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There are still a lot of films from 2012 I have yet to see, but that year is now over and out of what I did see here are my <b>Favourite Films of 2012</b>, which this year is a Top 12 because I just couldn't whittle it down. Surprisingly enough, it also seems 2012 was the Year of the Documentary.</div>
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<b>12. Django Unchained (2012)</b> <i>United States</i><br />
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Quentin Tarantino's Southern western is a beautiful, brutal, and violent homage to the spaghetti western revenge set-up with a large dose of America's dark past with slavery and a small dash of German folklore. Keeping with tradition and his ecstatically large style, Tarantino writes very large but important characters that are all played to perfection by the large ensemble cast, with many small cameos as well as returning favourites, with everyone chewing up the dialogue in such an enjoyable way - Waltz and DiCaprio especially. Not without it's pitfalls though, mainly due to the large amount of characters and the lack of time spent with some, <i>Django Unchained</i> could have almost benefited from going the 2-movie route ala <i>Kill Bill</i>, assuming there was probably a large amount of footage left on the cutting room floor to make the single film's nearly three-hour runtime. But despite this, and an almost too hurried and neatly wrapped up third-act, <i>Django Unchained</i> is a vastly entertaining film from a master filmmaker who's style always verges on homage yet somehow remaining wholly unique.<br />
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<b>11. Antiviral (2012)</b> <i>Canada</i><br />
Brandon Cronenberg emerges as a new force in the body horror cannon perpetuated by his father, and with a style that speaks directly of early David Cronenberg. And here that is not a rip-off but something that's truly in their family blood. Expertly crafted, <i>Antiviral</i> is an increasingly uncomfortable excursion into the disease of celebrity and the price to which society pays for crumbling to idol worship. Narratively vague, <i>Antiviral</i> spills out it's pieces like dumping a puzzle box letting the audience pick up what they see on their own. Nothing is handed to the audience, and if you lose your balance you will not know what the hell is going on, and here this approach works beautifully; providing the audience the true sense of alienation that the film's characters now feel in their own skin. Its antiseptic colour palette and sheen both intensify its grotesqueness as well as perpetuate the uncleanness this society has projected upon itself, shot immaculately by cinematographer Karim Hussain. To compare it to his father's work Brandon Cronenberg continues the theme of the new flesh, but here we take from others so that we can feel whole and connected. Haunting and ugly, <i>Antiviral </i>is a meticulously beautiful horror film for those who want to be challenged by cinema.<br />
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<b>10. Miss Bala (2011)</b> <i>Mexico</i><br />
Taut and unflinching, <i>Miss Bala</i> is a downward spiral of loss and dashed hope about poverty, politics, and the brutality of the drug smuggling industry. With it's harsh and realistic portrayal of cartel violence and workings, director Gerardo Naranjo creates a disturbing and emotionally absorbing film with long lingering shots, minimal dialogue, and a depiction of an industry where invisible borders and patrols watch your every move and from which there is no escape. Powerful filmmaking and one of the year's best.<br />
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<b>9. Into the Abyss (2011)</b> <i>United States/UK/Germany</i><br />
Werner Herzog takes his distinct style and here examines a Texas murder case and the politics of the death penalty. With no agenda other than to show all sides of a horrible tragedy,<i> Into the Abyss</i> is really an examination into the fragility of humanity and the nearly invisible line between life and death, regret and redemption.<br />
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<b>8. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)</b> <i>United States</i><br />
Tantalizing and beautifully photographed documentary about perfectionist sushio chef Jiro Ono. This joyous documentary takes a look at one of the world's most renowned sushi chefs and a master of the craft as he prepares his son to continue his legacy. Will leave your mouth watering!<br />
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<b>7. Stories We Tell (2012)</b> <i>Canada</i></div>
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<i>Stories We Tell</i> breaks new ground in documentary filmmaking and Sarah Polley crafts a fascinating, absorbing, and gripping film that effortlessly combines interviews, old family Super8 footage, as well as fictionalized re-creations of the events as they unfold resulting in a visually stimulating experience. Deeply touching, <i>Stories We Tell</i> not only becomes the telling of the Polley family's secrets, but a documentary about how and why we tell stories, and the importance of family histories and the characters and events, whether comic, tragic, or both, that enrich our lives. Absolutely astounding filmmaking!<br />
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<b>6. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)</b> <i>United Kingdom</i><br />
Lynne Ramsay's brilliant adaptation of Lionel Shriver's haunting and absorbing book is a cinematic tour de force. Tilda Swinton is at the top of her craft and embodies Eva Khatchadourian's empty life as she tries to rebuild and find answers after the 'incident' involving Kevin. Ramsay tackles the story much like the book; in fragments that reveal the characters and events which lead up to the present. Every little vignette captures subtleties and nuances from the pages of the book that thread this terrifying mystery even deeper. A tale of parenthood. A tale of motherhood. A tale of childhood. A tale of horror. <i>We Need to Talk About Kevin</i> is a masterpiece and one of the best book to film adaptations since <i>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.</i><br />
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<b>5. The Master (2012)</b> <i>United States</i><br />
Paul Thomas Anderson masterfully directs powerhouse performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman who transform themselves into two extremely torn and inquisitive people, each on a different end of the tipping scale. Everything else, from the remainder of the performances, to the score and cinematography, to the production design, is sweeping and fine tuned. Both tender and destructive in it's portrayal of human fragility, <i>The Master</i> is an exploration into the birth of cult thinking and the God-like nature of man to need to control and be controlled. <i>The Master</i> is a master work.<br />
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<b>4. Samsara (2011) </b><i>United States</i><br />
Ron Fricke's follow up to <i>Baraka</i> is a breathtakingly profound cinematic experience unlike anything else you've seen with it's trance-inducing imagery for your retinas and brain that transports you into an almost outer-body experience, only for the fact that you're still in a theatre seat. Shot completely in 70mm, <i>Samsara</i> brings depth and focus to the beauty and ugliness of our world, never judging or saying anything, but just being an eye looking over the randomosity of life, a continuous flow of birth, death, beauty, nature, humanity, architecture, and everything in between. If you have a chance, see this in a theatre and sit as close to the screen as comfortably possible.<br />
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<b>3. Lawless (2012)</b> <i>United States</i></div>
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The true story of the Boundarant brothers and bootlegging in the late '20s and early '30s as adapted by Nick Cave and the deft hand of John Hillcoat. Mesmerizing performances from the entire cast, beautiful cinematography, and a palpable sense of tension and unease throughout the entire film. No character is safe at anytime, and all are truly human. Masterful storytelling from Hillcoat and Cave who distinctly paint each character and location. <i>Lawless</i> is definitely one of the best films of 2012.<br />
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<b>2. Pina (2011)</b> <i>Germany</i></div>
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Wim Wenders' love letter to Pina Bausch, the renowned German dancer, is a cinematic experience rich in emotions, stories, and memories all told through Pina's compositions, dance, and vignettes with students of Pina's school. Going beyond documentary and into the realm of art, the camera adds a depth that accentuates and heightens the live performance of the pieces. An astounding audio-visual experience.<br />
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<b>1. Tabu (2012)</b> <i>Portugal</i></div>
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Split into two parts, <i>Tabu</i> tells first of Paradise Lost; the story of an older woman who's mental deterioration has her speaking of dreams as truths and signs of past memories. And in Paradise, we come to find out that the dreams existed and here unfolds the secrets of the old woman's life. A stunningly beautiful film which effortlessly blends mystery, a love story, and a county's history into a mesmerizing tale that itself plays out like a dream of inventive filmmaking. Grandiose performances that are both large and subtle paint a film that constantly engages, and director Miguel Gomes' well-prepared execution flawlessly unravels a story of loss, regret, and the sacrifices of love and pain.<br />
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Honourable mentions: <i>Last Days Here (2011), Frankenweenie (2012), Intouchables (2011), Weekend (2011), In the Family (2011), Snowtown (2011), Keyhole (2011), Sound of My Voice (2011), Café de Flore (2011), The Sleeper (2012), Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present (2012), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Sinister (2012)</i></div>
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And now let's rip into the absolute <b>Worst Films of 2012</b>:<br />
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<b>10. The Awakening (2011) </b><i>United Kingdom</i></div>
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<i>The Awakening</i> is a cliched and heavily ham fisted ghost story that plays out far too much like a mash-up of <i>The Sixth Sense </i>and <i>The Orphanage</i>, borrowing too many plot similarities from both. While the visuals and acting are above average for the genre, the plotting, story, and reveals are both too abrupt and simply solved by the audience and not enough work was done to make anything about the story stand out. Far too predictable to be enjoyable, and when you're thinking of other movies that did both jobs better, you're left disinterested and bored by the time it's over.<br />
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<b>9. V/H/S (2012)</b> <i>United States</i></div>
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<i>V/H/S</i> is a horror anthology that really has no proper connecting threads. While it actually only looks like one or two of the segments actually make use of the VHS aesthetic, the rest of the entries employ spy cameras in glasses, webcams (Skype) or higher-grade consumer cameras that post-date the VHS era. Rather than tell chilling tales with plots and payoff, <i>V/H/S</i> resorts to zero-attention span editing techniques that defeat the VHS method. While this approach is more reminiscent of home-movies it still fails at making a co-herent use of the anthology sub-genre. Really the only tale worth watching in this entire 2-hour mess is the final tape involving a haunted house on Halloween night.<br />
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<b>8. You've Been Trumped (2011) </b><i>United Kingdom</i></div>
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<i>You've Been Trumped</i> shows just how much of an asshole Donald Trump is and how much his company is just for profit as he bullies all those who get in his way, but all of this is exhibited in the first couple minutes of the film, or if you've seen the trailer it's all given away in those 2 and a half minutes. The focus of the documentary is obviously on the plight of the people in the sights of Trump's bulldozers but the same scenarios and situations are continually repeated and the film drags on and on and on, never really progressing past it's set up. Obviously life unfolds as it does, but at 1 hour and 40 minutes <i>You've Been Trumped</i> feels about 65 minutes too long. It states important information, but in a manner that doesn't execute the message to its proper effect. The comparisons to the film <i>Local Hero</i> however was a nice touch.<br />
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<b>7. Down the Road Again (2011)</b> <i>Canada</i><br />
Donald Shebib returns with a follow up to his seminal 1970's film that exhibited the harsh reality of chasing the Canadian dream. Now 41 years later Pete is on the verge of retirement in Vancouver when he discovers and inherits the urn of his now deceased friend Joey. So for Pete it's one last journey in the Chevy to reconnect with his past. <i>Down the Road Again </i>is a television quality production that piles on the sap and negates any of the real humanity the original film so expertly displayed. A huge letdown.<br />
