Monthly Archives: August 2009

Black Christmas 1974 (Review)

Every time a remake is released (which is almost every week) these days I feel more compelled to seek out the source material to see why it needed remaking in the first place, as in 90% of cases the remake … Continue reading

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The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King (Review)

I’ve never wanted to be a hobbit or a cave troll, never had fantasies about banging an elf chick or pretended that my singlet was made of mithril, but I’ll be the first to acknowledge that the Lord of the … Continue reading

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Watchmen (Review)

I never read the Watchmen comics. Until about 18 months ago never even knew they existed. Not going to read them now either (or pretend I have read them). _______________________________________________ I loved what Zack Snyder did with the Dawn of … Continue reading

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Cube (Review)

TOG hasn’t always been married, but for almost as long as I have known him he has been in the company of the same fine woman, now his wife. For some 14 odd years I and TOG have traded verbal … Continue reading

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The Gate (Review)

I remember seeing The Gate VHS in the late 80s or very early 90s at my local video shop and thinking how scary it must have been. I never actually watched the film back then because I still thought horror … Continue reading

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Cult Movie Marathon – Freaked / Dead Snow / Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Review)

I subscribe to the theory that if something is really good, I mean genuinely good, not “so bad it’s good” or “trashy” good, that it will receive enough of an audience that you will either come across it or feel … Continue reading

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Into The Wild (Review)

I might not see this film in the same light as many others see it, not because of anything technical, the acting, or the decisions Sean Penn made in adapting and directing. I simply think that the main character isn’t … Continue reading

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The Man Who Wasn’t There (Review)

I watched Burn After Reading a few months back, and hated it… A month or two later I thought about all the Coen films I liked and thought I must have gotten it wrong, so when my Mum came up … Continue reading

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