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Review of L.A. Confidential (1997)

By Paul J (1,190) on 25 May 2012

An excellent neo-noir that is complex, layered and suspenseful. An exceptional cast with outstanding writing…

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Review of The Golden Compass (2007)

By Paul J (1,190) on 25 May 2012

A shame this movie didn't work out. It had potential…

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Review of The Devils (1971)

By Paul J (1,190) on 25 May 2012

Holy crap, what a movie. The controversy behind this risk-taking and disturbing picture still lingers…

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Review of Kung Fu Panda (2008)

By Paul J (1,190) on 25 May 2012

Who would have thought that a crazy cartoon about a Panda would become one of my favorite films of the year…

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Review of The Kid with a Bike (2011)

By Paul J (1,190) on 24 May 2012

The story is quite simple: a 12-year-old boy abandoned by his father and the kindly woman who randomly meets him and becomes part of his life…

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Review of Sisters (1973)

By Paul J (1,190) on 21 May 2012

Brian DePalma's most disturbing/entertaining film. Even though he is picking at the bones of Alfred Hitchcock here, he does a fine job of it…

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Review of The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

By Paul J (1,190) on 16 May 2012

I love films like this! Thoughtful and unpredictable, I couldn't tell where this story was going…

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Review of Stir Crazy (1980)

By Paul J (1,190) on 16 May 2012

Any one that hasn't seen this should watch it. Gene Wilder is so funny. I was crying watching this flick…

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Review of The Sitter (2011)

By Paul J (1,190) on 13 May 2012

This modern day Adventure in Babysitting delivers sporadic laughs and thinly stretched characters, but it at least gave a pleasing ending…

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Review of Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

By Paul J (1,190) on 09 May 2012

This movie could actually be the perfect sequel for The Exorcist. This movie was actually better than both sequels for the original one. Good plot…

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Review of Daughters of Darkness (1971)

By Paul J (1,190) on 08 May 2012

A stylish vampire film that is beautifully made. Plenty of gorgeous shots. However, sadly there isn't much horror or compelling drama…

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Review of The Big Year (2011)

By Paul J (1,190) on 26 Apr 2012

Jack Black grates more by the day. Still a major Steve Martin fan and I like Owen Wilson a bunch but this just didn't have much going on…

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Review of Cemetery Man (1994)

By Paul J (1,190) on 24 Apr 2012

Donnie Darko meets Evil Dead. This strange Italian horror film strikes a fine balance between comedy and bizarre horror…

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Review of Child's Play 3 (1991)

By Paul J (1,190) on 23 Apr 2012

The most controversial of the Chucky series. It was banned because of the paint gun scene - there was supposedly a copycat killing…

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Review of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

By Paul J (1,190) on 22 Apr 2012

How can the same filmmaker get something so right the first time and then so wrong the second…

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Review of The Brood (1979)

By Paul J (1,190) on 20 Apr 2012

Brilliantly disturbing! I think this was in my nightmares long before I saw it…

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Review of Let Me In (2010)

By Paul J (1,190) on 19 Apr 2012

A good movie with a lot of atmosphere and style…

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Review of Planet Terror (2007)

By Paul J (1,190) on 17 Apr 2012

Rodriguez did one hell of a job on this one…

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Review of Midnight Express (1978)

By Paul J (1,190) on 15 Apr 2012

I will never will go to turkey after watching this movie. Dude gets caught smuggling 2 kilos of hash outta turkey…

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Review of Mission: Impossible II (2000)

By Paul J (1,190) on 15 Apr 2012

The sequel might lack the sophistication of the first but it certainly has some over the top stylistic action sequences (to a fault)…

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