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Review of Kids (2011)

By Ryland D (195) on 18 May 2014

Disturbing and gritty yet remarkably powerful…

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Review of Kids (2013)

By Ryland D (195) on 18 May 2014

Disturbing and gritty yet remarkably powerful…

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Review of House of Boys (2009)

By Ryland D (195) on 05 May 2014

Entertaining but extremely inconsistent in tone…

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Review of Would You Rather (2013)

By Ryland D (195) on 26 Apr 2014

An interesting idea, Would You Rather, based around an old school truth or dare style game but this time with deadly consequences and a big…

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Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955)

By Ryland D (195) on 23 Apr 2014

Greatest film ever made. Truly a tragedy that Laughton never directed another film due to the mixed response for this one. Utter idiots…

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Review of A Single Man (2009)

By Ryland D (195) on 22 Apr 2014

Good movie dealing with a complex topic: Colin Firth gives an Oscar-nominated performance as a gay university professor who struggles with…

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Review of Rashomon (1950)

By Ryland D (195) on 15 Apr 2014

A landmark in cinema and the most important film that came from japan on the 50's, Kurosawa's masterwork opened the door to many other foreign…

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Review of Saving Private Ryan (1998)

By Ryland D (195) on 01 Apr 2014

The first 20 minutes outshine the rest of the film with its shocking and brutal imagery…

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Review of Shame (2011)

By Ryland D (195) on 11 Mar 2014

It seems like it serves no purpose other than to just make you miserable. But even still, the performances and camera work are extremely impressive…

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Review of You're Next (2013)

By Ryland D (195) on 10 Mar 2014

Stays true to the slasher film with obvious tropes and cliches, yet distances itself by using a strong main character who, for once, can actually…

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Review of Night of the Living Dead (1968)

By Ryland D (195) on 08 Mar 2014

To say that Night of the Living dead changed zombie cinema would be a severe understatement - it changed the entire horror genre itself…

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Review of Repulsion (1965)

By Ryland D (195) on 15 Feb 2014

A highly disturbing movie shot in a highly disturbing manner…

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Review of Lord of the Flies (1963)

By Ryland D (195) on 12 Feb 2014

Not as good as the book, but a great depiction indeed. The kids were great actors…

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Review of Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

By Ryland D (195) on 15 Jan 2014

A really great continuation of Insidious, and even though the acting and script is less than mediocre, Chapter 2 remains consistently interesting…

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Review of The Devil's Rejects (2005)

By Ryland D (195) on 03 Jan 2014

It survives because of how bizarre it is, with great help from Sid Haig and the brilliantly drawn character Captain Spalding…

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Review of West of Memphis (2012)

By Ryland D (195) on 30 Dec 2013

A haunting and brutal look at where justice goes dreadfully wrong…

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Review of Grindhouse (2007)

By Ryland D (195) on 28 Dec 2013

Grindhouse is nothing short of the best 3 hours that I could have asked for…

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Review of Boys Don't Cry (1999)

By Ryland D (195) on 28 Dec 2013

Boys Don't Cry manages to drag us in so that we feel every inch of pain inflicted on Brandon. In short, it's emotionally devastating to watch…

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Review of Boys Don't Cry (2000)

By Ryland D (195) on 28 Dec 2013

Boys Don't Cry manages to drag us in so that we feel every inch of pain inflicted on Brandon. In short, it's emotionally devastating to watch…

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Review of City of God (2002)

By Ryland D (195) on 20 Dec 2013

I wished I could have felt it a bit more. But it still flaunts extremely creative cinematography and brilliant acting all around…

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