Review: The Book of Life
Although advertisements for The Book of Life really didn’t kick in until a few months before its release, I’ve been eagerly anticipating the ...
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Review: Dracula Untold
Everyone listen. I’m going to pretty much surprise the crap out of you because by writing the next sentence I’m surprising the crap ...
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Review: Whiplash
I thought the good folks over at the NYFF were kidding when they described Whiplash as “Full Metal Jacket at Julliard.” I’ve been burned by ...
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Review: Gone Girl
Gone Girl is the book of the moment. Much as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was The Big Thing when David Fincher adapted it ...
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Review: The Pirates
Every so often, a film comes along that completely shatters your expectations. You think you’ve got it figured out and then it throws ...
Review: The Guest
When I saw the first trailer for The Guest I wasn’t particularly interested in the film. It looked generic, bland, and seemed like ...
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Review: Sin City – A Dame to Kill For
Sin City has always had a special place in my heart. Way back in 2005, when the first film came out, I was in ...
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Fantasia Review: WolfCop
Puns are a lot more interesting than most people give them credit for. While they’re exceedingly easy to come up with and throw ...
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Review: Guardians of the Galaxy
I should admit this outright. Whether it’s the nature of my job, or the seemingly endless deluge of Marvel Studios news that we ...
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NYAFF Review: Aberdeen
You never know what you’re going to get from a Pang Ho-Cheung film. In 2010, you got an ultraviolent slasher with Dream Home. ...
Review: The Purge: Anarchy
The Purge came and went without much fanfare. It had an interesting premise (which spawned the #CrimeDay Twitter game here on Flixist), but wasted ...
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Review: Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
Last year, Japan Cuts played Sion Sono’s Bad Film, a project filmed back in 1995 but not finished until 2012. In my non-review of ...