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The Horde (2009) Movie Review No. 2
The new wave of French horror marches on relentlessly with “The Horde”, a fast paced zombie thriller which marks the debut of writer directors Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. Having won Best Screenplay and...
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Dead Cert (2010) Movie Review
Given the seemingly never ending popularity of the Brit gangster film, it was always inevitable that sooner or later someone would take the next logical step and combine it with the horror genre. “Dead...
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Dante 01 (2008) Movie Review
After watching Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s newest film, “Micmacs”, I started to wonder what has become of Marc Caro. It was an easy question to answer; I simply hadn’t taken the time to ask it before....
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Centurion (2010) Movie Review
Give Neil Marshall a few thousand extras, broadswords, arrows, and let him stuff them all into grungy medieval conditions, and the results are predictably splatter-rific. Written and directed by Neil Marshall (“Doomsday”, “The Descent”),...
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Micmacs (2009) Movie Review
Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s films haven’t had the same feel since he went solo, breaking away from former collaborator Marc Caro. “Micmacs”, Jeunet’s latest project, hovers somewhere between the light fluffiness of “Amelie” and the surreal...
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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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The 7th Dimension (aka Beacon 77, 2009) Movie Review
Originally titled “Beacon 77”, low budget British science fiction conspiracy thriller “The Seventh Dimension” is an imaginative affair written and directed by Brad Watson. The film is certainly ambitious, attempting to tackle grand themes...
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Sons of the Wind: Bangkok Ninjas (2004) Movie Review
French production “Sons of the Wind: Bangkok Ninjas” (aka “The Great Challenge”) was originally released back in 2004, and is a semi sequel to the Luc Besson produced 2001 film “Yamakasi – Les Samouraïs...
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The Horde (2009) Movie Review
The French horror film “The Horde” has a simple enough premise: four cops, looking to avenge the execution-style murder of a comrade, assault an abandoned apartment complex where a band of crooks led by...
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Valhalla Rising (2009) Movie Review
Having recently watched “Outlander”, I came to the inevitable conclusion that any further Viking movie that didn’t have giant aliens in it would not be worth my time. Turns out I was wrong. “Valhalla...
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[REC] 2 (2009) Movie Review
Spanish directors Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza return for more shaky handheld camera action in “[Rec] 2”, the follow up to their much lauded 2007 genre hit, which provided a much needed shot of...
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Mutants (2009) Movie Review
The threat of a virus born zombie apocalypse comes back to haunt viewers yet again with “Mutants” from French writer director David Morlet, marking his first full length feature. As with so many other...
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Skate or Die (2008) Movie Review
Two pot smoking skaters are out doing something (probably skating), when they stop to have a cheeky puff of the naughty stick. So far, so stoned, until that is, they witness a murder and...
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Harpoon: Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (2009) Movie Review
Although awkwardly titled, “Harpoon: The Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre” certainly delivers on its billing, being a film which is indeed about visitors to Iceland being murdered while on a whale spotting trip. The film...
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Army of Crime (2009) Movie Review
“Army of Crime” is not entertaining. It’s informative, bleak, harrowing and even exciting in some cases, but it’s never entertaining. It’s a given that a film which deals with a subject matter as distressing...
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No Right Turn (2009) Movie Review
No Right Turn is the kind of movie for which no explanation is given; its only requirement is that we observe. Since the meaning of the film beyond the plot must be interpreted, it...
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Downfall (2004) Movie Review
It seems to me that there is a metaphor embedded somewhere in Downfall, transforming what is at first glance just another World War II film into a provocative account of the final days of...
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The Piano Teacher (2001) Movie Review
Love and violence may seem axiomatically opposed, but in the movies they share a common bond – they’re both difficult to depict on screen without attaching any sense of thrill to their meanings. And...
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Fermat’s Room (2007) Movie Review
The Spanish “Fermat’s Room” is the latest in the enduringly popular puzzle thriller genre, which sees characters trapped and being forced to solve enigmas in order to avoid inventively gruesome fates. Here, writers and...
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Sexy Killer: You’ll Die for Her (2008) Movie Review
Spanish horror has been prominent on the international scream scene of late, with the likes of “REC” and “The Orphanage” offering another alternative to the increasingly bland tide of remakes flowing sluggishly from Hollywood....
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