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<b>6. House at the End of the Street (2012) </b><i>United States</i></div>
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Combining the not-scary-at-all scares of the '90s kids horror TV show <i>Are You Afraid of the Dark? </i>and the characterizations of any American soap opera you get this abysmal film. <i>House at the End of the Street </i>is a lame, boring, and increasingly tame teeny-bopper PG-13 horror film. Obviously aimed at the junior level high school crowd the film operates on a play-it-safe rule basis, and even though the film deals with some darker material it still keeps everything neat, tidy, and safe. Watered down horror that should probably have premiered as a 'late night movie of the week' on YTV or Nickelodeon or something.<br />
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<b>5. 21 Jump Street (2012) </b><i>United States</i></div>
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Two bumbling cops get sent back to high school to infiltrate an underground drug ring and pull in the supplier. <i>21 Jump Street</i> gets the dreaded Apatowian action-comedy make-over by Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill which means it's all mid-level comedy with an overachieving and failing sense of sentimentality with dashes of hip action set-pieces. All of this leaves the film feeling highly forgettable, boring, unfunny, and uninspired.<br />
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<b>4. [REC]³ Genesis (2012)</b> <i>Spain</i></div>
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<i>[REC]³: Genesis</i> is lazy and sloppy filmmaking. Paco Plaza, one of the two minds responsible for the actually well-scripted, scary, and inventive <i>[REC] </i>and<i> [REC]²</i>, is left to his own here and drops the 'found footage' angle after the first 30 minutes into the film where the title card shows up late to the party and the series takes a turn at becoming a traditional film and annihilates the tense and personal aspects that made the first two films in the series such powerful entries into the modern horror genre. By taking the audience out of the experience <i>[REC]³: Genesis</i> becomes nothing more than a paint-by-the numbers 'zombie' movie which contains no characters worth caring about. There is no more immediacy of terror, no claustrophobia from the unflinching hand-held camera, and the added comedy in this entry falls flat at every instance it appears. Hopefully Jaume Balagueró's future solo entry into the series, the fourth and final film which also drops the 'found footage' angle, ends the series on a high note because this 'parallel story line' should be entirely avoided at all costs.<br />
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<b>3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) </b><i>United States</i></div>
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Finally putting the nail in the coffin. Good riddance to this "franchise". <i>The Twilight Saga</i> is filled with nothing but vapid preaching of false hopes to pre-teen girls that vanity and the 'power' of love, along with a blingin' ring, is all one needs. <i>Breaking Dawn - Part 2</i> takes what should be a 15 minute ending to the series and stretches it out painfully to 2 hours, filled with forced dialogue, forced "emotion", and some of the worst CGI in the history of cinema. All the answers one has from the previous films still remain unanswered: why do they do the "Flash" run all the time? How does no one notice giant wolf-dogs in the woods? Does no one else in the area hunt? Why does this story of three people who understand nothing but the longing of staring off into each other's eyes like they are constipated need to be five movies long? <i>Breaking Dawn</i> is fragmented pablum, that's it. Spoon-fed in the most innocuous method possible. Like a CGI'd smiling demon Gerber Baby consuming the tax payer's money. Ughhhh... And why did the end credits have to visually credit every character in the entire franchise, even those that stood in as placeholders such as "Irish Vampire named Maggie"? A saga alright... A saga of pure forced torture.<br />
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<b>2. Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)</b> <i>Germany/Canada</i></div>
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<i>Resident Evil: Retribution</i> is the closest film in the series to a video game. The acting is stilted, the dubbing doesn't match the lip movements, the emotions are completely lost or undeveloped, characters at times are confused to look like they might be CGI and not real, and it's nothing but mindless action with nothing moving it forward than to get to the end. But wait, it's not a video game, it's a movie, how can we the audience enjoy it if we can't play it? That's what a video game is right, we're in control of what goes on? And that is the hugest downfall of <i>Resident Evil: Retribution</i> where you take a film based on a video game series and make it as close to a video game as possible (but not the actual game). It does not work, it loses any connectivity you're going to make with an audience. Instead of plot points to move the film forward <i>Retribution</i> relies on 'levels' where Alice has to escape a new simulated city with a new foe, be it a plague of zombies or a giant biological abomination. It's repetitive, it's boring, it's pointless. The 3D again is just a gimmick, but the whole film is even more gimmicky than the 3D. Paul W.S. Anderson resorts to visually filling the screen rather then figuring out how anything fits together, an absolute hack job and cash grab. A complete waste of 2 hours of your time and $14 of your hard earned dollars.<br />
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<b>1. That's My Boy (2012)</b> <i>United States</i></div>
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Grating, annoying, offensive, sloppy, poorly made, anti-funny.... These are just a few of the many negative remarks one could make about <i>That's My Boy</i>, another Happy Madison film that continues to kill the genre of comedy and destroy the history of cinema. Pepper in every single Adam Sandler joke rehashed for the -nth time (and still to this day absolutely unfunny), cast the same Sandler troupe all playing the same characters, and you've got nothing new, nothing entertaining, nothing redeemable, nothing worth the $70 million dollars this film was made for. But hey, you gotta pay for advertising and product placement galore, and insane paychecks to people who deserve to be doing comedy in a back alley seen by no one. HOW DOES THIS GET APPROVED? Even on a technical level this film looks like shit! The digital "cinematography" is hazy and either overexposed or under lit, and so this film assaults you on every sense and every plane. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. This isn't cinema suicide for the film and filmmakers, but for the audience. You've been warned!<br />
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2012 has ended and we're now a few days into 2013. The world hasn't yet ended so I am once again free to write about the films I've missed out on from previous years, so let me present you with my <b><i>2012 Top 10 First Time Older Viewings!</i></b><br />
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<b>10. Goin' Down the Road (1970)</b> <i>Canada</i><br />
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Two friends from Nova Scotia take off for big city life in Toronto and find out the hard way that any dream takes blood, sweat, and tears. A phenomenal time capsule of the Canadian dream featuring powerhouse performances and a documentary-vérité style that's both haunting and beautiful.</div>
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<b>9. The Boys in the Band (1970)<i> </i></b><i>United States</i><br />
Mart Crowley and William Friedkin collaborate in this tense, human, and at times hilarious story of a group of gay men celebrating their friend's birthday. The knives are drawn, the gifts unwrapped, and the secrets are out of the box and every performance, by the original stage cast, is perfectly nuanced and brilliantly acted. An absolute powerhouse early directorial effort from Friedkin.<br />
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<b>8. Lake of Fire (2007)</b> <i>United States</i><br />
Tony Kaye's extremely powerful and absorbing documentary that examines every facet of the abortion debate in the US over a 15 year period is a monumental achievement. Expressing both sides with an unflinching eye and ear, <i>Lake of Fire</i> should be mandatory viewing by everyone.<br />
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<b>7. The Devil at Your Heels (1981)</b> <i>Canada</i><br />
One of the best full-length NFB docs complete with larger than life characters and involving car jumps, rocket cars, and the St. Lawrence, this 5-year spanning tale about "The Mad Canadian" Ken Carter is inspirational, heartbreaking, tragic, and hilarious. An absolute must see! Plus it's <i>FREE</i> to <a href="http://www.nfb.ca/film/devil_at_your_heels/">watch</a> on the National Film Board of Canada's website!<br />
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<b>6. The Mummy (1932) </b><i>United States</i><br />
A fantastic blend of horror, history, and good old fashioned thrills. Boris Karloff is both sinister and studious as Imhotep, the excommunicated Egyptian who's lost love has haunted his cursed death for centuries. Featuring great cinematography and a fantastic make-up, <i>The Mummy</i> deserves it's classic title and stands up to the sands of time!<br />
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<b>5. The House on Sorority Row (1983)</b> <i>United States</i><br />
Expertly crafted slasher film from Mark Rosman who directs a tense, well-scripted, and suspenseful slasher. Richard Band's score is both beautiful and haunting and the actresses all exude real jealousy, contempt, and depth which is normally lost in the one-dimensional characters normally found in the slasher genre. With a set-up that actually works and a pay-off that actually satisfies, <i>The House on Sorority Row</i> is one of the best slasher films the genre has to offer.<br />
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<b>4. Ninja III: The Domination (1984) </b><i>United States</i><br />
Ninjas! Golf! Aerobics! Possession! Sexy V8 juice! Gratuitous male back hair! Action! Laser-spewing arcade machine! Boom mic shadow! Flashbacks! White skinny ties! White hair from traumatic experience! Gremlins-like laughter! Grave smashing! Stupid cops! Abandoned neighbourhood! Hilariously bad loop group and dubbing! Shô Kosugi! Lucinda Dickey! Cannon Group!<i> Ninja III: The Domination</i> has it all!!!<br />
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<b>3. Female Vampire (1973)</b> <i>France</i><br />
Ultra erotic horror film from Jess Franco who is here at the top of his craft. Beautifully photographed with lush settings, misty exteriors, bright coastal colours, and a sense of sexual frustration and ecstasy that clash head on into a tale of lust and loss. Lina Romay, as stunning as always, plays a fragile women who happens to be a vampire who cannot control herself, a damaged soul who's only power is to exert her sexuality. Featuring long takes, minimal dialogue, and a simple yet transgressive story,<i> Female Vampire</i> is a masterpiece of art house erotic horror.<br />
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<b>2. The Night of the Hunter (1955) </b><i>United States</i><br />
A rather chilling and haunting fairy tale of a wolf in sheep's skin, <i>The Night of the Hunter </i>is a masterpiece of filmmaking that manages to combine the pain of the Great Depression, the sharp biting wit of black humour, a thrilling game of cat and mouse, and a moral tale that still manages to resonate through the ages. Charles Laughton directs his only film after years of grandiose acting and masterfully gives Robert Mitchum and Billy Chapin the room to play their parts large enough to make them entertaining, but small enough to keep them grounded. With breathtaking cinematography that plays with the audience and set-pieces that illicit awe, there is always much more than meets the eye. <i>The Night of the Hunter</i> is a staggering masterpiece that's still just as important today as it was when it was released. Absolutely timeless.<br />
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<b>1. Ryan's Babe (2000)</b><i><b> </b>Canada</i><br />
<i>Ryan's Babe</i> is an unreleased film shot right here in Saskatoon that aired maybe a handful of times on Superchannel and then has been gone from existence since. <i>Ryan's Babe</i> tells the story of Ryan, just a happy-go-lucky guy whom every woman he comes across ends up being bad luck in some form or another. The adventure gets set in motion when Ryan's bat-shit crazy old neighbour, who has been crushing hard on him without him noticing, attempts suicide to get his attention. Didn't work. He attempts to flee to Calgary when her drunkard father tries to kill him, but upon the way gets into deeper trouble with colourblind crooks, drug dealers, and male strippers and ends up somehow in Arizona after a run-in with three masked knife-wielding cheerleaders(???). Amidst getting knocked-out, Rohypnol'd, and winning the lottery, Ryan's got to avoid every woman in his path if he wants to make it back home to Saskatoon. <i>Ryan's Babe</i> features some of the worst dubbing, line readings, exposition, acting - wait, pretty much everything is atrocious in this film. But it's so much so that if you have a few friends over and you're all ready to yell at the screen MST3K-style and laugh your asses off in disbelief, it's actually a really good time! <i>Ryan's Babe</i>, if ever released to the public, has cult classic written all over it.<br />
