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Category Archives: Rewatch
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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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
Married to the Mob (1988)
Another 80s Demme banger that welcomes you with open arms upon every revisit. So full of screwball wit and genre-bending charm. I especially enjoy Demme and Fujimoto’s growing confidence with the subjective camera and the foregrounding of colourful oddballs. It … Continue reading
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Tagged 1988, Alec Baldwin, Dean Stockwell, Jonathan Demme, Mathew Modine, Michelle Pfeiffer
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Street Trash (1987)
Still trashy. Forgot how inconsequential the actual viper stuff is to the main conflict but it only makes the movie zanier. Essentially a bunch of schlocky vignettes loosely connected by shared characters but held together with a truly hellish, borderline-offensive … Continue reading
Something Wild (1986)
Every time I rewatch this it jumps up like twenty places in my favourite movies of all time. The transition of tones is utterly jaw-dropping. A film so full of character, ennui, optimism, spontaneity, sadness and sheer life. If my … Continue reading
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Tagged 1986, Jeff Daniels, Jonathan Demme, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
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After Earth (2013)
As much as I love Shyamalan and often find ways to defend his misfires, there’s no getting round the fact that he absolutely lost his way here. Regardless of Jaden Smith’s acting chops – he clearly doesn’t have the goods … Continue reading
Brazil (1985)
Legitimately one of the most comprehensively realised filmmaking visions ever committed to celluloid, Brazil is a movie stacked with aesthetic bric-a-brac and glued together by madcap paranoia. Surely Gilliam’s crowning achievement and the greatest display of his talents. Here he … Continue reading
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Tagged 1985, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
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Halloween (1978)
I watch this every year without fail because it is One of The Greatest Movies Ever Made. I still manage to see new things in it. Carpenter’s economical style becomes more and more minimalist the more I see it, almost … Continue reading
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Tagged 1978, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter
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Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple is the closest the Coens have ever come to making a straight-up horror flick, which is no doubt why I hold it in such high regard. The inventive gore is exceptional. So many wince-inducing moments. The Coens have … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, coen brothers, Dan Hedaya, Frances McDormand, John getz, M. Emmett Walsh
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