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Them (2006): C
David Moreau and Xavier Palud’s Them uses, as its basis, [spoilers follow] a killing spree perpetrated by a group of French kids between the ages of 10 and 15. The youthfulness of its villains is, I presume, supposed to make its story more chilling, though the opposite unfortunately holds true. Once it becomes clear that…
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Doing it Link-Style
February's release schedule is underwhelming to say the least, meaning that with a few exceptions – such as James Gray's excellent Two Lovers, out next week – don't expect to see much upcoming positivity around these here parts. That certainly holds true for this latest batch of links, which doesn't – unfortunately – feature a…
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Plans for Web Domination Continue…
Because my fingers never want to stop typing, I’ve now – on top of my other writing gigs – joined the team at The Screengrab, where I’ll be writing reviews and other assorted bloggy stuff. I’ll likely only be posting links to my Screengrab film reviews here, but encourage everyone to bookmark the site (or…
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Sundance One-Offs
In honor of this year's sure-to-be-overhyped-and-largely-irrelevant Sundance Film Festival, IFC News has compiled a list of the yearly event's 25 biggest one-hit wonders. I've lent my help via write-ups – for #s 25 (Down to the Bone), 22 (Panic), 18 (A Slipping-Down Life), 14 (The Big Kahuna), 10 (Scotland, PA), and 7 (Open Water) –…
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Ringing in the New Crap
We're only nine days into the new year, and already the cinemas have blessed us with one great release (Cargo 200) to help offset the predictable January junk. Though as far as junk goes, The Unborn - how that's for an exploitative poster (left)? – is of a premium quality. Out Now: Cargo 200 (Slant magazine)…
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Published Film Reviews – 2009
12/21/09 – Avatar (Slant magazine) 12/21/09 – It’s Complicated (Time Out New York) 12/21/09 – Invictus (Slant magazine) 12/21/09 – Crazy Heart (Slant magazine) 12/21/09 – The Slammin’ Salmon (Slant magazine) 12/4/09 – Brothers (Slant magazine) 12/4/09 – The Last Station (Time Out New York) 11/30/09 – The Princess and the Frog (Slant magazine) 11/30/09…
