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  • Take This Waltz 2012

    ★½ Watched 21 Jun, 2012

    Repeditive, redundant and drowning in indie film cliches

  • Snow White and the Huntsman 2012

    ★★★½ Watched 19 Jun, 2012

    Although Kristen Stewart is dreadful and what I thought was epic sound work turned out to just be a minor earthquake, Snow White & the Huntsman still turns out to be a surprisingly compelling action/fantasy film with a consistent pace, effective atmosphere and commanding visuals galore.

  • Rampart 2012

    Watched 17 Jun, 2012

    Like being dropped into the middle of a season of The Shield, only without any of the interesting characters or storylines.

  • The Cabin in the Woods 2012

    ★★★★ Watched 16 Jun, 2012

    If you love horror movies, then you will love Cabin in the Woods. Not because it's scary (although it is), but because it loves horror movies too.

  • Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 2011

    ★½ Watched 15 Jun, 2012

    Miike's stunning cinematography can't make up for turgid drama or utterly pointless 3D

  • Killer Joe 2012

    ★★★★ Watched 14 Jun, 2012

    A gruesome, greasy bucket-load of uninhibited tastelessness...and I mean that it the best possible way

  • Headshot 2012

    ★★★★ Watched 13 Jun, 2012

    Awesome despite it's ludicrous third act reveal. Cinematography, structure reflect Fincher, Nolan

  • Prometheus 2012

    ★★½ Watched 01 Jun, 2012 1

    While its ambition should be applauded, Prometheus is a bitter disappointment; a film that fails to live up to its own lofty aspirations or the legacy of the masterpiece it precedes. Heightened expectations aside, it contains a dearth of three-dimensional characters and is hamstrung by a script that never really attempts to address its own questions, be they of grand celestial importance or basic narrative mechanics

  • Margaret 2011

    ★★ Watched 01 Jun, 2012 1

    Fantastic acting from the entire cast, and many individual scenes are great. But the characters are mostly selfish and unlikable and the various subplots don't really go anywhere. It's also about 45 minutes too long

  • Safe 2012

    ★½ Watched 19 May, 2012

    Improbably plotted, pointlessly violent, visually unpleasant and overall just kind of dull

  • The Innkeepers 2011

    ★★★½ Watched 17 May, 2012 1

    A stock standard ghost story, but it works because you actually care about the characters

  • The Five-Year Engagement 2012

    ★★★½ Watched 02 May, 2012

    Could have been edited down significantly, but still quite funny and occasionally rather insightful. Free champaign and cupcakes at the screening didn't hurt