This film has such a strong opening that, when the second act got a bit draggy, I was excited for things to pull back for an excellent finalé. Sadly, that's not exactly how things pan out, despite an exciting moment on a lake at exactly the point when it needs to amp up. The problem, I think, is that the whirlwind that the lead character, stage illusionist Corky (Anthony Hopkins), goes through at the start - lying to his ailing…
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Burn Burn Burn 2015
An abysmal, bittersweet road trip comedy that makes the arguably fatal mistake of not casting comedians in the lead roles. Laura Carmichael & Chloe Pirrie don't even have any comedy acting credits outside of this effort, and it really shows. But they're far from the worst thing about Burn Burn Burn, in which they play Alex & Seph, two friends whose mate Dan has died unexpectedly. In the first of a series of videos he recorded for them while secretly succumbing to…
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Sleepaway Camp 1983
The most disturbing image in this movie isn't that final shot, it's the fact that Meg seems genuinely into the idea of shagging that rancid old camp owner.
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City of the Living Dead 1980
Extract from HAMLET by William Shakespeare:
FIRST GRAVEDIGGER
Is she to be buried in Christian burial that
wilfully seeks her own salvation?SECOND GRAVEDIGGER
I tell thee she is: and therefore make her grave
straight: the crowner hath sat on her, and finds it
Christian burial.FIRST GRAVEDIGGER
How can that be, unless she drowned herself in her
own defence?SECOND GRAVEDIGGER
It must be "se offendendo"; it cannot be else. For
here lies the point: if I drown myself…