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  • Spring Breakers 2013

    ★★★★½ Watched 12 May, 2013

    Probably the most audience polarizing film since Antichrist.

    Listen to me and a friend splutter in attempt to explain the films worth over at The Last Podcast Show: Stop Worry and Love This Podcast

  • Evil Dead 2013

    ★★½ Watched 14 May, 2013

    The incessant need for gore in the modern horror film is a trend which caught on soon after the immensely popular first instalment of the Saw franchise. Since then, B-Grade directors have been wickedly attempting to outdo one another by piling up the body count; insisting they creatively show us as many severed limbs, broken bones and flowing blood and ooze as possible, attempting to induce squeamishness in even the most accustomed “torture porn” junkie. Ururguayan-born director Fede Alvarez joins…

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  • Dogtooth 2010

    ★★★★½ Watched 10 May, 2013

    An unflinching film which could be rendered perfect if it had a stronger ending. With that minor qualm aside, this is an engrossing film and my eyes never left the screen once. It reminds me of a less bizarre version of Miike's Visitor Q, though much more satisfying and much, much more stylish.

    Brilliant, masterful cinema at its most provocative and brutal.

  • Apocalypse Now Redux 2001

    ★★★★ Watched 15 Jan, 2013

    Every scene that has been added does little to aid the narrative and hugely distracts from the flow of the film. The result also distracts the viewer from the main focus of the film. Having said that, the bulk of the film is Apocalypse Now , and that shit is faultless.