Category: Movie Reviews
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Maléfique Film Review
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2002 Dir: Eric Valette Script: Alexandre Charlot, Franck Magnier Cast: Philippe Laudenbach, Dimitri Rataud, Clovis Cornillac Bound to a promise to be home foe his son’s birthday, recently imprisoned Carrere plans to escape with or without his cellmates; the colossal transsexual Marcus, cannibalistic simpleton Daisy and elderly prison librarian Lasalles. But the discovery of a…
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Spider-Man 3 Movie Review
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2007 Dir: Sam Raimi Script: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Alvin Sargent Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace Whether you’re an aspiring Jedi or a Mafioso wannabe, there is something truly magical about the cinematic trinity, a beginning-middle-end format within which even the weakest movie is elevated by its stronger…
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Science of Sleep (La Science des rêves) Film Review
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2006 Dir: Michel Gondry Script: Michel Gondry Cast: Gael García, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes, Aurélia Petit, Sacha Bourdo Young artist Stéphane (Bernal) is coaxed back to his childhood home in France, where after an accident with a piano he befriends neighbour and fellow creative soul Stéphanie (Gainsbourg). Initially attracted to Stéphanie’s…
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Them (Ils) Film Review
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2006 Dir: David Moreau, Xavier Palud Script: David Moreau, Xavier Palud Cast: Olivia Bonamy, Michaël Cohen In a remote Budapest cottage, French couple Lucas and Clementine (Cohen, Bonamy) are traumatised by an unknown and indefinable force. 2003 saw a resurgence in the French horror scene with Haute Tension (Switchblade Romance here in the UK) a…
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Silent Hill Movie Review
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2006 Dir: Christophe Gans Script: Roger Avary, Christophe Gans, Nicolas Boukhrief Cast: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Jodelle Ferland, Deborah Kara Unger, Alice Krige, Tanya Allen, Kim Coates Generic American couple Rose and Christopher Da Silva (Mitchell, Bean) are concerned about their daughter Sharon’s (Holden) ceaseless sleepwalking. The possessed daughter frequently attempts to take…
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Rocky Balboa Movie Review
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2006 Dir: Sylvester Stallone Script: Sylvester Stallone Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Tony Burton, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hughes, James Francis Kelly III, Lou DiBella With Adrian succumbing to cancer four years ago, Rocky Balboa (Stallone) owns a small Italian restaurant in Philadelphia. When an ESPN broadcast depicts a computer simulation between an in-his-prime…
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Tsotsi Movie Review
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2005 Dir: Gavin Hood Script: Gavin Hood Cast: Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zola Murderous thug Tsotsi’s (Chweneyagae) life is thrown into introspection after he steals a car containing a three month-old baby. The Soweto slums surrounding Johannesburg, South Africa are the backdrop for this urban fairy tale, based on the novel…
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Half Nelson Movie Review
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2006 Dir: Ryan Fleck Script: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boyden Cast: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie Dedicated, idealistic inner city junior high teacher Dan Dunne (Gosling) forms an unlikely bond with meek student Drey (Shareeka Epps) when she discovers his crack habit. At first glance Half Nelson’s formulaic plot denotes a drug-addled Dead Poets Society,…