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 ...
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Review: Our Nixon
There have been a number of documentaries in recent years that have mostly been comprised of reassembled footage as an exploration of a ...
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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: El Condor Pasa
I had trouble convincing myself to watch El Condor Pasa. I knew it was about the death of a young girl, and I’ve ...
Review: National Security
People walked out of the premiere at National Security, which played last year at the Busan International Film Festival. I wonder what was ...
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Fantasia Review: Horror Stories
I’m sure that Horror Stories is not actually a commentary on just how poor Korean teens are at telling scary stories. The massive ...
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Fantasia Review: Missionary
For some reason, I thought that Missionary would try to paint Mormons (and Mormon missionaries in particular) in a pleasant light. I knew ...
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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 ...
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Fantasia Review: Bushido Man
There’s something about low-budget action movies that’s full of real fighting spirit. With so many budget constraints, the films are usually infused with ...
Fantasia Review: Ritual: A Psychomagic Story
Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of my favorite filmmakers. A sure cult figure, there’s an undeniable pull to El Topo, Santa Sangre, or even ...
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Fantasia Review: Thanatomorphose
The other week, Alec and I had a good discussion about extreme horror and disturbing cinema. Inevitably the best films that are disturbing, ...