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Tag: thriller

reviews

A QUIET PLACE

We all want a little peace and quiet, but what happens when our wants become the requirements of our survival?

Posted on April 8, 2018September 22, 2019
reviews

PERSONAL SHOPPER

Even surrounded by the most beautiful material items, life has a way of making us feel truly terrified sometimes.

Posted on March 24, 2017September 28, 2019
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GET OUT

Dear White People…

Posted on March 2, 2017September 12, 2020
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GONE GIRL

Leave any man alone long enough and he’ll show you his true colours. Spoiler alert: They aren’t very pretty colours.

Posted on October 3, 2014October 8, 2014
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ENEMY

We all talk to our own reflections. What happens when the reflection starts talking back?

Posted on March 24, 2014March 29, 2014
trailers

Now I’m All Messed Up: OLDBOY Trailer (and General Wonderings)

As the time for Spike Lee’s remake of Park Chan-wook’s opus draws nigh, I wonder what the consensus is.

Posted on October 15, 2013October 20, 2013
trailers

Family Portrait: STOKER Trailer

Of of South Korea’s very best directors is about to unleash his talents on North American audiences. Wanna bet they have no idea what they’re in for?

Posted on October 10, 2012October 14, 2012
trailers

Eyes of a Stranger (INTRUDERS Trailer)

How do you say “It’s only a dream” in Spanish?

Posted on February 21, 2012February 26, 2012
reviews

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

Sometimes you can follow the best parenting book to the letter, and still have a child that is truly screwed up.

Posted on February 19, 2012October 3, 2012
trailers

Memory Motel (THE INNKEEPERS Trailer)

Look at me…actually looking forward to creepy movies! What have you people done to me?

Posted on February 1, 2012February 6, 2012
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RED STATE

Have You Heard? Hardcore Fundamentalist Christians are Crazy.

Posted on October 3, 2011January 28, 2012
trailers

The Song Remains The Same (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Trailer)

As a general rule, I tend not to over-analyze trailers. They are seldom created by the film’s director, and can easily present very different ideas … Read More ›

Posted on June 8, 2011August 3, 2011

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