Review: Paradise
Diablo Cody is quite the opinion splitting screenwriter. Her fast paced, biting, and pop culture infused dialogues have been used as a deterrent ...
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Review: Big Ass Spider!
When you approach a film titled Big Ass Spider, you know what you’re in for. At worst you’re getting cynical Syfy Channel type ...
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Review: Argento’s Dracula 3D
There was a time when “directed by Dario Argento” meant something wonderful. There’d be wild visual play, inventive deaths, remarkable set pieces, and ...
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Review: Riddick
I found myself in a weird quandary when I got excited for another Riddick film. I couldn’t really remember why I was excited. ...
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Review: A Touch of Sin
It’s remarkable what a little context can do. My initial impressions about A Touch of Sin were generally positive but also ambivalent. I ...
Review: Blue Is the Warmest Color
There are many examples of desire in Blue Is the Warmest Color that are nuanced and downright erotic. These moments are communicated in ...
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Review: 12 Years a Slave
When 12 Years a Slave played at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, there were reports of walkouts during screenings, even among ...
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Review: All Is Lost
For some reason I was expecting Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity to be almost as spare as All Is Lost, though not quite. I actually ...
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Review: Kick-Ass 2
Kick-Ass was one of the bigger surprises for me when I first saw it. Having not read the comic the film’s dark overtones, commentary ...
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Review: Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Lee Daniels is known to be an envelope pusher, for better (Precious) or for worse (The Paperboy). When it was announced that he’d ...
Review: We’re the Millers
It would be totally understandable if you had written off We’re the Millers. After a summer of lackluster comedies and momentous disappointments it’s hard ...
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Review: The Wolverine
Around the Flixist office we’ve been discussing the screenwriting book Save the Cat, which has become Hollywood’s sort of point-by-point playbook for how ...