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Review: A Serious Man
The latest work from the Coen brothers is a lot more like Fargo and a lot less like No Country For Old Men. It’s a grass-roots story set in a Jewish community in suburban Minnesota in the late 1960s. The Serious Man in the title seems like a normal, typical, nice guys whose world starts [...]
Review: Suck
This is one of the best Canadian movies I’ve ever seen. It’s not going to win an Oscar, but it was great nonetheless. It’s about a struggling rock band whose hot female bass player becomes a vampire. Her abilities begin drawing notice of the few fans attending the gigs and suddenly the band’s popularity explodes.
This [...]
Review: Daytrippers
This movie was great. Set in 2019 the world’s population has been infected by vampirism. Only 5% of the human population remains human and most of them are harvested for their blood. Society has advanced considerably now that everyone is a vampire, but everything takes place at night. Homes and offices have no windows and [...]
Review: Last Ride
Kev (played by Hugo Weaving) and his son (played by newcomer Tom Russell) take an impromptu road trip. As the story unfolds we learn that Weaving’s character is an ex-con with a temper. We get the sense that the two are on the run even though the boy isn’t aware of it in the beginning.
Realizing [...]
Review: Backyard
Based on a true story, Backyard is at its core a murder-mystery. But why just make a murder mystery when you can shine a spotlight on a real-life atrocity that are not getting the media attention they deserves? This film brings the atrocities happening in Mexico and other thired world countries to the forefront. The [...]
Review: Dirty Saints
This movie was terrible. When I read the description and saw the “post-apocalyptic” description I got very excited. But as it turns out this was the post-apocalyptic genre movie I was expectant. I don’t understand why the film was called Dirty Saints. It is the tale of six very different people, possibly the only remaining [...]
Review: The Informant!
If you’ve seen the trailer for this movie then you’ve only glimpsed act one of a two act play. I expected the majority of this move to be Matt Damon undercover, but that’s really just the first act. The second act (and a full half of the movie) is the fallout and reproductions of Damon’s [...]
Review: Cleanflix
This documentary explores the entrepreneurial brilliance of a few guys from Utah who realized that there was a whole pile of money to be made by editing Hollywood blockbusters and removing the sex, violence, and morally questionably content. The documentary covers the expected topics of censorship, freedom of speech, religious convictions, and artistic integrity. The [...]
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