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Written by Jennifer March 03, 2009
There is a sudden frenzy of sawing followed by instant defeat. Alas, these are really cheap saws.
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Written by Linda March 02, 2009
About a dozen years ago, while toiling away as a barista as my first post-college job, I would pass the time chatting about movies with my espresso cart co-workers and...
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Written by Linda March 01, 2009
Director Miike Takashi is one busy man. Churning out seven movies in 2001 alone, he certainly doesn't let genre limitations control what films he makes. Known best in these parts...
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Written by Linda March 01, 2009
Touted as a female Deliverance crossed with The Blair Witch Project, Guardian of the Frontier follows three college beauties taking a canoe trip down the river Kolpa (which divides Croatia...
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Written by Linda March 01, 2009
From Ringu to Dark Water to The Grudge, many Asian horror films have played to one of my personal phobias: wet hairballs. I don't know what it is, but when...
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Written by Linda March 01, 2009
Leave it to the twisted Canadians to breathe new life into the teen slasher movie. Sure, Ginger Snaps has a clever and ironic script, but it also takes its role...
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Written by Jennifer February 23, 2009
Sometimes the trucks explode, sometimes the people do, but it's all fun and games in Maximum Overdrive—especially when the explosions constantly take place before impact.
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Written by Linda February 14, 2009
It's a real shame that Shadow of the Vampire is a disappointing bore, since, after all, Willem Dafoe is a total hoot as Max Schreck, the spooky actor in the...
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Written by Linda February 14, 2009
When I told a co-worker I was going to see a screening of Scary Movie 4, he jokingly said, "I heard that it is the best one of the trilogy!"...
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Written by Linda February 14, 2009
Hideo Nakata's horror film Ringu has become legendary among Japan-philes and horror movie buffs. Taking the irony out of modern terror-fests, Nakata, with Ringu and its quickly following sequel, thrilled...
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