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Bonus tidbit: I actually auditioned for the part of Young Ryan way back in 1998 or 1999.<br />
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Honourable mentions: <i>Island of Lost Souls (1932), The Invisible Man (1933),</i> <i>Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986), The Blues Brothers (1980)</i><br />
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And you can't have the Best without the Worst, so if you see these in the wild leave them there:</div>
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<b>10. Midnight (1989) </b><i>United States</i></div>
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Lynn Redgrave plays the absolutely worst and most annoying Elvira-ripoff ever to grace the silver screen. She constantly screeches her lines doing nothing but yelling at people the entire movie. This grating performance is indeed a real horror show as you want nothing more than to cover your ears to keep your eardrums from rupturing. Tony Curtis plays his usual self and does his usual schtick, which is way past it's prime at this point in his career. The direction is limp, the story is really nothing more than a whiney spoiled woman who wants to control everything in her life, and the subplot involving the potential murder of those who've gotten in her way is just an afterthought. This mess of a comedy-thriller is neither funny nor thrilling. If only <i>Midnight</i> was indeed cancelled...<br />
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<b>9. Gunblast (aka Mac-10) (1986) </b><i>United States</i></div>
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A hitman with a Mac-10 shakes his gun at people as the worst gunshot sound effects blast off. This 65-minute long snooze inducer features no plot, bloodless and bullet-less violence, a hella-boring striptease, and weird randomly inserted early '80s porn scenes that have nothing to do with the movie.<br />
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<b>8. For Hire (aka Lethal Ninja) (1991) </b><i>United States</i></div>
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<i>For Hire</i> gives the viewer absolutely no explanation for characters or scenarios taking place on the screen, a story about a hired ninja who is to take on the mob because the police force isn't doing their job. It's impossible to tell who is a main character and who is a side character until pretty much the end of the film. For example, it takes 5 minutes to find out that the posh party the Mayor is hosting is actually a Sweet 16 birthday party for his daughter (who is adopted by the way because "family is stronger when you can choose your family, not blood ties"). The fight scenes are boring, the direction non-existant, and certain characters are seemingly invincible to multiple gunshot wounds.<br />
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<b>7. Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here (1988)</b> <i>United States</i></div>
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Aliens invade a theatre in this mess. <i>Invasion Earth</i> as a film fails because the actually storyline that isn't stock footage of other B-movies only takes up about 25 minutes of screen time and is incredibly annoying. As a montage of classic and terrible sci-fi films it also fails. The clips cut from one film to another in seemingly random order doing nothing other than padding its running time to feature length.<br />
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<b>6. The Last Slumber Party (1988) </b><i>United States</i></div>
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Inept slasher where a group of girls having a slumber party invite their boyfriends over and one at a time are picked up by an escaped maniac in surgeon's garb. No continuity, no attempt at plot, bad dialogue, inane camera work, and amateur on every level. Avoid.<br />
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<b>5. Dead & Rotting (2002) </b><i>United States</i></div>
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<i>Dead & Rotting</i> is a bottom of the barrel Full Moon pick up that's "get in and get out" shooting method clearly paints a cheap production. With a terrible script, wooden acting, and costume-store special effects this movie will have you dead and rotting with boredom. Not even Debbie Rochon or Trent Haaga, who normally elevate low-grade indie B-movies to a somewhat enjoyable level, can breath any life into this mess.<br />
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<b>4. Horror (2002)</b> <i>United States</i></div>
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<i>Horror</i> is poorly directed by Dante Tomaselli who's characters are less than one-dimensional with no motives or the ability to speak dialogue that doesn't sound stilted or directly off the page. The story manages to jump around constantly with characters being dead in one scene, and back alive in the next, and no one has any right to be anywhere in this movie at any time. Zombies attack for no reason, there's a religious subplot involving Satanism or something, one member of the loonies hallucinates that he's frozen after eating mushrooms that does not come up again later. And it all culminates to them tripping on mushrooms in a mental institution...? Everything in this movie is a waste of time and film, and at 77 minutes that's over an hour of my life I can't have back.<i> Horror</i> is a horrible movie experience that should be absolutely avoided. Hack filmmaking on every level.<br />
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<b>3. Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)</b> <i>United States</i></div>
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The U.S. government, eager to protect the nation's avacado supplies, recruits feminist professor Margo Hunt to make contact with the Piranha Women, an all-female tribe who believe men are only good as a source of food. Boring, bland, and not with one ounce of comedy... While it attempts to provoke laughter the only thing it succeeds at is putting the audience to sleep. Yawn!<br />
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<b>2. Pizza Man (1991) </b><i>United States</i></div>
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This "pizza noir" comedy from the team that brought you <i>Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death </i>is another unfunny, nerve-gratting, comedy experience. Add to the boredom the horribly unfunny Bill Mahr narrating in his monotone way and you've got an extra-strength snooze inducer.<br />
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<b>1. Martians Go Home (1990) </b><i>United States</i></div>
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Stupid, profoundly annoying, and a waste of celluloid, <i>Martians Go Home</i> is one of the worst comedies ever produced. With a threadbare plot about an alien invasion brought on by a hack TV jingle musician played by Randy Quaid and terrible acting from all involved this comedy grates the viewer into multiple side-splitting headaches with a bunch of green-painted "comedians" who appear to be more so visible poltergeists than martians... If you see this movie at the local thrift shop, don't hesitate and just destroy it! Easily in my bottom five films of all time!<br />
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<b>10. Blank City</b> (2010) <i>United States</i> / <b>Hesher</b> (2010) <i>United States</i><br />
Celine Danheir did an amazing job depicting the downtown 1970s New York city art scene. Interviews with like minded DYI artists such as Amos Poe, Deborah Harry, Nick Zedd, Lydia Lunch, Richard Kern and John Waters. This doc was extremely inspiring with it's sludgy style, raw archival footage and refreshing take on important New York city no wave history.<br />
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman did not fail in this genuine comedy drama about a young boy dealing with the loss of his mother and an unlikely new friend. <i>Hesher</i> is hilarious in all of the right vulgar and distasteful ways.<br />
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<b>9. Marécages</b> (2011) <i>Canada</i><br />
Set in rural Quebec, <i>Marécages</i> tells the story of a poor farm family struggling to keep their farm from bankruptcy. When an unlikely tragedy occurs, the main character Marie falls into a downward spiral that is both depressing and fascinating to watch. It is definitely in my opinion, the most overlooked film of 2011.<br />
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<b>8. Cave of Forgotten Dreams</b> (2010) <i>France</i><br />
The genuine and talented director Werner Herzog brings together an incomprehensible documentary about the mysterious cave paintings that have been found in Southern France. These paintings have been preserved for over 20,000 years and are the earliest human paintings known to date. A beguiling and mysterious combination of philosophy, art and metaphor.<br />
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<b>7. Bill Cunningham New York</b> (2010) <i>United States</i><br />
A documentary showing a fascinating and charming New York-er obsessed with chronicling fashion; Bill Cunningham is a legend in the New York fashion community. The director Richard Press does a fantastic job in showing Bill's charm and ardent career as a fashion photographer.<br />
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<b>6. Septien</b> (2011) <i>United States</i><br />
Director Michael Tully (who also plays a bizarre and talented athlete in the film) gives an impressive mixture of comedy and originality in this Southern Gothic monument. Initially I was intrigued to see <i>Septien</i> because of Rachel Korine (wife of the talented director Harmony Korine) having a role in the film. I was extremely impressed with her performance as well as the rest of the cast.<br />
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<b>5. Attenberg</b> (2010) <i>Greece</i><br />
Greek director's such as <i>Attenberg</i> director Athena Rachel Tsangari and <i>Dogtooth</i> director Goirgos Lanthimos are really breaking into the art house cinema crowd these days. <i>Dogtooth</i> being one of my favourite films of 2010, I wasn't surprised to find Attenberg in my top five of 2011. <i>Attenberg</i> tells the story of Marina, a socially inexperienced young woman, who goes through life with a soundtrack consisting of no wave bands such as Suicide and an influence of Sir David Attenborough wildlife documentaries. Perfect.<br />
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<b>4. Into the Abyss</b> (2011) <i>Germany/United States</i><br />
Werner Herzog, being one of my favourite directors, comes through again on my list with the documentary Into the Abyss. This documentary tells the story of death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his killings. It asks the question of why human beings - both the criminals and the state - find the need to kill.<br />
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<b>3. The Hagstone Demon</b> (2011) <i>United States</i><br />
I had been waiting to see this film since I had heard it was being made in 2009. The film's leading role being filled in by Mark Borchardt was the reason. A totally inspirational character, Borchardt is the star of the documentary film <i>American Movie</i> and the director of the short film <i>Coven</i>. Both Borchardt's acting and the director's originality blew me away. Everything from a hairless cat eating raw fish heads, to a mysterious homeless woman and her toilet troubles, to a beautifully done Satanic mass - this film has all of these things and much more.<br />
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<b>2. Melancholia</b> (2011)<i> Denmark</i><br />
Lars von Trier, one of the most controversial directors to date, brings forth another painful and nostalgic film with <i>Melancholia</i>. Though much less graphic than his previous work <i>Antichrist</i>, the themes portrayed in <i>Melancholia</i> are just as disturbing yet much more subtle. Trier himself being challenged with clinical depression really brings this through in the film. Kirsten Dunst having the lead role as Justine, an extremely depressed character, seems to become calmer as the rogue planet melancholia comes closer to colliding with earth.<br />
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<b>1. The Skin I Live In</b> (2011) <i>Spain</i><br />
<i>The Skin I Live In</i> happens to be the most recent film that I've seen and also my number one of 2011. It completely restored by faith that Antonio Banderas is a good actor. Banderas plays a skillful yet damaged plastic surgeon that perfects a type of synthetic skin that can withstand burns. He creates this skin by using a mysterious woman as his test subject. The director Pedro Almodóvar does a brilliant job in initially confusing the viewer and then slowly seeping bits of intriguing information to keep viewers locked in. This is a film that I'll be daydreaming about for quite a while.<br />
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Onto the next part of my blog post which are my least favourite films of 2011.<br />
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<b>10. The Tree of Life</b> (2011) <i>United States</i><br />
