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  • True Grit True Grit

    True Grit 2010

    ★★★½ Watched 28 Jan, 2012

    I'm not a huge western fan but this was just so well put together I couldn't help but like it. The small touches of humour mixed w/ occasional splashes of violence the Coens are famous for was present here, and used to great effect.

  • Primer Primer

    Primer 2004

    ★★★★ Watched 08 May, 2013

    i'll have to come back and write something up later - my brain is still turning this around.

  • V/H/S V/H/S

    V/H/S 2012

    ★★½ Watched 05 Jan, 2013

    ultimately rather disappointing. An anthology film that really just felt like a series of small YouTube type clips, only 1 of the stories (the girl on the web cam) was remotely effective. I think i was more let down as i like a number of the directors involved (Adam Wingard and Ti West).

  • The Last Stand The Last Stand

    The Last Stand 2013

    ★★★½ Watched 22 Jan, 2013

    not a new action classic by any means, but a lot of fun none the less. Arnie is fine - the film addresses his age and works with it. The action is bloody, but still fun.

  • Dune Dune

    Dune 1984

    ★★★½ Rewatched 06 May, 2013

    This was the"The Alternative Edition Redux" fan edit by Spicediver
    (full details here: fanedit.org/ifdb/component/content/article/79-fanedit-listings/fanfix/412-dune-the-alternative-edition-redux)

  • The Wicker Man The Wicker Man

    The Wicker Man 1975

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 25 Jan, 2012

    Still love it. The singing, the pagan stuff, the whole damn thing.

  • The Dead Zone The Dead Zone

    The Dead Zone 1983

    ★★★ Watched 31 Jan, 2012

    Far more understated than i was expecting for an 80's Cronenberg, The Dead Zone was a nice mood piece, though it felt like a longer Twilight Zone eps than a full film.
    That said, it's always nice to see Walken before he became a parody of himself.

  • Johnny Mnemonic Johnny Mnemonic

    Johnny Mnemonic 1995

    ★★★ Rewatched 06 May, 2012

    i watched the Japanese cut (an extra 10 + minutes), but the film is still the same - silly, poorly written and not terribly well actied and yet i still enjoy it.

  • Nightbreed Nightbreed

    Nightbreed 1990

    ★★★½ Watched 19 Jul, 2012

    This is specifically the Cabal Cut of Nightbreed.

  • Raising Cain Raising Cain

    Raising Cain 1992

    ★★★ Rewatched 14 Apr, 2013

    NB: this was the re-cut version of the film (see this for details: bit.ly/UJZSS4)

  • The Theatre Bizarre The Theatre Bizarre

    The Theatre Bizarre 2012

    ★★½ Watched 07 Jan, 2013

    An interesting, if not completly sucsessful, horror anthology. I had rather high hopes due to some of the names involved (especially Richard Stanley, Doug Buck & Buddy Giovinazzo).
    All of the segments deliver in terms of gore, even if it's not quite in the way one may expect.
    Stanley's segment, Mother of Frogs had some curious ideas, but ultimtley felt like a thumbnail sketch rather than a fully formed story.
    Karim Hussain's segment was one of the more inventive (and unsettling)…

  • Death Wish 2 Death Wish 2

    Death Wish 2 1982

    ★★½ Watched 10 Dec, 2012

    mean, very mean, but also, a weird transition film. Not as hard, out and out grim social commentary as the original, but not as out right silly exploitation fun of number 3 (my favourite). Not as terrible as i had been led to believe.
    Full points to the score though.