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  • ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2 2011

    ★★ Watched 19 May, 2013

    The UK packaging for this movie helpfully leaves out the "Laid to Rest 2" part, so it's entirely possible to pick it up without realising it's a sequel and get very confused.

    I want to see Laid to Rest now, though, because this was super gory with an awesome looking killer, and I think if I'd understood what was going on, it might have been pretty good? Hard to say at this point, though.

  • 21 & Over 2013

    ★★★★ Watched 09 May, 2013

    Most of the criticism of this film reminds me of the more misguided criticism of Hostel: it focuses on the fact that the lead characters aren't likeable, as if that's a flaw in the film. I don't think it is. Sure, they're douchebags, but they're well written, well acted, believable douchebags. What I want from characters, generally, is the ability to believe they're people, and the characters in 21 & Over might be somewhat exaggerated, but they're recognisable.

    Unlike the much…

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  • Jennifer's Body 2009

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 18 Nov, 2012 3

    Poor old Jennifer's Body. This movie gets a lot of hate, and it deserves none of it. Maybe it's because Diablo Cody is a controversial writer; maybe it's because Megan Fox is considered to be a bad actress; maybe it's because it was marketed as a sexy movie for boys when it's actually a movie about female friendship. Maybe it's all of the above.

    But while this movie has been written off as a trashy failed experiment in horror comedy,…

  • Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 1983

    ★★★★ Rewatched 30 Dec, 2012

    Finally, it's the last film. Star Wars has hollowed me out. It's burned away all of my brain and left me with nothing but Star Wars. Cut me and I bleed Star Wars.

    Star Wars.