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Ghoulies II 1987
A cross between Gremlins and Meet the Feebles, professionally looking Ghoulies II sees a gang of demonic creatures wreak havoc in an amusement park, killing its personnel and unsuspecting visitors. With a surprisingly un-ironic approach it attempts to get a broad range of reactions out of its viewers (odd considering the silly premise) but largely failing to hit he right notes, what could have been an entertaining time turns into a pile of blandness that doesn't have quite enough of anything, neither comedy nor gross scares or for that matter romance.
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Flirt 1995
Hal Hartley's experimental indie drama Flirt consists of three variations on a simple relationship-based plot, each filmed between 1993-1995, one segment each year in a country on a different continent with a different cast and crew acting in and shooting them. It's competently presented with Hartley's trademark style all over it, but less funny than his best output. The self-awareness component, a key feature in all of his films, is probably more overt than usual, as the characters not only…
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The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
Wes Anderson's films are known primarily as Wes Anderson films, which is not very surprising seeing as he has developed his very own style, consisting of symmetrical colorful photography/art direction infused with sweet sounding pop songs, a combination that it takes mere seconds to recognize as distinctly andersonsonian. When looking back it's clear though that it was Anderson and Owen Wilson as a pair that had something really special going in the late 90s and early 00s. It was their…
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Black Swan 2010
What begins as a classic fairy tale with rivalry between noble, overly sensitive ballerina and a free-spirited dancing partner, guilt-inducing mother and a character that resembles an evil queen with cruel intentions (Cassel's dirty minded instructor), derails via the more mature themes of personality disorder, sexuality and mutation, slowly and steadily into a beautifully controlled, complex mess. Neither Portman nor Aronofsky has ever been better.