I'm sure I'll get put down for including this one on my list but honestly I don't give a fuck. I was extremely disappointed with this film, especially being a Terrence Malick fan. His other films such as <i>Badlands</i> and <i>Days of Heaven</i> were brilliant. This films is one of the most over rated films of 2011. With its existential bullshit and foreseeable metaphors, I felt like taking a big greasy shit on the floor.<br />
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<b>9. The Trip</b> (2010) <i>UK</i><br />
This movie is about a pathetic couple of men who go touring across the country to review Britain's finest restaurants. Maybe it's just not my thing, but the humor was absolutely terrible. This is another film that most people did end up liking. The best describing word for this movie is dull.<br />
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<b>8. Stake Land</b> (2010) <i>United States</i><br />
<i>Stake Land</i> follows the story of a teenage boy who is suffering the effects of a world that has gone into shambles over a vampire epidemic. Him and a rebel vampire hunter embark on an adventure to escape into Canada which is the new Eden. I saw this film at this years Dark Bridges film festival and upon reading the summary didn't have very high hopes for it anyways. But it ended up being unbearable to sit through. Eye rolling lines such as this one - <span style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Things a boy shouldn't see.</span></span>" As well as an embarrassing performance of Leadbelly's <i>Where Did You Sleep Last Night? </i><br />
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<b>7. Iron Lady</b> (2011) <i>UK</i><br />
Meryl Streep won best performance by an actress at the Golden Globe awards for her role as Margret Thatcher in <i>Iron Lady</i>. Although the flashbacks that tell Thatcher's story are intriguing, I thought that this was an exploitative role in order to win awards. Even though I'm not a fan of Thatcher's politics, the feminist in me is proud of her for making way for women in an extremely male dominant house of commons. I thought that Thatcher's dementia was portrayed quite insensitively. <br />
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<b>6. Insidious</b> (2010) <i>United States</i><br />
I honestly don't know why I went to see this film in the first place. I ended up being embarrassed for myself that I was actually sitting here alone in a theater full of people watching this silly film. It's pretty much as tacky and foreseeable as most current blockbuster horror movies can get.<br />
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<b>5. In Time (2011)</b> <i>United States</i><br />
Watch <i>Logan's Run</i> instead.<br />
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<b>4. Horrible Bosses</b> (2011) <i>United States</i><br />
Blockbuster comedy is complete shit, mostly. <i>Horrible bosses</i> is about a group of dingbats who have shitty bosses so they decide to take revenge. Not only is this movie total bullshit but it's also totally sexist. Like, way more sexist than <i>The Taint</i> (which wasn't actually sexist at all by the way).<br />
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<b>3. Priest 3D</b> (2011) <i>United States</i><br />
Basically, there was nothing else new opening that week and I needed something to review. <i>Priest</i> is about a rebel priest who disobeys church authority so that he can go and hunt vampires. Bela Lugosi's dead.<br />
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<b>2. Cowboys & Aliens</b> (2011) <i>United States</i><br />
In the year 1873 a spaceship arrives in Arizona with aliens that plan to take over the earth. The aliens have decided to start with the wild west and a nit witted group of cowboys and Indians are ready to defend themselves. The idea, plot and acting were way too over the top for anyone to really care what happened. Boring action and totally nonsensical subplots.<br />
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<b>1. Dead Hooker in a Trunk</b> (2009) <i>Canada</i><br />
I was sort of excited to see this film - especially because it spun so much controversy (because of its title) along with the film <i>The Taint</i>. I could not have been more disappointed though. There was absolutely no artistic merit put into this film. Awful acting, cheesy everything, lame story line and poorly developed characters. Just a total piece of shit. <br />
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All written contents copyright 2012 Mallory MayReel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-46750945906832389472012-02-03T00:12:00.010-06:002012-02-07T15:27:54.945-06:00Tyler's Best and Worst Films of 2011<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s1600-h/tylerbanner_2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s320/tylerbanner_2.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">It's finally that time when we at Reel to Reel are releasing our Best and Worst of 2011 lists. It may seem a month late, but really a lot of the big hitters are released during the winter season just before they announce the majority of the award nominees at the beginning of the year. Because of this, we'd say it's pretty fair to catch up on a few of those films a month into 2012; the main reason being that we don't get a lot of these films here in Saskatoon cinemas, or even as online rentals, until January-ish. So we need time to catch up.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Now without wasting any more of your precious time, here are my </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Favourite Films of 2011.</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpDb7bufY-i7DspfYnk5EodQ5St6LeCYWCULKykwgtVX9pb9RGdBBi8qyg4i_XtM1l6A1qkDgDmPSMbQnyU-lL6WOlgA_iuvcwNqX9V6fMCKD30osAcJrSiX0LECVGHh4eg066EX_cIyA/s1600/monsieurlazhar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpDb7bufY-i7DspfYnk5EodQ5St6LeCYWCULKykwgtVX9pb9RGdBBi8qyg4i_XtM1l6A1qkDgDmPSMbQnyU-lL6WOlgA_iuvcwNqX9V6fMCKD30osAcJrSiX0LECVGHh4eg066EX_cIyA/s1600/monsieurlazhar.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">10. Monsieur Lazhar</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"> (2011) <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Canada</span></i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">A great performance from Mohamed Fellag grounds <i>Monsieur Lazhar</i> with an emotional complexity that resonates all the way through the film's core - the simple story of how we all need reassurance in a time of loss.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPTPg_2wPIZgBJUAKUtD4aAgjRUArwTcpC3ytcaoLPmlP6uf3hEtWB-77cLw_-zhQ0VaGDl30PVdM2PEpjsq_RsAWR93P74Zaxm9Ntc3ELXlYcwvYkgKcskgo-uNA2cee1Ac89qdzR1M6/s1600/hesher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPTPg_2wPIZgBJUAKUtD4aAgjRUArwTcpC3ytcaoLPmlP6uf3hEtWB-77cLw_-zhQ0VaGDl30PVdM2PEpjsq_RsAWR93P74Zaxm9Ntc3ELXlYcwvYkgKcskgo-uNA2cee1Ac89qdzR1M6/s1600/hesher.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">9. Hesher (2010) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United States</i></span></span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Joseph Gorden-Levitt plays the title character <i>Hesher</i>, a squatter who shows up out of nowhere and moves in with T.J., a youth morning the death of his mother. Honest, heartbreaking, hilarious, and with no filter between the words of wisdom and words of filth, <i>Hesher</i> is the heavy-metal Mary Poppins*.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyRimc40BrDu9wEJS-NU09QoZtgzee7Z5tGlJYCZ6RjPRpECmOZkWQtxmDSO7N0PMpe6ul-shFEaiqZvqdiqxhRHDmHVPI_NzeEknkp_fJVivWnrw12HiAPYPBz3RGlqmXP3QoX0hB_xA/s1600/attenberg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyRimc40BrDu9wEJS-NU09QoZtgzee7Z5tGlJYCZ6RjPRpECmOZkWQtxmDSO7N0PMpe6ul-shFEaiqZvqdiqxhRHDmHVPI_NzeEknkp_fJVivWnrw12HiAPYPBz3RGlqmXP3QoX0hB_xA/s1600/attenberg.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">8. Attenberg (2010) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Greece</i></span></span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Modern Greece, a industrialized world where Marina rejects relationships but strives to loosen up through her friend. Athina Rachel Tsangari choreographs a subtle, haunting, quirky, and poetic story of being disconnected with one's self and the world, and trying to find a way to open up to it all.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwkqdNDHIXIBBUMYGkquEAUcCeS1Gwj8LhnCEop01H_Tfsaotg7XVGdDbpNctWeJ0gjPX9vNJ2CPr7MNUVHMQONBzs2smXrtPh2DhRZ4ZJ2ywWVA1AwuU0EfymPa8hyphenhyphen-c_Pu4Mr6Fgcsh/s1600/melancholia3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIwkqdNDHIXIBBUMYGkquEAUcCeS1Gwj8LhnCEop01H_Tfsaotg7XVGdDbpNctWeJ0gjPX9vNJ2CPr7MNUVHMQONBzs2smXrtPh2DhRZ4ZJ2ywWVA1AwuU0EfymPa8hyphenhyphen-c_Pu4Mr6Fgcsh/s1600/melancholia3.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">7. Melancholia (2011) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Denmark</i></span></span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Lars von Trier brings us a film about the pending death of humankind along with the obliteration of Earth via an approaching planet on a collision course. Weaving the effects of a failed marriage, family, and emptiness creates a staggering, sad yet beautiful, and absorbing experience. Kirsten Dunst is amazing in her performance as Justine, the bride not to be.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQvMY-1CCFEN8eNw4r_4hICFBGo_ERGmPN6muWpHuRSXSk3Ta2syFomlovjFiJCSS8cvmKSaniJIu1izdnT_Cm0I8jTCdgcP_0fy0h0kpuquhfifTt5x_LYihG5Mea0qkyyN2n0-6EJGZ/s1600/attacktheblock24067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQvMY-1CCFEN8eNw4r_4hICFBGo_ERGmPN6muWpHuRSXSk3Ta2syFomlovjFiJCSS8cvmKSaniJIu1izdnT_Cm0I8jTCdgcP_0fy0h0kpuquhfifTt5x_LYihG5Mea0qkyyN2n0-6EJGZ/s1600/attacktheblock24067.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">5. Attack the Block (2011) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United Kingdom</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i>Attack the Block</i> emanates a youthful energy that flows throughout the entire film from beginning to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">end. It's fast paced, exciting, scary when it needs to be, and smartly written. Combining non-stop action, witty dialogue, and characters you actually end up caring about - especially when you don't even like them at the start of the film, it's this current generation's version of the <i>Monster Squad</i>. A pure blast from start to finish.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RVi-3HqmM_rlZunwckB_21fuVY9zC2exgf4l-LKyMxEgcbPkaSzAAwTZ98n8maWg9G_8ZfSyCf6DltLUQ8PKR7gwe11H9kw4Z0SkwHZbnIhVOXDiQv2cy9EayZC5K8Iw3J2aSRImZ7g9/s1600/sennadoc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4RVi-3HqmM_rlZunwckB_21fuVY9zC2exgf4l-LKyMxEgcbPkaSzAAwTZ98n8maWg9G_8ZfSyCf6DltLUQ8PKR7gwe11H9kw4Z0SkwHZbnIhVOXDiQv2cy9EayZC5K8Iw3J2aSRImZ7g9/s1600/sennadoc.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">4. Senna (2010) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United Kingdom</i></span></span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">The life story of Aryton Senna, ranked as one of the greatest Formula One racers in history and the last fatality of the sport. Told entirely through archival footage, Asif Kapadia mesmerizing documentary lets Senna's life, world views, and humanity completely absorb the audience. It's exhilarating!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATiPC-6mZgcwOjp6-z4u51INriPYdCPngN2iLdo1OgBDOkvCGjEqU6t08PORViYJEHvyJDCbt1j168jdI9WjeWamAUya1I9dxT00oPHhBuVf0ul3qL4jWrHXdh_UYMzpptxGApO_GnCJD/s1600/wetlands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATiPC-6mZgcwOjp6-z4u51INriPYdCPngN2iLdo1OgBDOkvCGjEqU6t08PORViYJEHvyJDCbt1j168jdI9WjeWamAUya1I9dxT00oPHhBuVf0ul3qL4jWrHXdh_UYMzpptxGApO_GnCJD/s1600/wetlands.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">3. Marécages (Wetlands) (2011) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Canada</i></span></span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">An extremely powerful feature debut from Guy Édoin. <i>Marécages</i> truthfully handles the splitting up of a family after the loss of a father and husband tumults the family farm onto the edge of bankruptcy. Love, loss, and grief entangle through great performances from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Pascale Bussi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">ères and Gabriel Maillé.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMWf4yMOYuvaqiFM5t7ymfk3fNTf1BsiOU3aXySv3tRRsVcEHwz1h7R1CbCkJ8Jt8BqZSLdwMWi6Ztnf9qM4ZZcbG3tyzpknTn_iVIOHYX3IvWrnPlbej2Q4aL8Oeaig9vr6pJqRrzxrz/s1600/beautyday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMWf4yMOYuvaqiFM5t7ymfk3fNTf1BsiOU3aXySv3tRRsVcEHwz1h7R1CbCkJ8Jt8BqZSLdwMWi6Ztnf9qM4ZZcbG3tyzpknTn_iVIOHYX3IvWrnPlbej2Q4aL8Oeaig9vr6pJqRrzxrz/s1600/beautyday.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>2. Beauty Day (2011) </b><i>Canada</i></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Jay Cheel crafts a documentary that is as compelling and human as it is insane and gut-bustingly hilarious. <i>Beauty Day</i> is a gem that shows us that Cap'n Video is not just an alter-ego of Ralph Zavadil, but that they are one and the same. You'll be smiling throughout the entire film both manically shocked and gloriously entertained. <i>Beauty Day</i> is pure joy. Pure cinematic joy.