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Review of Living Skeleton (1968)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 29 Jun 2014

This early example of a Japanese kaidan (ghost story) with a contemporary setting begins strong but gradually devolves into stupidity, as the…

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Review of The Lego Movie (2014)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 29 Jun 2014

Everything is awesome! Well, not quite everything - but more than enough to make THE LEGO MOVIE the biggest and best surprise this year…

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Review of Nightmare City (1980)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 23 Jun 2014

This profound subversion of our critical and aesthetic assumptions confronts us - like a logical paradox that seems both true and false - with…

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Review of How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 18 Jun 2014

Unable to settle on any one story idea in particular, writer-director Dean DeBlois throws in three or four, which intersect at odd moments,…

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Review of Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 18 Jun 2014

The financial failure of EDGE OF TOMORROW represents the greatest inverse relationship between quality and ticket sales since TWILIGHT sent…

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Review of Maleficent (2014)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 06 Jun 2014

The goofiest filmed version of classic literature since THE SCARLET LETTER was freely adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1995…

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Review of Godzilla (2014)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 16 May 2014

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Review of Vampire Academy (2014)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 08 Feb 2014

Makes TWILIGHT look good - something I never thought I would say about any movie ever - now please excuse me while I go wash my mouth out with soap…

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Review of Here Comes the Devil (2012)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 30 Jan 2014

Fuses the grindhouse with the arthouse into an interesting but unsatisfying hybrid…

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Review of Dracula 3D (2012)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 29 Jan 2014

the film should be retitled Dario Argento's Whatever Popped into My Head…

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Review of I, Frankenstein (2014)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 25 Jan 2014

Like watching someone else play a bad videogame…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 24 Nov 2013

Thought it never truly catches fire, this two-and-a-half-hour sequel includes enough virtues to fill an entertaining ninety minutes…

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Review of Thor: The Dark World (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 08 Nov 2013

At least the Thor-Loki narrative thread is worth unwinding. Too bad it's twisted up with all the overblown blockbuster nonsense…

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Review of Carrie (2002)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 20 Oct 2013

almost a textbook case study in the pitfalls of remakes…

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Review of Carrie (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 20 Oct 2013

almost a textbook case study in the pitfalls of remakes…

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Review of Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 12 Sep 2013

INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 feels like a guided tour through a haunted house you have visited once too often: the scares come too seldom, and the…

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Review of The World's End (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 22 Aug 2013

Far from the crowning conclusion, the third serving of the Cornetto Trilogy melts slowly for 109 minutes, resolving into a gooey, sticky mess…

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Review of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 21 Aug 2013

To watch this film is to gain a new level of identification with HAL 9000: as MORTAL INSTRUMENTS unspools before your eyes, you can feel your…

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Review of Monsters University (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 21 Jun 2013

It's a great message for children and a poignant reminder for adults: everyone has something to offer; the cool kids aren't always cool; and…

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Review of World War Z (2013)

By Steve Biodrowski (334) for Cinefantastique (193) on 20 Jun 2013

The familiar zombie routine has never been realized on such an epic scale, but that is the film's only claim to novelty…

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