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I really admire Joss Whedon. He takes risks and twists genres in ways you wouldn’t expect. Most people going into this movie think it’s a horror film. In the first ten minutes audiences will be scratching their heads wondering what’s going on. This is good. And Whedon gives us just enough information to keep our [...]

This film wastes no time setting up the premise, and that’s good… or is it? By the time we get to the first act break, there’s been lots of of police procedure, not much of it compelling. Frankly, the twist propelling us into the second act felt a little cheap. I was expecting a deeper, [...]

This is a masterful retelling of the investigation and eventual capture and execution of Osama Bin Laden. “Zero Dark Thirty” has received a lot of bad press relating to the torture scenes. The scenes are difficult to watch, but the truth is torture was one method used during the investigation. If Kathyrn Bigelow’s goal was [...]

Wow. This film was slow to start. The story could have been tightened a lot and still gotten the point across. Jon Favreau, what’s going on? All throughout the film, I kept asking myself “why kill off the most interesting characters first?” The result is a snooze fest with lots of walking and talking. For [...]

This film brings the concept of the tooth fairy to a whole new level. I don’t know about you, but I find old houses and mansions very creepy. The mansion plays a character unto itself and is used to great effect. Plus the visual effects are understated, just giving us a glimpse of something, building [...]

Wow. This is a really good film. Apart for a confusing sequence where you see the break into act two from two possible timelines, this just grabbed me and didn’t let go. I’ve run through the film in my head and can’t see any reason why the film wouldn’t work without said sequence. Perhaps I [...]