Monthly Archives: November 2013

Sleepwalkers (Review)

Sleepwalkers was released the year I turned 18, and as I lived in a small country town where everyone knew everyone I wasn’t permitted to rent R rated films until I was 18. Of course as soon as I turned … Continue reading

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Excision – A Protest Review

Excision might not be the weirdest film that I have watched this year, but I’d venture that it was the weirdest viewing experience I’ve had watching a film this year. In the course of finding stuff worthy of writing about … Continue reading

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Gravity (Review)

In normal situations if I was invited to pay money to watch a serious Sandra Bullock and a carefree George Clooney coexist for 90 minutes onscreen I’d run a mile. Ok walk a mile. Ok take a taxi… Ok just … Continue reading

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Another Earth (Review)

Two things happen on this one dark night, one has global implications, the other effects only two families, but with much deeper and more immediate impact. On this same night Earth’s long lost ‘twin’ is discovered orbiting nearby, and this … Continue reading

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The Village (Review)

The Village is a small settlement with perhaps 20 townspeople who all dress in traditional ‘neck to ankle’ attire and speak in ye olde style. The villagers are voiced by a small council of perhaps 5 elders, among whom are … Continue reading

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The Island of Dr Moreau 1996 (Review)

Somewhere in the South Pacific there is a naturally beautiful and exceedingly picturesque island teeming with flora, fauna and… awful actors in an equally abysmal movie. When Edward Douglas (David Thewlis) finds himself a guest on the island (thanks to … Continue reading

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The Universal Soldier Quadrilogy Review

It’s funny that  everyone – and by everyone I mean me – thinks of Universal Soldier as being a child of Van Damme and Dolph, for while were around at the moment of creation, this franchise would have been but … Continue reading

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The Lone Ranger (Review)

The Lone Ranger overcomes tremendous odds to provide perhaps the least genuine entertainment per dollar this side of Katy Perry in concert. Amazing given the pedigree of the filmmaking team in front of, and behind, the camera. The film stars … Continue reading

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