Out in Theaters: THE BOXTROLLS
But that's because this time around, Laika has moved the focus onto the characters, who look better realized than ever before. They're much less choppy, almost to the point of…
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Weekly Review 55: RASHOMON, JU-ON, SISTER'S, FIEND, ABYSS, HELLRAISER, POULTRY, SOPHIE
This week has been a madhouse of sickness, screenings – The Boxtrolls, Tracks, A Walk Among the Tombstones, The Equalizer – and having nothing better to do than watch a bunch of movies at home. From 1950’s Akira Kurosawa to 2011 Lynn Shelton, I went on a tear of international and domestic, the old and...
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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...