Category Archive: Movie Reviews

Movie Review: ‘The Iron Giant’

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Director: Brad Bird Cast: Eli Marienthal, Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr, Christopher McDonald, M Emmet Walsh Plot: During the 1950s a fifty foot tall alien robot falls from space and lands… Continue reading

[RRFF ’12] Two Days (Два дня)

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Two Days is a romantic/comedy/drama, and an unexpected one. Heading into this film, I felt a little unsure of what sort of film it was going to be. The first act reveals a… Continue reading

Movie Review: V/H/S

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Directed by: Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, and Radio Silence. Starring: Hannah Fierman, Joe Swanberg, Helen Rogers, and Radio Silence Plot: A group of troublemakers are hired by an anonymous party to steal… Continue reading

Thoughts while watching Battleship (a review-recap)

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Here I go… no, I did not lose any bets… I’m doing this by my own free will! You know a movie is going to be “good” when they have to set up… Continue reading

Movie Review: Bachelorette

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Directed by: Leslye Headland Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, and Rebel Wilson Plot: Three cynical high school friends team up as bridesmaids for a girl they used to keep around as their own personal… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Bully’

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Director: Lee Hirsch Plot: A documentary examines the issue of bullying in small town America, focusing on the experience of the victims and their families as they try and get the school system… Continue reading

A History of Mermaids on Film

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Queen of the Sea (1918) In this film Annette Kellerman plays Merrilla, Queen of the Sea, who discovers that if she saves four human lives she can have a mortal human body with… Continue reading

Movie Review: ParaNorman

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Director: Chris Butler and Sam Fell Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse Plot: A young boy who can talk to the dead must protect his city from a centuries old witch’s curse. Review:… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Innkeepers’

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Dir: Ti West Starring: Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis The Film: I just want to get this out of the way now – I love Ti West! He really is a fantastic… Continue reading

Charlie Chaplin Does Cocaine and Twists off a Woman’s Nipples

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Everyone thinks of Charlie Chaplin as a loveable scamp. The outfit and mustache, the little waddle, the pratfalls…the man was a clown through and through. Although his most famous character – The Little… Continue reading