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Category Archives: Reviews
Blood Harvest (1987)
A generally bland slasher curio made all the more curious thanks to the heavy presence of Tiny Tim in the cast. The film makes good use of its contained locations, to the point where it feels like a narrative decision … Continue reading
Mute (2018)
To echo a lot of the other criticisms (and in fact criticisms dating all the way back to early script reviews), Mute‘s neon-junk sci-fi setting never feels totally necessary to the plot or themes, but then again there’s no valid … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, Alexander Skarsgaard, Duncan Jones, Justin Theroux, Paul Rudd
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Pee-wee’s Big Holiday (2016)
While I had some reservations going into this – seeing a 60 year old Paul Reubens young himself up into this man-child certainly has creepy undertones – Pee-wee’s Big Holiday stays true to the Pee-wee spirit with nary a bad … Continue reading
Golden Exits (2018)
Another unmistakeable entry into the Alex Ross Perry canon aka “The Ongoing Dramas of Upper Class Assholes”. Perry mounts a mass ensemble but avoids an Altman-like sprawl by cleverly having them all pivot around Emily Browning’s Naomi. It’s a collage … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, Adam Horovitz, Alex Ross Perry, Analeigh Tipton, Chloe Sevigny, Emily Browning, Jason Schwartzman, Lily Rabe, Mary-Louise Parker
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Victor Crowley (2017)
Considering that this was shot in secret a good four years after Hatchet III and unveiled in grandstanding fashion upon an unsuspecting Hatchet-loving crowd, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Victor Crowley would be something of an event for the … Continue reading
Hatchet III (2013)
Featuring smoother cinematography than the previous Hatchet flick and it does what all good Part III’s should – blow shit up. Literally. This is the “firepower” instalment of the Hatchet franchise, the closest the series will get to Aliens or … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, Adam Green, Dannielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Perry Shen
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Hatchet II (2010)
The jump from film to digital makes the back-to-back viewing experience of Hatchet and Hatchet II a tad jarring – this one certainly looks shoddier than its predecessor – but otherwise this is a gleefully satisfying continuation. The first thing … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, Adam Green, Dannielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Tom Holland
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This Must Be the Place (2011)
This spends a lot of its time, too much time I suspect, amusing itself with the image of Sean Penn dressed like Robert Smith. However, as Cheyenne, Penn’s slow, mild-mannered rhythms soon become patience-testing. Yes, that’s the point, but as … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, David Byrne, Frances McDormand, Harry Dean Stanton, Judd Hirsch, Paolo Sorrentino, Sean Penn
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Rapture (1965)
An American film by all technicalities but wholly European in its feel and locale, John Guillerim’s Rapture is an oddity through and through. As a tiny, character focused drama with minimal square footing it stands out in Guillerim’s filmography which … Continue reading
Hatchet (2006)
Hatchet is a slasher movie made by people who love slasher movies for people who love slasher movies. Writer/director Adam Green invites you to celebrate the genre alongside him. It’s a film that opens itself up for audience participation immediately … Continue reading
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