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPf9uZYBNkX3rabVFSxGLouQOCaEp4RVDP-K_Tv7QUOKN_8Fj3ZB5Bm-VbPF79yn_XkrLSqxOcwQrWuuLuzWV_j2uFhTP26eYaOGKZgR-Wu2GI6-w1VnDK_k5B6PwNrjvVqY4JhfKpt-G/s1600/theskinilivein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPf9uZYBNkX3rabVFSxGLouQOCaEp4RVDP-K_Tv7QUOKN_8Fj3ZB5Bm-VbPF79yn_XkrLSqxOcwQrWuuLuzWV_j2uFhTP26eYaOGKZgR-Wu2GI6-w1VnDK_k5B6PwNrjvVqY4JhfKpt-G/s1600/theskinilivein.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>1. The Skin I Live In (2011) <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Spain</span></i></b></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Pedro Almodóvar meticulously crafts this thriller with the precision of a surgeon. Every plot point, every little twist, every nuance perfectly affects and effects the story and has the audience entranced in its spell. Bold, suspenseful, sexy, and above all absolutely brilliant, <i>The Skin I Live In</i> is a masterpiece.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Honorable mentions:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i> Drive (2011), Hanna (2011), Hobo with a Shotgun (2011), Project: Nim (2011), Rubber (2010), </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i>Midnight in Paris (2011), Hugo (2011), Snowtown</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i> (2011), Circo (2010), Red White and Blue</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i> (2010), The Tree of Life (2011)</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i></i></span>And now let's tear into the absolute <b>Worst Films of 2011. </b>Because let's face it, 2011 had an abundance of shitty films. Especially coming out of Hollywood. Just look at this years Oscar nominees... yeesh.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2nefAhKVRPSt57BOwrvda0NG14s9kYs8WgGizO7zTHfFniyvkXTB5AesGJKw6rvENjAFTYnTFXOl1cWxZJUM1yPDsGROgPRUKd73FfcIYOPOeATBFbSgR-0ZLNvihIUeRCKG8uC2cvRl/s1600/woman+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2nefAhKVRPSt57BOwrvda0NG14s9kYs8WgGizO7zTHfFniyvkXTB5AesGJKw6rvENjAFTYnTFXOl1cWxZJUM1yPDsGROgPRUKd73FfcIYOPOeATBFbSgR-0ZLNvihIUeRCKG8uC2cvRl/s1600/woman+copy.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">10. </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">The Woman</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"> (2011) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United States </i></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">/ Bridesmaids (2011) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United States</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Lucky McKee makes some giant mistakes in this paint-by-the-numbers captive film based off Jack Ketchum's book - where the author even steals the basic set up from his previous novel <i>The Girl Next Door</i>. Bland, uninteresting, and over-hyped. And what a horrible bubble-gum punk soundtrack. / <i>Bridesmaids</i> is neither funny nor groundbreaking. Kristen Wiig and co reuse the horribly overused Judd Apatow tricks and what we're left with is overly long gross-out comedy that doesn't work. Oh, and a cliched love story of course. Pass.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zkXiEs-F2skJTlvOxxCUNrZkBffc9OKjSdjpdZf985qtLv8tWWL1rkd5jKleqcSTlCg-IAphDzWIwfPY-L4fAWiF5w-BxjAf6RFMioa91WuKfua4JCthmrzG6AE4u8SNMLFe-v3ce_9f/s1600/deadhookerpowerdrills.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-zkXiEs-F2skJTlvOxxCUNrZkBffc9OKjSdjpdZf985qtLv8tWWL1rkd5jKleqcSTlCg-IAphDzWIwfPY-L4fAWiF5w-BxjAf6RFMioa91WuKfua4JCthmrzG6AE4u8SNMLFe-v3ce_9f/s1600/deadhookerpowerdrills.png" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">9. Dead Hooker in a Trunk</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"> (2010) <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Canada</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">An over-hyped indie film that seems to mysteriously be getting praise all over the place. How so? It's amateurish, poorly acted, and filled with cheap dialogue. I really hope the Soska Sisters next effort <i>American Mary</i> is a step up, because this first feature really shows a lot of first time mistakes.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRSqjgpxpDkOgANUetF-LVCryk81JI3pMO-Z0z7qjbsFw8EKwMP_IxdnRhOnVhUgW5I4GP8RBv-jV1rN3s4ctxtRueX2oYTPJdQ7ud1quDw1vWJEk1tAiX8bxPUiFQAD-dHTYrpaysqSp/s1600/towerheist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRSqjgpxpDkOgANUetF-LVCryk81JI3pMO-Z0z7qjbsFw8EKwMP_IxdnRhOnVhUgW5I4GP8RBv-jV1rN3s4ctxtRueX2oYTPJdQ7ud1quDw1vWJEk1tAiX8bxPUiFQAD-dHTYrpaysqSp/s1600/towerheist.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">8. Tower Heist (2011) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United States</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Brett Ratner takes a ridiculous concept and makes it even more far fetched and unrealistic than it needs to be, complete with all the unfunny one-liners and racial stereotypes from the likes of washed up Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Ben Stiller, and co. Ouch!</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZu0rBRp1XVbZo8JYsKVxjz0Rwc5v4iayyHTOssyIR0tlQRCO6bAl4wXLr2H8Gy5YhXTis0jCR_HHYz2gz5Z2p_B-zDj0sE55O3bcZEmnXkVvJPdfbUcRJesu4MTPI-r-Cpc_3fcqFgiw2/s1600/thor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZu0rBRp1XVbZo8JYsKVxjz0Rwc5v4iayyHTOssyIR0tlQRCO6bAl4wXLr2H8Gy5YhXTis0jCR_HHYz2gz5Z2p_B-zDj0sE55O3bcZEmnXkVvJPdfbUcRJesu4MTPI-r-Cpc_3fcqFgiw2/s1600/thor.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">7. Thor (2011) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United States</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Boring action set-pieces along with an uninteresting super hero back story and a running time well over two hours make this less of a super hero action adventure and more of a ploy for marketing the upcoming <i>Avengers</i> movie. <i>Thor?</i> More like Bhor.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDz1HFhvJXU56xl48GWJ6XHKhKnjeenD1Ugxaeq9OxRHh7ZmXOmRIyrPkLBukxZwv3DqzjUqAEsyWbHujNM7VZy0MIyR1XxFn1lxw-W1XOnSsBQpPpndRJE-GJUG7_0VXm2rzJ2mEATQrC/s1600/twilight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDz1HFhvJXU56xl48GWJ6XHKhKnjeenD1Ugxaeq9OxRHh7ZmXOmRIyrPkLBukxZwv3DqzjUqAEsyWbHujNM7VZy0MIyR1XxFn1lxw-W1XOnSsBQpPpndRJE-GJUG7_0VXm2rzJ2mEATQrC/s1600/twilight.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United States</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Kirsten Stewart and Robert Pattinson once again prove that method acting as if your face has been filled with Botox to show emotion is not a good example for displaying a relationship and love story on the big screen. The falseness and unrealistic approach to the reality and consequences of relationships is too far skewed at this point that I feel sorry for the many young people whom think this to be what "love" is about...</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt5typuKDLp5PRs12RnIOL3_lKjhKVqGaiTlWJH8O0xeKWL1UrMWDy37O0wY6GMQlWUWZmDNCJsFtJg6wwgYDjDbBW5gVpRiM3WlEf8JAuTWj9fakuW9Xbp27tq4nesPtANi1S51WYLLv/s1600/sherlock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt5typuKDLp5PRs12RnIOL3_lKjhKVqGaiTlWJH8O0xeKWL1UrMWDy37O0wY6GMQlWUWZmDNCJsFtJg6wwgYDjDbBW5gVpRiM3WlEf8JAuTWj9fakuW9Xbp27tq4nesPtANi1S51WYLLv/s1600/sherlock.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">5.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadow (2011) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United States</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">A convoluted mess of an adventure film, Robert Downey, Jr. once again slurs his way through solving riddles two steps ahead of the audience. How infuriating it is to not be a part of the mystery, but to have it all explained for you in slow-motion mere moments after you've just "seen it" in an indecipherable blaze of quick-cuts and explosions. Headache inducing filmmaking.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5J6ZrZR75A96Q7Zl5LDidIPbYN622cG7kWZFdrKIuPJNiNbiGQYSMA7dmzEJsrd4Xqo88Sm6N7YmYglkyiumTchPxuPBOx3MKIGTXzfBnlc3gg10m2RMxa2rTZVXNa2p9p05XVJgsk7m/s1600/detectivedee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5J6ZrZR75A96Q7Zl5LDidIPbYN622cG7kWZFdrKIuPJNiNbiGQYSMA7dmzEJsrd4Xqo88Sm6N7YmYglkyiumTchPxuPBOx3MKIGTXzfBnlc3gg10m2RMxa2rTZVXNa2p9p05XVJgsk7m/s1600/detectivedee.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">4. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i> China</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">A giant convoluted mess of an adventure film. Tsui Hark puts his focus on maintaining the fantastical action rather than focusing on properly explaining the mystery. Filled with more junk than it can handle, <i>Detective Dee</i> loses its audience in it's own labyrinth and ignores explaining the proper clues to get out.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zi6pSOJ3d0UDb6CUaefoCcH4Rs6uIgs_Pt59sKzu86NwEvZ_ZOEn-6uxcIC4dNij42fFnypgVc8ZYFJynXibN4SPWkfiyM3uP5QB-dzsOezRVkl0xPgZ17i1BuImOU1DAu_ODGbivzJ-/s1600/riseoftheplanetoftheaperv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zi6pSOJ3d0UDb6CUaefoCcH4Rs6uIgs_Pt59sKzu86NwEvZ_ZOEn-6uxcIC4dNij42fFnypgVc8ZYFJynXibN4SPWkfiyM3uP5QB-dzsOezRVkl0xPgZ17i1BuImOU1DAu_ODGbivzJ-/s1600/riseoftheplanetoftheaperv.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">3. </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United States</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Completely ignoring the themes and ideas that made the original <i>Planet of the Apes</i> series groundbreaking, <i>Rise</i> resorts to cheap homage that offends instead. Clearly being driven to the big action climax with no heart or thought it all accumulates to nothing more than one-dimensional popcorn fodder.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdf30oYYyAw5Gq8VlThpk9DG5X_V9bj11T-70JWSukQNa95a6ibsakSn89PNP-iAE3WFvea9BN5aKv31UmwylRihG2flJhrgNQKJxEmFpUkl6fUSQ2_rAs8fHeZ7f04FEzbJPA13HizOn/s1600/thehumancentipede2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdf30oYYyAw5Gq8VlThpk9DG5X_V9bj11T-70JWSukQNa95a6ibsakSn89PNP-iAE3WFvea9BN5aKv31UmwylRihG2flJhrgNQKJxEmFpUkl6fUSQ2_rAs8fHeZ7f04FEzbJPA13HizOn/s1600/thehumancentipede2.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">2. The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United Kingdom</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Shit. Literally. Not only does it run at least 45 minutes longer than it needs to be, it goes past the point of shock and just makes you wish you could have that time back in your life. Not because it was "too gross" but because it was simply that boring, pointless, repetitive, and unneeded. Strongly avoid, even if your curiosity has the upper hand.</span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunf_07k2BU864fVlE4SpniNsWhJKuboylWP1JVHJ_PfzNuS3llaEutrkcxWxbCvaiN800kM12Ozir8l-hAFiPDpALOXak5Xq-H1DttUmfurwl_3jILcHBcyE7EYy2DXT8O-CtCVhYOp6m/s1600/jackandjillm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunf_07k2BU864fVlE4SpniNsWhJKuboylWP1JVHJ_PfzNuS3llaEutrkcxWxbCvaiN800kM12Ozir8l-hAFiPDpALOXak5Xq-H1DttUmfurwl_3jILcHBcyE7EYy2DXT8O-CtCVhYOp6m/s1600/jackandjillm.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">1. Jack and Jill (2011) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i>United States</i></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">Somehow this abortion of filmmaking got the green light... An absolutely loathsome, extremely offensive, and juvenilely unfunny abomination of a movie. Adam Sandler is doubly irritating in this 91 minute cornucopia of product placement, advertisement, and sheer lack of craft (and soul) from all of the cast and crew. <i>Jack and Jill </i>actually stole some of my being by watching it, and I can never ever get that part of me back. There is no repair from seeing this steaming pile of shit. Al Pacino, I cannot forgive you. The worst film I have <i>ever</i> seen. Fuck you, Dennis Dugan and company.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">There you have it. <b>The Best and Worst of 2011 </b>according to my film going experiences over the past year. Let's hope 2012 has the same, if not better, caliber in it's independent film selection. But let's really cross our fingers and hope that the mainstream smartens up and puts story over profitability.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">...Like that's ever going to happen though. Well, see you at the movies in 2012!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">*Heavy-metal Mary Poppins referenced via fellow R2R host Skot via Mark Kermode.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;">All written contents copyright 2012 Tyler Baptist</span></div></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-1036488055388152742012-01-02T16:25:00.008-06:002012-02-03T00:13:06.287-06:00Tyler's 2011 Top 10 First Time Older Viewings!<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s1600-h/tylerbanner_2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s320/tylerbanner_2.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2011 is now over and we're well on our way into 2012. Usually one releases a <i>Best of 2011</i> list at the end of the year for their favourite new films they've discovered over the course of those 365 days. However I am going to be holding out a bit on that - the reason being that there are still a bunch of films I have yet to see that have been on my watch list. I won't have the opportunity to see them all but a few of those are coming to cinemas, VOD, or home video during the month of January so I'm saving my list until the end of January to see if a few of those make it to the <i>Best of </i>list or maybe the <i>Worst of</i> list.