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  • Warm Bodies 2013

    ★★★ Watched 07 Jun, 2013

    Another unfortunate casualty of a poor trailer. This looked like contrived quirk and even MORE zombie overload, but it actually works pretty well as a gentle love story with a dash of action thrown in. Good performances and solid direction from Jonathan Levine.

  • The Last Stand 2013

    ★★½ Watched 05 Jun, 2013

    I'll probably always enjoy watching cartels get comeuppance, but this doesn't offer much that's memorable, which is a shame considering the director. It's entertaining with a touch of style, but little more.

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  • The Dark Knight Rises 2012

    ★★★★ Watched 10 Aug, 2012

    I don't think this could have completely lived up to my expectations. While I didn't enjoy it quite as much as The Dark Knight, I also don't have a list of changes I wish Nolan had made. Something about this being even more epic than the previous pictures worked against it (probably related to an increased suspension of disbelief), but it still mostly delivered what I wanted from the final installment of this Batman's story - a capable villain, a layered story, intense action, and an overall demonstration by the filmmakers that they care about the characters and ideas at play here.

  • The Haunting 1963

    ★★★★½ Added

    One of the best haunted house stories ever filmed. A solid adaptation of the novel that truly frightens with fantastic sound design and a consistently spooky atmosphere that avoids showing too much.