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Review of The Purge (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 06 Jun 2013

By reconfiguring its old formula, Blumhouse Productions has crafted its best film in years, erasing memories of the terminally declining PARANORMAL…

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Review of After Earth (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 30 May 2013

Jaden Smith (who was actually good in THE KARATE KID) winds up looking like a nervous child who, forced to play baseball by his father, strikes…

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Review of King of the Lost World (2005)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 29 May 2013

If you have never heard of KING OF THE LOST WORLD, you're lucky - or at least you were, until you started reading this review…

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Review of Epic (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 23 May 2013

the most beautiful boring movie ever made…

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Review of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 16 May 2013

Though purists may disagree, Abrams' two Star Trek features rank atop their predecessors, eclipsing…

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Review of The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 01 Mar 2013

You may not have paid for a ticket yet, but believe me, you have seen it all - in other, earlier - though not necessarily better - movies…

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Review of Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 01 Mar 2013

There's no magic in this beanstalk, and viewers foolish enough to spend money on tickets are likely to feel as cheated as Jack when told he's…

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Review of Rise of the Guardians (2012)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 21 Nov 2012

DreamWorks Animation - which minted a fortune by making animated fantasies that spoof and/or ridicule the traditional fairy tale foundation…

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Review of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 17 Nov 2012

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 won't win any converts to either Team Edward or Team Jacob, but it has enough appeal to extend beyond…

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Review of Skyfall (2012)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 09 Nov 2012

Skyfall may not be another Casino Royale, but it ranks higher than almost anything else the franchise has had to offer for over a decade…

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Review of Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 02 Nov 2012

The story pushes a heartfelt message, but the humorous antics are pitched at a strictly juvenile level that will have parents yawning while…

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Review of Cloud Atlas (2012)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 25 Oct 2012

So good that it can make you forgive Speed Racer, and that is really saying something…

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Review of Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 19 Oct 2012

[A] daring formal experiment…

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Review of Sinister (2012)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 16 Oct 2012

If we define [sinister] as meaning, ominous, forbidding, portending of doom, the film starts well enough, with suggestions of dark and sinister…

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Review of Hatchet II (2010)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 30 Sep 2010

Hatchet II falls prey to a problem that typically plagues sequels: it's not just more of the same; it's WAY more of the same…

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Review of Devil (2010)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 20 Sep 2010

DEVIL is actually superior to any of Shyamalan's recent directorial outings even as it recycles themes and ideas from his earlier works…

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Review of Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 10 Sep 2010

It's seldom scary, and it's never very exciting, but it does achieves its goal of delivering a little mindless entertainment…

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Review of The Exorcist (1973)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 26 Aug 2010

From the day of its first release in 1973, The Exorcist: was the greatest horror film ever made, and it remains so to this day…

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Review of The Last Exorcism (2010)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 26 Aug 2010

Is The Last Exorcism this generation's version of The Exorcist…

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Review of The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 24 Aug 2010

The film finds a way to justify its existence despite the inevitable comparisons to [The Exorcist], in whose shadow it will inevtiably stand…

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