Review: Red State
I’ve been hearing about Red State for years now. I remember fondly when the Weinstien’s turned it down a few years back. And now, ...
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Review: Colombiana
Anne Parillaud, Natalie Portman, Milla Jovovich. All of these women exploded onto the scene, giving their finest performances under the guidance of director ...
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Review: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
A lot of writers and directors have trademarks. Stephen King has little kids with mental disabilities and psychic powers, M. Night Shyamalan has ...
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Review: Amigo
Off-hand, how many American-directed Filipino films can you name? Or how about Filipino films in general? …Filipino actors? Outside the realms of Manny ...
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Review: Our Idiot Brother
The title of director Jesse Peretz’ (The Ex) latest film, Our Idiot Brother, is a bit of a misnomer. Yes, Paul Rudd (I ...
Review: Brighton Rock
Noirs are hard to come by in this day and age, although we here at Flixist are big fans of the genre. For ...
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Review: The Interrupters
Let me start off this review by explaining that The Interrupters hits me very close to home. The searing documentary takes place on ...
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Review: The Inbetweeners Movie
I had never seen The Inbetweeners before the movie, because a girl I was once chatting up told me I reminded her of ...
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Review: One Day
One Day (July 15th, 1988, to be exact) a young, mousy college lass named Emma (Anne Hathaway) found herself escorted to her flat ...
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Flixist Discusses: The Secret Friend
The Secret Friend is a short film by independent writer-director Flavio Alves. Because it is fifteen minutes (or one-eighth the run time of your ...
Review: Warrior
Sports movies are basically the easiest things ever. There’s an easily definable plot, opportunities for a cast of diverse, interesting characters, action, drama, ...
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Review: 30 Minutes or Less
I first pointed out the controversy that surrounded the plot behind 30 Minutes or Less back in April, and last week it exploded ...