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Review of Friday the 13th (2009)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

Five nauseating 20-somethings head out to Camp Crystal Lake to guzzle Pabst Blue Ribbon and have loud tent sex, but Jason roasts one of them…

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Review of Machete (1958)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

Machete is the coolest revenge-driven, gore-splattered, star-studded Mexploitation flick ever…

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Review of The Roommate (2008)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

It's hardly worth sticking around for the routine climax of this toothless thriller just to see the ocular sweets get all chewed up and mangled…

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Review of Priest (2011)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

The good news is that Priest is not nearly as painful to sit through as Legion. But that's about it for the good news…

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Review of Pokkuveyil (1982)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

Unless you're a 14-year-old girl who gets all giddy at the thought of cute boys and first love, steer clear of Thirteen director Catherine…

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Review of Fright Night (2011)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

The script by TV writer-producer Marti Noxon is so unimaginative that people are actually called douchebag! in four different scenes…

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Review of Skyline (2010)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

Directors Colin and Greg Strause eschew things like a credible script and decent acting to focus on CGI enactments of hapless apartment dwellers…

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Review of Super 8 (2011)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

This Spielbergian misstep by J. J…

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Review of Shark Night 3D (2011)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

The most disturbing sequence comes after the end credits, actually, when the actors are shown performing together on a really bad rap video…

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Review of Straw Dogs (2011)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

On the bright side, it's probably the only movie ever made to boast kickass tunes by the southern-rock triumvirate of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly…

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Review of Dream House (2011)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

The only real mystery is why some A-list actors and a director of Jim Sheridan's calibre would even ponder working on such an uncalled-for…

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Review of Machete (2010)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

Machete is the coolest revenge-driven, gore-splattered, star-studded Mexploitation flick ever…

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Review of Twilight (1994)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

Unless you're a 14-year-old girl who gets all giddy at the thought of cute boys and first love, steer clear of Thirteen director Catherine…

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Review of Twilight (2008)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

Unless you're a 14-year-old girl who gets all giddy at the thought of cute boys and first love, steer clear of Thirteen director Catherine…

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Review of The Roommate (2008)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

It's hardly worth sticking around for the routine climax of this toothless thriller just to see the ocular sweets get all chewed up and mangled…

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Review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 15 Feb 2013

This Elm Street reeks of a rushed cash-grab, as even the most reliable of clichéd shocks fail to register on the fright-o-meter…

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Review of The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 22 Jan 2013

The Cabin in the Woods is crammed with so many twists and turns that the mere thought of reviewing it and ruining the fun for others is scary…

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Review of Donovan's Echo (2011)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 06 Mar 2012

The indie flick's heart is in the right place but, unfortunately, its arteries are seriously clogged up with syrupy sappiness…

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Review of The Devil Inside (2012)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 12 Jan 2012

Another feature to remind us all just how brilliant The Exorcist was back in '73 and how almost every possession flick since has paled by comparison…

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Review of Offbeat (1961)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 12 Jan 2012

Another feature to remind us all just how brilliant The Exorcist was back in '73 and how almost every possession flick since has paled by comparison…

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