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‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Review: Mildly Improved Mediocrity

Philip Brown — Thu, 26 May 2016 19:00:33 +0000

‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ is a sequel that actually improves on its predecessor. However, the last movie was pretty bad despite the billion dollars it made at the box office suggesting otherwise. So, the improvement means that this one is merely forgettably mediocre rather than downright crappy. Not that it matters. All anyone seemed...

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‘Crimson Peak’ Contest Results

Josh Zyber — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 14:00:41 +0000

The best Blu-rays are free Blu-rays. Last week, we promised to give one of our readers a copy of Guilermo del Toro’s Gothic spook-show ‘Crimson Peak’. Let’s find out who won, shall we? As explained in the original post, we challenged you to provide funny or clever captions for the following image: Honorable Mentions NJScorpio:...

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Contest: Win ‘Crimson Peak’ on Blu-ray

Josh Zyber — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:00:38 +0000

We’re still tabulating the results of last week’s ‘Spectre’ contest. In the meantime, let’s get another one rolling. We’ve dug up a spare Blu-ray copy of Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic horror romance ‘Crimson Peak‘, so we thought we’d give it away to one of our readers. To win a copy of the disc, all you...

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‘Crimson Peak’ Review: Guillermo Goes Gothic

Philip Brown — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:00:45 +0000

The most admirable element of Guillermo del Toro’s latest flight of fancy might not be the luscious visuals that seem to ooze off the screen, but the sincerity. ‘Crimson Peak’ is a full-on Gothic romance equally in love with both words. The film has ghosts and murders to be sure, but the gorgeous train set...

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‘Maps to the Stars’ Review: Showbiz Satire Too Bitter to Swallow

Philip Brown — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:00:53 +0000

Hollywood is one of the easiest cultures to satirize, which is why it seemed so interesting that David Cronenberg of all people would want to take a crack at it. Surely he’d have some sort of twisted, horrific and psychosexual take on La-La-land that would be worthy of one more scrape from the bottom of...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Maps to the Stars’

Philip Brown — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 19:00:32 +0000

David Cronenberg is a filmmaker with predictably singular cinematic fetishes and obsessions. Yet beyond those ticks that mark his unique directing style, his interests have been hard to pin down over his last few movies. Seemingly disinterested in the genres that once defined his career, he’s now on a quest to define himself as a...

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‘The Double’ Review: Eisenberg Uncertainty Principle

Philip Brown — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:00:12 +0000

Richard Ayoade’s ‘The Double’ is based on a classic Fyodor Dostoevsky novel about existential angst and suicidal tendencies, but it’s also a hilariously quirky comedy. That combination shouldn’t be possible, or at least should lead to an ill-conceived mess, yet somehow Ayoade pulls it off in his continued quest to become to most underrated director...

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‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ Review: The Hipster Vampire Chronicles

Philip Brown — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:00:40 +0000

Jim Jarmusch emerged as a filmmaker with a unique style from his first feature, and one of the most interesting aspects of following his career has been watching the director bend genres to his will. Jarmusch’s latest, ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’, takes the vampire genre and transforms it into a deadpan hangout movie with bloodsucking...

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Now Playing: Get Stoked for ‘Stoker’

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:00:22 +0000

Since I saw his film ‘Oldboy‘ in 2003, Park Chan-wook has been one of my favorite directors. I was in complete awe of that movie and immediately needed to find out what else he had done. Upon some research, I ended up buying ‘Sympathy for Mr. Vengenace’, and loved that flick too. Since then, I’ve...

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Sundance Journal: ‘Stoker’

Aaron Peck — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:00:36 +0000

Was there any doubt that Korean director Park Chan-wook would create a stunningly attractive yet creepy movie for his first English language picture? No. Was I expecting as much of a Hitchcock homage that I got? Most certainly not. But it’s there. ‘Stoker’ is a beautifully bloodied version of Hitchcock’s ‘Shadow of a Doubt‘. Park...

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The Trailer Park: Two Remakes, One Original

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:00:19 +0000

As the post title makes clear, this week’s trailers feature two retreads and one fresh idea – the latter of which marks Chan-wook Park’s American debut. Interestingly, they all look good. ‘Carrie’ Although only a teaser trailer, the look of Kimberly Pierce’s remake has me intrigued. That’s probably mostly because it stars Chloë Grace Moretz...

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Now Playing: ‘Lawless’ – Certainly Not Flawless

Aaron Peck — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:00:33 +0000

What happens when a maskless Bane takes over the Prohibition Era and starts selling his own bootleg alcohol? ‘Lawless’-ness. ‘Lawless’ desperately wants to be a gangster epic right up there with ‘The Untouchables’. However, this mobster story doesn’t take place in the streets of Chicago or New York. This tale of intimidating gangsters hails from...

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