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Tag Archives: 2001
John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Ghosts of Mars is similar to Prince of Darkness in that it serves up an encore of Carpenter’s favourite storytelling tropes; the Rio Bravo remixing, the siege, the horde of supernatural baddies, the stoic antihero and plenty more. But where … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001, Clea Duvall, ice cube, Jason Statham, John Carpenter, Natasha Henstridge, Pam Grier
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Frailty (2001)
Frailty is like the greatest Stephen King adaptation that isn’t adapted from a book by Stephen King. Watching this movie, with its pulp-mystery structure and literate archetypal characters, gives me the same feeling I get when I read a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged 2001, Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe
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