a monster, but an actual human…

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Review of Kamikaze Girls (2004)

By Alyssa N (120) on 28 Sep 2007

This is definitely a fun, feel-good movie…

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Review of Lan Yu (2001)

By Alyssa N (120) on 17 Aug 2007

This is a very ground-breaking love story to come from mainland China, and I respect it for that…

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Review of Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

By Alyssa N (120) on 16 Aug 2007

Actually never heard of this movie until I saw it while I was in Australia. One of the most inspirational movies that I've seen…

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Review of Caligula (1979)

By Alyssa N (120) on 04 Aug 2007

This somewhat historically accurate film definitely lives us to its controversial reputation: there's lots of perverse, gratuitous, hardcore…

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Review of Silent Tongue (1994)

By Alyssa N (120) on 03 Aug 2007

River was great, it was very sad because it was River's last movie, and it was kind of confusing, but overall it was very good…

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Review of Crazy Lips (2000)

By Alyssa N (120) on 29 Jul 2007

This has all the sorts of things you'd except in a Japanese exploitation film: necrophilia, incest, rape...except Takashi Miike does it all…

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Review of The Mosquito Coast (1986)

By Alyssa N (120) on 26 Jun 2007

A highly underrated Harrison Ford movie with a great story and superb acting…

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Review of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)

By Alyssa N (120) on 29 Sep 2006

Hated this one...leave the damn orignal alone…

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