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In the meantime I'm going to entertain you with a different <i>Best of</i> list, something that I've seen populate a lot of critics' and reviewers' lists this year, so I'm joining in on the fun since I do also see a LOT of older films for the first time every year. Here are my <b>2011 Top 10 First Time Older Viewings!</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b></b><a href="http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9339/812fellini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9339/812fellini.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10. 8</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">½ (1963)</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Frederico Fellini's masterpiece weaves a tale that mirrors reality and the filmmaking process. A trip through a creative road block of obsessions, loves, and memories that is both complex and in itself vastly creative.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><a href="http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3962/down20terrace20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/3962/down20terrace20b.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">9. Down Terrace (2009)</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of the darkest black comedies to come along in a long time. Ben Wheatly's English mob family story (and first feature) is pitch-perfect and as brutal as it is hilarious.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><a href="http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/129/largelastyearatmarienba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/129/largelastyearatmarienba.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">8. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">French New Wave film combined with the nightmare-dream nature of a David Lynch film, pre-David Lynch. Alain Renais' visual brilliance and dream-like narrative is mesmerizing and hauntingly beautiful.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><a href="http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1504/nightoffear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1504/nightoffear.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7. Night of Fear (1972)</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Clocking it at only 54 minutes and featuring no dialogue whatsoever, <i>Night of Fear</i> is an Australian rarity that was initially banned and lost until 2005. Expertly paced suspense with a rather unusual cinematic storytelling experience, I immediately watched this a second time after my first viewing as my jaw had hit the floor.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dHTmc4mPirk/TwIvYSFBFcI/AAAAAAAAALA/mpICpzPlrtA/s1600/wickedwicked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dHTmc4mPirk/TwIvYSFBFcI/AAAAAAAAALA/mpICpzPlrtA/s1600/wickedwicked.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. Wicked, Wicked (1973)</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The only film shot and exhibited in Anamorphic Duo-Vision, this split-screen film does not utilize split-screen in the sense everyone is used to seeing on the big screen. Let's just say 3D is still a gimmick, Duo-Vision was not. As the tagline says "See the hunter, see the hunted - at the same time!" A grandiose and campy MGM thriller that really needs to be officially released!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><a href="http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9021/screenshot20120102at407.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9021/screenshot20120102at407.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. Violence and Flesh (1981)</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A Brazilian Pornochanchada film (Brazil's term for sexploitation) that takes the <i>Last House on the Left-</i>esque structure and completely shatters what you'd expect from the characters and situations. If you're a connoisseur of sleaze it's not to be missed.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><a href="http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2433/effects19802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2433/effects19802.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. Effects (1979)</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From the Pittsburgh filmmakers and actors whom all worked with and around George Romero comes a sinister and effective horror film where a film crew making a slasher film get killed off one by one when fiction becomes reality. Brilliantly twisted, acted, and executed. Another lost gem unavailable until the DVD release a couple of years ago.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><a href="http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5167/screenshot20120102at410.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5167/screenshot20120102at410.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. Science Crazed (1989)</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This extremely rare Canadian oddity cannot be described in any number of words. A fever dream - no scratch that - a fever nightmare that no combination of hard drugs would ever be able to emulate. An experience that is not a film in any sense which will forever be etched into the darkest recesses of your memory after viewing. Not even after death will you be able to shake <i>Science Crazed</i>.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><a href="http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/4891/screenshot20120102at413.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/4891/screenshot20120102at413.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>2. Gone With the Pope (1976/2009)</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The lost Duke Mitchell film completed by Bob Murawski and Sage Stallone of Grindhouse Releasing over the last 15 or so years is a cinematic experience that you cannot afford to miss! Apparently <i>NEVER</i> being released on any home video or viewing format, this story of a group of Italians who decide to kidnap the Pope and charge every Catholic in the world for the ransom is hilarious, important, and features one of the most out of left field endings ever. Run, don't walk, to <i>Gone With the Pope!</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><a href="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/9297/madfoxes09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/9297/madfoxes09.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>1. Mad Foxes (1981)</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Revengesplioitaion has never been weirder, crazier, or sleazier than in <i>Mad Foxes</i> (somehow released on VHS as <i>Mad Foxes: Stingray 2</i> when it is not a sequel to anything...) where a man avenges the murder of his family after a group of Nazi bikers murder his family. One of the most insane pieces of celluloid carnage you will EVER witness! Shocking, completely over the top, and immediately re-watchable.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All written contents copyright 2012 Tyler Baptist</span></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-17372738966226980372011-12-05T17:18:00.003-06:002011-12-05T22:40:40.666-06:00a very snowy Werner: episode one ....Bruno goes to America and gets eaten by albino crocodiles (aka my review of Stroszek)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcMrNsa0_x9YCQ0RNoWxPTQ9-rdi4_JV5feuOJegb2KJpnK5jvHDu8hOYG0dld_nJMKyzAyS41b1Tb5rL0CWrStVRZYOOHLiRN7ozblAg8Q9IX6BjL4VnskSDHXv4bjpjKKpT640e9bpi/s1600/stroszek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcMrNsa0_x9YCQ0RNoWxPTQ9-rdi4_JV5feuOJegb2KJpnK5jvHDu8hOYG0dld_nJMKyzAyS41b1Tb5rL0CWrStVRZYOOHLiRN7ozblAg8Q9IX6BjL4VnskSDHXv4bjpjKKpT640e9bpi/s320/stroszek.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bruno S. goes to America and America gives Bruno S. a shit sandwich. It seems America has been doling out a lot shit sandwiches lately. Only this sandwich uses German Rye as opposed to Wonderbread and its aged, like a delicious 1977 vintage Gouda. This is Werner Herzog’s Stroszek, the film concocted in four days for Bruno Schleinstein (a.k.a Bruno S.), because Werner gave his role in Woyzeck away to Klaus Kinski. But the kicker, Bruno had already taken holiday from his fork lift warehouse gig. So Herzog, just doing what any normal human mad genius does, pulled out his hat in less time than it took me to write this review, a melancholic yet charming almost road film-fable that so effortlessly, but not simplistically, examines the illusion of the American Dream.<br />
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Bruno S. is a sad sack of man, an artist and musician of the naive strain, who upon release from prison and post a number disparagingly depressing episodes in Berlin sets is his sights on televisions, trailers and a 9 to 5 job in midwest America. In the fashion of doomed, yet endearing protagonists, he finds for himself almost equally as hapless travel companions. One is Bruno’s sweetheart, a very un-street wise recovering lady of a night and the other is his bird companion’s caretaker; an elderly wisp of a man who appears closer to the end of life’s journey, than one who is about to embark on one. <br />
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Sure, it sounds like a slit your wrists kind of film, and maybe for some it will be, but you’ll be laughing while your cutting. Herzog, intentionally or unintentionally, I’m never sure which, somehow always manages to make me laugh. Did you see Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)? Come on, albino crocodiles!? Crocodiles that can open doors!? </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maybe Bruno S. is Stroszek’s albino crocodile, or maybe the chickens are the crocodiles? Regardless, Herzog takes a dead stare look at the golden ticket, and like many Americans have been finding out, reveals that its usually just tin foil with a bad paint job. Stroszek shows us why Herzog was one of the stars of the New German Cinema movement, with a shot of a single captive dancing chicken, he chips away and reveals the deceit of the American dream. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
*Spoiler Alert*</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">By the way the film isn’t about sandwiches and Willy Wonka doesn’t make an appearance.</span></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This is my first of a few (by few I mean like maybe 3 more, I don't want be too ambitious, its just not my style) Werner Herzog related film posts over the winter. I'm calling it "A very snowy Werner". Yeah its a totally cheesy title, but I'm writing about a filmmaker who ends films with albino crocodiles.</i></span></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-31518893648018964682011-10-14T21:17:00.000-06:002011-10-14T21:17:30.727-06:00Reel to Reel Radio Episode 106<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckHQnEhYylw4eRpo6f36YjxmKU_eKnm2hcbXlcLHL9jNJFz0CpGKfIRNuvc1jaezpxWAZXYy9PhECQVg3kzI21Sb0ZYzQHT6lXNrHRJwZIgaX7Fy910mbxuQzFzMY8r32LCkJCbCmWXHj/s1600/r2r.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckHQnEhYylw4eRpo6f36YjxmKU_eKnm2hcbXlcLHL9jNJFz0CpGKfIRNuvc1jaezpxWAZXYy9PhECQVg3kzI21Sb0ZYzQHT6lXNrHRJwZIgaX7Fy910mbxuQzFzMY8r32LCkJCbCmWXHj/s1600/r2r.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>Episode 106</b> of Reel to Reel Radio. Originally aired live on October 14th, 2011 on CFCR 90.5 FM. Visit <a href="http://www.cfcr.ca/">www.cfcr.ca</a> for more info.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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Writer: Josh MacDonald<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Independent cinema has always been known for taking risks and giving audiences the chance to see something that will make them think or challenge their ideals. And a lot of first time filmmakers dare to push these boundaries so they can make their mark, and they do so because this is a need to be able to survive in a big-budget world and a world dictated by mass consumption and technology. Are we really all that more connected because we now have access to everything at our finger tips? Do we really understand and know the feelings or thoughts of the people we surround ourselves with? These are the questions <i>The Corridor</i> dares to ask.<br />
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Five friends take a weekend excursion to a secluded cabin as a tribute and wake to the deceased mother of one of them. A year ago, an event occurred which changed all of them and left suspicions hanging and one of them seemingly insane. Now with the help of therapy and medication, Tyler (Stephen Chambers) plans to mend these wounds and ensure his friends he is better and that he was not involved in the death of his mother. But when the group discovers something impossible out in the woods, what they come to collectively call <i>The Corridor</i>, this spectral hallway will lead them all into each others' minds and ultimately lead to truths that will shatter bonds and destroy lives.<br />
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<i>The Corridor</i> is a tense, disturbing, and intrinsically crafted excursion into the fragility of the psyche. Writer Josh MacDonald masterly weaves a high-concept idea that asks questions and is open to interpretation while balancing and then manipulating the truths and friendships of the characters who inhabit the story. Each character is well played by the cast who all do a tremendous and deeply emotional job and focuses the audience into caring for these people for the first half of the film, so by the time <i>The Corridor</i> begins to open and corrupt each one's intentions we feel for them as they all go at each other in the most sadistic of ways. Watching the silences break is almost as disturbing as the effects of <i>The Corridor</i> as they cannot handle knowing everything about each other.<i></i><br />
