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Category Archives: Rewatch
Darkman (1990)
Essentially a dry-run for a lot of ideas Raimi would retool for his Spider-Mantrilogy, but considered on its own terms – as a 1990 made-for-screen comic book movie – Darkman is a fun little curio. Green-lit and released hot on the heels of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Pope, Darkman, Frances McDormand, Larry Drake, Liam Neeson, Sam Raimi
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Raising Cain (1991)
DIRECTOR’S CUT A fascinating re-assembly that restores De Palma’s original structure before he got cold feet and made it more linear to avoid confusion amongst audiences. I rewatched the theatrical version just before this and, for anyone savvy to De … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian De Palma, John Lithgow, Raising Cain
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The Matrix (1999)
“I know you’re out there. I can feel you now. I know that you’re afraid. You’re afraid of us. You’re afraid of change. I don’t know the future. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to … Continue reading
Hell or High Water (2016)
The film’s quiet greatness is way more potent upon rewatch. So much to chew on here. The slow-burning sense of the inevitable that looms over everything is really something. It’s not exactly dread, it’s sadder than that, more human. There are car … Continue reading
Posted in Movies Watched In 2016, Reviews, Rewatch
Tagged Ben Foster, Chris Pine, David Mackenzie, Hell or High Water, jeff bridges, Taylor Sheridan
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The Box (2009)
“I like mystery. Don’t you?” Man, seven years have done The Box a lot of favours. It’s jumped up at least two stars since I first saw it and watching it today, in 2016, every weird and puzzling little flourish feels less … Continue reading
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Tagged cameron diaz, Frank Langella, James Marsden, Richard Kelly, The Box
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The Aviator (2004)
Has the bones of generic biopic but is made even stronger by Scorsese and screenwriter John Logan’s decision not to tell the full Howard Hughes story, but a very specific chunk. DiCaprio’s performance is gargantuan as is the electrifying filmmaking from Scorsese. … Continue reading
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
“It’s a siege. It’s a goddamn siege!” About as close to perfect as low-budget, economic genre filmmaking can get. Carpenter’s spartan, precise camera glides around capturing glorious PanaVision compositions. This is still early Carpenter and you can feel him finding … Continue reading
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Tagged Assault on Precinct 13, Austin Stoker, John Carpenter
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Shocker (1989)
Shocker was a staple of my VHS collection in the good old days and, as a Craven nut, it’s a strange movie I’ve always been very fond of. This was Craven’s hard swing for some franchise cash after New Line took … Continue reading
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Tagged Mitch Pileggi, Peter Berg, Shocker, Wes Craven
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Nekromantik (1987)
If you really want to disturb your neighbors this Halloween, have I got a tip for you: get hold of a copy of Nekromantik, play it on the biggest TV screen in your house and open all your curtains and blinds … Continue reading
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Tagged Jorg Buttgereit, Nekromantik
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Intruder (1989)
Scott Spiegel is best known as the co-writer of Evil Dead II and for his cameos in various other Sam Raimi movies, but as a filmmaker in his own right he is responsible for one of the more interesting entries in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Intruder, Scott Spiegel
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