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vampires

reviews 3.5 stars, a girl walks home alone at night, ana lily amirpour, arash marandi, foreign film, horror, iranian, marshall manesh, mozhan marnĂ², sheila vand, vampires, women in film

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

February 1, 2015

We portray a certain side of ourselves to the world at large…and sometimes that person just invites bad things.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, anton yelchin, drama, jeffrey wright, jim jaramusch, mia wasikowska, only lovers left alive, tilda swinton, tom hiddleston, vampires

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

May 8, 2014

Living for entire centuries isn’t just flirting with despair and isolation. It’s a goddamned invitation.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, action, anthony mackie, benjamin walker, dominic cooper, mary elizabeth winstead, rufus sewell, timur bekmambetov, vampires

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

July 4, 2012

Four score and seven hours ago, my theatre projectionist brought forth a new round of silliness.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers action, alan tudyk, anthony mackie, benjamin walker, dominic cooper, drama, mary elizabeth winstead, vampires

President Dead (ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER Trailer)

February 15, 2012

Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers put forth a call to beware of the undead…

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Ryan McNeil
reviews anton yelchin, christopher mintz-plasse, colin farrell, david tennant, horror, imogen poots, toni collette, vampires

FRIGHT NIGHT

August 24, 2011

Judging It as a Piece of Schlock Cinema – It Succeeds. Now We Need to Decide How Much Stock We Put in Schlock.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, chloe moretz, dvd, elias koteas, horror, kodi smit-mcphee, richard jenkins, vampires

LET ME IN

October 1, 2010

Or “How To Adapt and Remake a Foreign Film Well”

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, TIFF, Toronto chloe moretz, horror, kodi smit-mcphee, reactions, richard jenkins, TIFF 2010, vampires

TIFF Review: LET ME IN

September 15, 2010

You Want It – You Got it.

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Ryan McNeil
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