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Evan Kelly and cinematographer Christopher Ball keep the majority of the film confined to one room in the cabin and this claustrophobic imprisonment truly represents the atmosphere and tone the film sets. Could we really grasp knowing everything without going insane and are we over-stimulating ourselves to negative effect? This is the central question <i>The Corridor</i> asks, and also leaves up to the viewer to comprehend. The film does falter a bit near the end, but even still, when a film has continued to leave you thinking about its ideas, its tone, its intentions, its characters, and it's terror long after the credits have rolled, that is a successful mark for the dedication of the filmmakers and actors to transport the viewer into a story, and for this <i>The Corridor</i> is a great independent horror thriller worth seeking out.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The world may not have ended after Y2K like some believed it would, however some long practiced aspects of cinematic magic did. The art of practical effects began to die out and long gone are the days of the man in a rubber suit, or really any monsters be them small or giant on screen being done in this fashion. Everything is being replaced or replicated digitally and actors are instead reacting to tennis balls on sticks. Kenneth Cran is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker who grew up on the works and talents of Rick Baker, Rob Bottin, and the magic of the giant monster films that came out of Japan. With this love he decided to make his own giant monster movie in this day and age complete with a man in a suit, miniatures, and absolutely no CGI whatsoever.<br />
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December 31st, 1999. The Haskin family escapes into the mountainside to get away from the city and technology in case the world does delve into pure chaos Y2K may bring about. They set up camp and prepare to celebrate the New Year regardless of the outcome but will soon have more to fear as they are attacked and kidnapped by an incestuous hillbilly clan that has been living in a nearby ghost town. But on this very night even more danger lurks as this night marks the arrival of <i>The Millennium Bug</i>, a giant 300 foot tall creature that gestates for 1000 years before being birthed onto the earth to lay its offspring before the dawn. And it's hungry.<br />
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<i>The Millennium Bug</i>, as described by its own director, is a cross between <i>Godzilla</i> and <i>The Hills Have Eyes. </i>Pitting a family in peril against two separate foes is a wise move to make an entertaining lower-budget horror film that can appeal to more than just the straight horror crowd. Aside from a few mountainside shots, the entire film was shot in a rented industrial garage where the filmmakers had to be creative since the film takes place in a forest, a hillbilly home, a jail, and a ghost town. Not to mention there's a giant bug with <i>Godzilla</i>-esque spikes rampaging about. Kenneth Cran and company successfully combine the use of miniatures, the man-in-a-suit monster, and some well worked compositing to get this all blended together. Considering their work space confinement this is really an impressive accomplishment.<br />
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The cast all work well in their roles with the hillbillies all cranked up way past campy. This isn't the most serious film, so if it was this would probably deter from one's enjoyment but here it's not out of place and good for comic enjoyment. The gore effects, again all practically done, are inventive and disgusting and will satisfy those who are looking for a bit of splatter. In an age where CGI has replaced the magic in filmmaking, <i>The Millennium Bug</i> is a welcome homage to the good old days of movie magic and an entertaining, and often hilarious, giant monster movie.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A group of young thugs led by Moses (John Boyega) are out prowling their block during Guy Fawkes Night. They come across a lone woman (Jodie Whittaker) walking home and proceed to mug her when what was definitely not a firework comes crashing down and obliterates the car next to them. The woman escapes during the confusion but the street thugs investigate the vehicle and discover an alien creature which they then kill and take up to the local drug dealer's top-floor apartment for safe keeping, hoping to make a couple of bucks of the discovery. But when more extraterrestrial things fall out of the sky under the cover of the fireworks, it's inner city versus outer space as the kids decide to take on the invasion to save their home and retain their street cred.<br />
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<i>Attack the Block </i>emanates a youthful energy that flows throughout the entire film from beginning to end. It's fast paced, exciting, scary when it needs to be, and smartly written combining non-stop action, witty dialogue, and characters you actually end up caring about. Joe Cornish proves a considerable emerging talent by successfully breaking taboos and stereotypes and setting up a film with characters that you wouldn't normally find yourself rooting for. The kids aren't friendly to outsiders, they stick to their guns, but their drive to survive and save each other in times of danger engages the audience. There's an honesty here that normally you don't see in these types of films and that sets the bar real high right off the start and thankfully Cornish doesn't let the film lose this energy.<br />
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The film puts these kids in danger, and the danger is palpable and real and not glossed over. Some of them get hurt, some of them get killed, this is not safe material and a ballsy move a lot of films shy away from, exaggerate, or ignore, but <i>Attack the Block</i> successfully pulls this off. The aliens themselves are very ferocious creatures, like small pure black grizzly bears with row upon row of neon blue fangs, who through both practical effects and seamless CGI take on a life of their own and are truly one of the most inventive and believable alien creatures we've seen in cinema in a long time.<br />
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The thing that sets <i>Attack the Block</i> apart from other alien attack fare is its sharp writing and direction. Dialogue is fast, funny, vulgar, and realistic and the kids sound like real kids. It is not censored or watered down, this is how these kids would talk, and each of these characters is unique and comes out. The young cast are all spot on and great to watch. The action, while fast and frenetic, is also expertly crafted and you can tell exactly what is going on. Suspense is actually sustained, humour is weaved into to all the right bits, and the story is as engaging as it is entertaining. Very rare is a "kids versus creatures" film what it should be and <i>Attack the Block</i> is easily this generation's <i>Monster Squad</i> and one of the best of it's kind. It's is a pure blast from start to finish. </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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Writers: Eli Craig, Morgan Jurgenson <br />
Starring: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden<br />
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Sitting in distribution limbo for nearly two years, <i>Tucker and Dale vs Evil</i>, aside from its run on the festival circuit, is finally seeing the light of day. And what took so long and why those studio executives couldn't figure out what to do is something of a mystery. The premise was pitch perfect, the idea quite original and refreshing for the horror-comedy genre, and the internet was abuzz with praise and demand for the film, so what were they afraid of?<br />
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Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine) are two hillbillies who set out to fix up their new vacation home, do some fishing, and just relax. Having this new humble abode is a dream come true. But when a group of college kids mistake them for kidnapping their friend (Katrina Bowden) when she was really rescued, the two find themselves knee-deep in blood and their vacation becomes a nightmare. The kids are dropping dead in various accidents and they think it's the work of the hillbillies, whereas Tucker and Dale think they are all performing some "suicide cult" ritual. Evil is truly in the eye of the beholder.<br />
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Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine are perfectly cast as the two wrongfully accused hillbillies. Bringing both warmth and expert comic timing, Tyler Labine as Dale steals the show. Eli Craig and co-writer Morgan Jurgenson know how to balance the slapstick of the situation without it becoming cliche, hokey, or overly violent. While the red-band trailer for the film gives away most of the deaths, the film is never spoiled or let's the audience down via their expectations, it delivers exactly what it promises: a bloody blast with more than a few belly laughs.<br />
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The question remains a mystery as to exactly why this took so long to be officially released but now, finally, audiences can experience this fun spin on the traditional slasher ideals. Part <i>Abbot and Costello</i>, part <i>Friday the 13th</i> and part buddy movie, <i>Tucker and Dale Vs Evil </i>is a bloody good time that continues to entertain on a relatively simple premise and delivers genuine laughs along with a good helping of gore. A real treat that's sure to become a cult classic in the years to come.<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><br />
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Writers: Kuo-fu Chen, Jialu Zhang<br />
Starring: Andy Lau, Chao Deng, Carina Lau</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2010 | China/Hong Kong | PG-13 | 119 mins</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">★</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame</i> is a Sherlock Holmes-ian highly fictionalized account of Di Renjie, one of the most celebrated officials of the Tang Dynasty. In 690 AD, a giant towering Buddha is being built for the inauguration of Empress Wu Zetian (Carina Lau). But when the mysterious spontaneous combustion death of one of the towering Buddha's architects sparks a sinister mystery, the Empress decides to spring Detective Dee (Andy Lau) from his imprisonment for having spoken against her and puts him on the case. With two assigned assistants, Dee must use his detective skills to crack the mystery all the while being hampered by repeated assassination attempts and political mistrust. As more and more people become victim to spontaneous combustion, Dee is running out of time and the lack of people he can trust is dissipating, but Detective Dee seeks truth and justice no matter what gets in his way.<br />
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<i>Detective Dee</i> is a giant convoluted mess. Continually adding new cogs into the wheel every scene, the mystery piles up with more vague and secretive clues or back story that don't challenge the audience in participating in solving the puzzle, but instead further confuse the audience with multiple characters and set-pieces to keep track of. It's such a mess you literally need a pen and paper to keep track of everything. If properly structured this could have been an entertaining challenge, but instead poor plotting, dialogue, and the rampant idea of cramming as much action into any given scene instead causes the <i>Mystery of the Phantom Flame</i> to simply flicker and die out.<br />
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Combining epic action set-pieces and the fantastical locations requires wire-work and some of the worst CGI since <i>Lawnmower Man</i>. One of the characters, a shape-shifting Chamberlain, is represented as a CGI deer and there is even a fight scene between Detective Dee and said deer, and the CGI on display is atrocious. The biggest fault of the over-use of CGI is when it's executed poorly, it takes one out of the story and that's the worst thing any film can do, and <i>Detective Dee</i> does this in spades.<br />
