Out in Theaters: A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES
With easy humor courtesy of Neeson's growled quips, well-directed drizzly dramatics and a thick air of hardboiled, gloomy atmospherics, A Walk Among The Tombstones brings to life the aged marvel…
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Out in Theaters: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY
Bolstered with two fine performances from its healthily talented leads, this truncated art film - while entirely a mouthful to say - will pique your morbid curiosity and satisfy any…
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Out in Theaters: TUSK
As effective as any high dosage caffeine pill, Tusk is a wildly original, tonally inconsistent, totally appalling smorgasbord of nightmare fuel that won't soon stop haunting me. Smith and Kurtzman's…
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Out in Theaters: THE GUEST
When all is said and done, The Guest is 30-caliber entertainment, mainlining laughs, thrills, and excitement like a junkie on a bender. A step forward for the already majorly competent…
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Weekly Review 54: STAR, IRREVERSIBLE, HENRY, FEAR, WOYZECK, COBRA
I was thinking that this had been a week without a lot of screenings but then I realized I’d seen four films this week – The Two Faces of January, The Guest, Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby and Tusk. I guess the fact that I’ve not been able to yet publish reviews for any of these that...
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Out in Theaters: HONEYMOON
Perhaps that's her intent after all, to show us something beautiful only to take it away, leaving tatters and fragments of what it meant to be able to connect with…
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Out in Theaters: THE DROP
By the end of the film, we're met a slew of ugly, compromised characters and seen their chameleon turn from one thing to another. The archetypes fade away to reveal…
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Weekly Review 53: TEXAS, VIETNAM, NOSFERATU, HOUSE, INNKEEPERS
Now that fall is here – I know it’s not the Autumn Equinox yet or anything but September = fall in my mind so deal with it – I’ve taken myself hostage to an onslaught of horror movies. As Above/So Below proved to be a mighty fun time at the cinema – though I am...
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A Collision of Curt: Bumbershoot’s 1 Reel Film Festival Brings All the Shorts
Bumbershoot’s 1 Reel Film Festival, currated by the Seattle International Film Festival, was a charmed parade of “cinematic brevity” that came and went with a bang; a lavish celebration of the art form offering a smattering of delightful shorts. We had the in to cover as much as possible of this three day long engagement...
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Weekly Review 52: AGUIRRE, RISKY, JODOROWSKY'S, 12 O'CLOCK, TAKEI
This week has held no press screenings until Thursday night which means I’ve had plenty of time to catch up on my hit list. As Above/So Below screened the night before it was opening, a generally telltale sign of bad things to come, but proved to be a madcap fright-fest. More by random chance than...