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After.Life (2009) Movie Review
“After.Life” has pretentions towards being a psychological ghost story as well as a mysterious thriller. On some counts director/writer Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo’s film succeeds, and on other it fails. Anna (Christina Ricci) is a schoolteacher...
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A Prophet (Un prophète) (2009) Movie Review
Jacques Audiard’s 2009 prison crime drama “A Prophet” (“Un prophète”) was nominated for and won an absurd amount of awards, including the prizes at Cannes, BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and the Cèsar Awards, among numerous...
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New on DVD: Kick Ass (2010) Movie
You want a piece of this? No? Well you best run off then, punk. If you do want a piece of this (and oh is it a bloody, entertaining good time), Matthew Vaughn’s comic...
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Operation: Endgame (2010) Movie Review
The first thing you are likely to notice about Fouad Mikati’s “Operation: Endgame” is that the cast is a bit nuts. Rob Corddry, Ellen Barkin, Ving Rhames, and Zach Galifianakis are the big guns,...
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New on DVD: Cop Out (2010) Movie
Bruce Willis in a cop movie? Hell yes. Add in Tracy Morgan, and the results are … unpredictable. “Cop Out” didn’t make much of an impact when it arrived in theaters earlier this year,...
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New on DVD: The Losers (2010)
If you’re a fan of team-oriented action-comedies, 2010 was a banner year. Before Fox’s big-screen version of the ’80s TV show “The A-Team” blasted onto screens, there was Warner Bros.’ “The Losers” to set...
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New on DVD: Clash of the Titans (2010) Movie
Perseus ropes himself a winged horse, chops off some heads, and romances a demi-God or two in Louis Leterrier’s “Clash of the Titans” remake. The film was a monster hit in theaters (with a...
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2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010) Movie Review
“2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams” is an interesting artifact. It is the sequel “2001 Maniacs”, a remake of “2000 Maniacs”, the spattery 1964 Herschell Gordon Lewis movie (which was inspired by “Brigadoon”, a musical),...
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New on Blu-Ray: Predator Ultimate Hunter Edition
If it bleeds, you can kill it. Of course, you have to find it and then make it bleed first, which is not a guarantee when you’re dealing with the ultimate predator that just...
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La La Land: Season 1 Review
“La La Land” is eff you see kay eye enn jee funny. End of. Full stop. Well it is to me anyway. It’s evidently not to some people as there’s been a bit of...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Supernatural – The Complete First Season
Who would have thunk that on a network full of spoiled rich brats, 20-something actors playing sexaholic teenagers, and some of the most lowest common denominator reality TV shows out there, you could actually...
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New on DVD: The Book of Eli
Warner Home Video has Denzel Washington and the Hughes Brothers’ “The Book of Eli” scheduled to bust up the joint later this month. Washington stars in the post-apocalyptic actioner as Eli, a sword-slinging road...
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New on DVD: Undisputed III – Redemption
Scott Adkins returns to whup ass in “Undisputed III: Redemption”. If you don’t know the name Scott Adkins by now, then you’ve been missing out on some really good old school action, and I...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Tim Burton and kooky go together like peanut butter and jelly. Or eggs and ham and a little sprinkling of crazy sparkles. Which is why when Disney gave Tim Burton the keys to the...
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New on DVD: Iron Man the Complete 1994 Animated Series/Marvel X-Men: Volume 5
So Marvel has released the final volume of the 90′s “X-men” cartoon as well as finally releasing the 90′s “Iron Man” series to coincide with the release of the theatrical “Iron Man 2,” which...
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New on DVD: Louis L’Amour Western Collection
Back in the day, I think I must have devoured every Louis L’Amour book I could find at the public library. I’m pretty sure I read almost everything the man has ever written, but...
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DVD Review: Bitch Slap (2009) Movie UK R2
I’m sure many of you out there have seen films with similar titles to “Bitch Slap”. Well, this isn’t that kind of film, at least not completely – it’s still a bit naughty tee...
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New on DVD: IMAX Under the Sea (2009)
To fully explore the undersea world of exotic locales like New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Great Barrier Reef, you could put on scuba gear and hop into the water. Or for the next closest...
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DVD Review: Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) Movie UK R2
This review needs an introduction as it’s necessary to make clear my perspective on Jean-Claude Van Damme. In short – I have never seen a bad Van Damme movie. Ok, that’s a bit of...
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Blu-Ray Review: Day of the Dead (1985) Movie UK R2
As legendary zombie film maker George A. Romero continues his undead series with varying degrees of success, the time is ripe to revisit the third and final entry of his original trilogy. “Day of...
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