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  • Wasting Away 2007

    ★★ Watched 27 Feb, 2013

    Silly zombie comedy that thinks its one original idea (the zombies see themselves as still human) is enough to see it through. It's not

  • What Happened Was... 1994

    ★★½ Watched 25 Feb, 2013

    A two header that started life as a play this is an showcase for Tom Noonan (director, writer and star) but ultimately it feels inconsequential.

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  • Gran Torino 2008

    ★★★★★ Watched 08 Jul, 2012 3

    That this film received zero Oscar nominations kind of makes a mockery of the awards. Eastwood gives one of his finest performances in a film that will make you laugh and cry. Film making of the highest calibre from a man who often receives praise for his direction but gets far to little credit as an actor.

  • American Mary 2013

    ★★★★½ Watched 27 Aug, 2012 1

    FRIGHTFEST DAY 5 FILM 1

    I have to say that after seeing Dead Hooker in a Trunk I’d written off the Soska sisters as talentless wannabes attempting to jump on the Grindhouse bandwagon. A sentiment that ill prepared me for their follow-up.

    With American Mary they’ve created a film that’s disturbing, touching, sporadically violent and incredibly imaginative. It’s a movie that truly feels unique while so many of the films at this year’s FrightFest were awash with references to the…