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Review of The Dark Knight (2008)

By Patty Jones (13) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

With his sliced visage, enough knives to supply a steak-house chain, and makeup that makes Courtney Love's bad days look pretty, this Joker…

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Review of Dead Silence (1997)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

All dolls are inherently freaky, but there's something seriously bent about a little wooden man with bulging eyes, shiny cheeks, and perfect chompers…

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Review of Turistas (2006)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

Turistas is a beautifully shot tale of tropical terror that starts building an ominous vibe early on, but never really turns into a full-fledged…

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Review of The Return (2006)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

This low-key supernatural thriller, illogical as it is, offers a brief respite from the gruelling Saws and Hostels of the world…

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Review of Delta Farce (2007)

By John Lekich (26) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

If you've read this far and still want to see Delta Farce, just be warned. Things tend to get ugly, even when nothing blows up…

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Review of Up (1984)

By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

There's much to make you laugh and cry, but the image that lingers is that of a gentle, bewildered man carrying his past overhead like a multicoloured…

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Review of Joshua (2006)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

Anyone who's ever heard (or just imagined) troubling sounds coming from a fuzzy baby monitor or fretted while their fifth-grader traversed…

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Review of Anaconda (1954)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

Just to show, early on, how much danger these folks are in, we get to see the film's titular star squeeze a black panther so tight that one…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (1977)

By Ron Yamauchi (32) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

This high-intensity rage and the resultant property damage are not just interesting metaphors: they're boffo entertainment…

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Review of Vacancy (2007)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

Once the fight-for-their-lives plot kicks in, unfortunately named director Nimród Antal keeps the action intense and well paced…

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Review of Knocked Up (2007)

By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

There are also surprisingly few subplots for a movie that lasts more than two hours. What is on display, however, is very fertile stuff…

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Review of I Know Who Killed Me (2007)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

The scariest thing about this monumentally bad movie, apart from watching it, is Aubrey's hairless Sphynx cat, which commands more screen time…

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Review of The Orphanage (2007)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

As director Juan Antonio Bayona proves with his astonishing feature debut, you don't need a rusty scalpel to reveal the inner workings of the…

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Review of The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

The odd psychological interplay between the gutsy, but green, Starling and the deranged, yet fascinating, Lecter provides the basic tone for…

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Review of Hairspray (2007)

By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

The script is full of anachronisms, but Hairspray's sense of history delivers a needed spritz in the face…

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Review of The People Under the Stairs (1991)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

The performances combine with Craven's witty script and energetic direction to make The People Under the Stairs a spooky, laugh-filled release…

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Review of Dead Silence (1989)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

All dolls are inherently freaky, but there's something seriously bent about a little wooden man with bulging eyes, shiny cheeks, and perfect chompers…

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Review of A Perfect Getaway (2009)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

A riveting horror-thriller that should do for hiking in Hawaii what Hostel did for backpacking in Slovakia…

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Review of Child of Sorrow (1956)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

Who really needs to see some guy slice into a woman's lower back, dig around in there with his fingers, and then reel in a four-foot length…

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Review of The Reaping (2007)

By Steve Newton (322) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 05 Jul 2010

He lays the photos out on the floor and the burn marks form a cross with a hook at the bottom, the unmistakable emblem of '70s hard rockers…

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