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Review of The Forbidden Dance (1990)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 16 Dec 2014

A film that defies all sense of merit by intercutting an endless array of pelvis gyrations and Latin-inspired grooves with a tone so inconsistent…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 12 Dec 2014

As far as detached setups go, this is a movie that effectively rouses our suspicions into something of dogged interest…

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Review of Gremlins (1984)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 07 Dec 2014

There is satire here: a sense of silly but thoughtful consideration on the Christmas traditions and how easily all the relatable facades crumble…

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Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 04 Dec 2014

To suggest that it had me eagerly leaning forward the whole time while feasting on its immeasurable details would be downplaying my enthusiasm…

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Review of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 29 Nov 2014

Seeing the film reminds us instantly of our perennial desire to be swept up into a compelling story…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 23 Nov 2014

Not only surpasses its original but also brings with it the undeniable sense that yes, finally, all the maddening chaos and underlying pathos…

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Review of Horns (2013)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 15 Nov 2014

There is a moment late in the picture where one almost envies the position of the deceased - because at least she has been provided some level…

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Review of Bad Johnson (2014)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 11 Nov 2014

The premise is a whopper of a bad idea, made all the more disheartening by the notion that someone thought highly enough of it to see it as…

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Review of Big Hero 6 (2014)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 08 Nov 2014

Here is a movie so brilliantly realized and exciting that its final act deserves far more than the traditional outlook of more recent studio cartoons…

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Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 06 Nov 2014

Under the guidance of the remarkable David Fincher, this is one of those rare, elusive endeavors that contains nearly every important quality…

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Review of House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 30 Oct 2014

Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses is a movie by a man without any sense of modulation…

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Review of Alien Resurrection (1997)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 15 Oct 2014

This is not a Hollywood space thriller at all, but an intergalactic fantasy driven by the same cheerfully eccentric impulses that have informed…

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Review of The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 12 Oct 2014

The movie thinks too diminutively of human intelligence, even by horror film standards…

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Review of Burnt Offerings (1976)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 11 Oct 2014

One of those all-too-familiar movie rendezvous through the doldrums of horror mediocrity…

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Review of The Thing (1982)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 07 Oct 2014

It personifies the definition of popcorn entertainment - that is, the kind of film that relishes the thrill of its many ambitious moments without…

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Review of Devil (2010)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 06 Oct 2014

A taut, expert and engrossing thriller with sense of visual restraint that is refreshing in this age of abhorrent overexposure…

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Review of The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 05 Oct 2014

Falls into the trap of delivering its relentless arsenal of painful images with almost sedated enthusiasm. The movie has no venom…

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Review of The Maze Runner (2014)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 29 Sep 2014

A movie so utterly joyless that it makes all recent fantasies about young adults trapped in shattered worlds look like excursions through Mr…

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Review of Star Trek (2009)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 27 Sep 2014

For the first time in all my encounters with the Enterprise and the Federation, I actually cared about several of those important figures seated…

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Review of Blood Glacier (2013)

By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 13 Sep 2014

This is one of those endeavors that will no doubt endure the test of time on viewing lists of very ambitious bad movies…

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