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Tsui Hark puts his focus on maintaining the fantastical action rather than focusing on properly explaining the mystery. Filled with more junk than it can handle, <i>Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame</i> loses its audience in it's own labyrinth and ignores explaining the proper clues to get out. The run time also contributes by excessively cramming this all together which gives the film a feel that it's as long as an extended cut of <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> trilogy, it is that unsatisfying and boring. If attention to detail was paid to properly mapping out the convoluted plot this could have been a fun and engaging mystery, instead we are left with just plain bad filmmaking that will induce countless headaches. </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">All contents copyright 2011 Tyler Baptist</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-91338853252570482092011-10-06T12:02:00.000-06:002011-10-06T12:02:27.421-06:00A Tale in Two Halves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s1600-h/tylerbanner_2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s320/tylerbanner_2.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>True Legend</i> is the story Su Qi-Er (Man Cheuk Chiu), a Qing dynasty general who retires from his position so that he can raise his family and start his own martial arts school. When his wife's (Xun Zhou) evil brother Yuan Lie (Andy On) returns to avenge the death of his father Su's life is disrupted as not only is his own father killed, but his son is kidnapped and he is left seriously injured. Training in the ways of Drunken Boxing, Su believes he is being trained by The God of Wushu and the Old Sage themselves, however his wife thinks he may just being going mad, but he vows to be able to stand up to Yuan Lie's perfected Five Venom Fists and save their son.<br />
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Oh, but this is only the first two-thirds of the movie. After rescuing his son, but losing his wife, Su now becomes a drunken beggar who travels from town to town with his son only in search for a jug of wine that taste's like his late wife's own recipe. When he enters a town where an arena is pitting anyone willing to showcase their martial arts skills to the death, Su challenges a group of Russian brutes commanded by the sinister Killer Anton (David Carradine) after a friend is almost killed in the arena. This no-holds-barred, no rules, weapons-allowed fight may prove difficult as Su drunkenly boxes his way through towering brutes with knives and names like Molotov. But this is a legend and the rise of the "King of Beggars".<br />
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<i>True Legend, </i>not based on a true legend, was promoted as the first Chinese 3-D film. And again, this proves to be a gimmick and a failure. Being director Woo-ping Yuen's first film since 1996 really shows as direction is highly unfocused and the storytelling is considerably weak. Far from his days at creating entertaining martial arts fare such as <i>Drunken Master,</i> <i>Iron Monkey,</i> and <i>Magnificent Butcher</i> (which he co-directed with martial arts choreography legend Sammo Hung) Woo-ping Yuen relies heavily on wire-work and CGI.<br />
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Running just under two hours, <i>True Legend</i> truly falters in its story structure and goes on for far too long. Cramming two different tales through one legend severely halts the flow of the film and the two halves, aside from their two main characters, never mesh. Separated via animated title sequences this juxtaposes the viewer and the tone of each shifts considerably. Being David Carradine's last film this is not so much a swan song or tribute to his days of <i>Kung Fu</i> and <i>Circle of Iron</i> as his presence in the film is short lived and forgettable. <i>True Legend</i> is ultimately boring and disjointed which shatters any fun or entertainment the martial arts segments may have provided. A true disappointment.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>Rabies (Kalevet)</i> is Israel's first horror slasher film. Late to the game, but ready to tackle the genre, the film promises to put fear and fright into cinematic form through the eyes of a culture we have never witnessed this form of storytelling from. Like the infection the title suggests good things and praise are spreading like mad about the film, so does <i>Rabies</i> in fact live up to its bite?<br />
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After running off into a deserted nature reserve because of their shameful love, a brother (Henry David) and sister fall victim to a psychotic killer. The sister becomes trapped and the brother manages to escape and runs off to find help. Meanwhile, a couple of teens on their way to a tennis match get lost driving through the nature reserve when they come across the bloodied brother who asks them for their help. The women stay behind while the men run off to see if what has been told to them is indeed true. Now every action will not go unpunished as the teens, a couple of cops, and a ranger and his dog all become intertwined in a deadly game neither of them know they are playing. <br />
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<i>Rabies</i> is an impressive debut. Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado pile on the twists and turns that not even the most jaded of horror fans will have seen coming. As the story progresses and the mystery seems to unfold the carpet is pulled out from underneath the audience multiple times to multiplying effect. Intricately scripted, darkly humorous, and refreshingly original, <i>Rabies</i> packs a wallop of a punch. The cinematography is beautiful and frantic, the music tense, and the characters are superbly written, each with their own ugly side that adds gritty realism as well as a lot of substance to the story.<br />
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<i>Rabies</i> is a roller coaster ride of a slasher film that does not take you on the same old course of previous films in the horror sub-genre. Each turn is expertly placed and each loop as thrilling and deceiving as the last. For a first attempt this may well be a new emergence of talent and one of the more reinvigorating surprises genre film has seen in a while. Violent, dark, and seriously twisted this is a film that will have the horror community raving. Don't miss <i>Rabies</i>, it's contagiously good and a gem worth seeking out.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Jim Mickle and Nick Damici made a film called <i>Mullberry St.</i> for $60,000 back in 2006. This was an infection film with a fresh perspective and nods to films such as the original <i>Night of the Living Dead</i>. Quite a surprise, well scripted, and thoroughly entertaining it has been a bit of a wait for their next effort, <i>Stake Land</i>, a post-apocalyptic tale involving a different kind of vampire which seems to blur the line between blood-sucker and the infected undead.<br />
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After an infection that turns humans into feral blood-suckers seemingly wipes out the entire country, chaos and anarchy ensue and freedom is up in the air. Martin (Connor Paolo), a young teen, is rescued by Mister (Nick Damici), a grizzled man who has turned to hunting these vampires. The two embark on a journey heading North to New Eden, a place they believe will be free of the blood-suckers. Along their journey they not only have to fear for the vamps, but also a religious fundamentalist group called The Brotherhood who believe God has sent the vampires to cleanse the earth. With the help of some other survivors along the way they may have a chance at making it to New Eden.<br />
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<i>Stake Land</i> is a cross between films such as <i>The Road</i>, <i>28 Days Later</i>, and<i> Near Dark</i>. All three however are far superior. While <i>Stake Land</i> has promise, it takes itself way too seriously considering it has a lot of one-liners and humour misplaced along with the bleak setting. Nick Damici plays a hard-ass who picks his lines directly from the Bruce Campbell School of Witty Remarks Handbook and Connor Paolo's Martin narrates needless information during sequences where the visuals already tell what is or has been going on. Characters are introduced and killed off without much structure to the plot other than to be stereotypical plot markers, and the religious commentary is quite heavy-handed.<br />
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Quite a big step down for the ingenuity and writing of <i>Mulberry St.</i>, Mickle and Damici seem to want to borrow too much from other genre films than find their own voice for <i>Stake Land</i>. If you view the film as more of a campy action film, it can be a bit of fun and it does have a few things going for it. The cinematography, colour pallet, and production design are all quite good. Overall though it is loosely structured, lazily written, the ending vampire segment really ruins a few of the minor things it had going for it, and the actual ending itself is a laugh. As a serious vampire post-apocalyptic tale <i>Stake Land</i> fails, but if you can watch it with some camp value in mind it can be somewhat entertaining.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">All contents copyright 2011 Tyler Baptist</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-33057687835004477972011-10-03T12:59:00.000-06:002011-10-03T12:59:22.317-06:00Who is the Victim?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s1600-h/tylerbanner_2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s320/tylerbanner_2.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Aside from films with labyrinthine-like plots and high concept ideas one of the most difficult concepts in filmmaking to pull off successfully and properly is the one continuous shot film. You have to be able to tell an engaging story, have very well drawn and believable characters, and most importantly it has to be expertly plotted and rehearsed. Flaws in storytelling and character and acting are really going to show and hinder the entire experience. Because this type of film all takes place in real time you have one shot to get it all right, and therein is a huge challenge and undertaking.<br />
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A quartet of ski-masking wearing intruders kidnap Chris McMann (John Bocelli), a groom about to be married on his wedding day. The abductors tie him up and throw him in the back of a sprinter van filming the entire event on a camcorder. Their motive is to get a confession out of the groom. They claim he is not who he says he is and are here to get him to admit what they believe to be the truth. The groom must do what he can to try to survive this ordeal and convince them he is not who they say he is before it is too late.<br />
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<i>Victims</i> asks the question of who really becomes the victim or victims in this scenario. The abductors claim they are not vigilantes or criminals, but do demand truth and justice at their own interpretation. David Bryant has an interesting concept and the reveal of the injustice the abductors claim the accused of being responsible for is something that has viewers questioning who they want to side with. Since the film is taking place over real time it is exceedingly dialogue driven. This is both a positive note and a curse for the film as tensions escalate but certain sections are quite forced and theatrical. Good writing and performances are critical but here there are some flaws. John Bocelli and the rest of the cast are quite good, but when the dialogue does feel hokey or theatrical it really takes one out of the tension of the experience and the believability loses credit.<br />
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<i>Victims</i> does go to places and asks the questions you hope it would given the situation, as well as throwing in a few surprises, but its major downfall is its inconsistency with maintaining focus and believability. When it's good, it's good. But when it's bad, it's really bad. And confining the film to two locations, the interior of a moving van and an abandoned factory, puts exceeding importance on having a well-structured, acted, and engaging story which <i>Victims</i> falters with more than once. While it has its moments <i>Victims</i> isn't fully executed to its premise or expectations of its goals.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">All contents copyright 2011 Tyler Baptist</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-1790261591524251212011-10-03T12:15:00.000-06:002011-10-03T12:15:06.444-06:00Spin-Kicking Hitman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s1600-h/tylerbanner_2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s320/tylerbanner_2.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gNnYM1rLIBkDpr15sQjiBUXof8QMIMrne89qC0jOYxxk6AjGXhBCprQTbp_1i5NfiAwyi4CYWOkCttig1eBQpvmQmP1DOKFmu448S-vE5h0c_aVbN_iM_ADBDbHT6ybz9mKq3XNDsLbr/s1600/mandrill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gNnYM1rLIBkDpr15sQjiBUXof8QMIMrne89qC0jOYxxk6AjGXhBCprQTbp_1i5NfiAwyi4CYWOkCttig1eBQpvmQmP1DOKFmu448S-vE5h0c_aVbN_iM_ADBDbHT6ybz9mKq3XNDsLbr/s320/mandrill.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">MANDRILL</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Director: Ernesto Díaz Espinoza</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Writer: Ernesto Díaz Espinoza</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Action films used to involve well choreographed fight scenes that relied little on cutting and showed the action as it happened, not quick-cutting to every swing, hit, and blow as it is in the majority of mainstream cinema today. Understanding the action through properly rehearsed, discussed, and executed visuals is just as important as a telling a well-plotted story, it takes skill and understanding. And when this can be achieved by actors or stunt performers with no added special effects, green screen, quick cutting, or wire work, the action can become an unbelievable and exciting ballet of violence.<br />
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<i>Mandrill</i> (Marko Zaror) is a hitman who's only goal has been to discover and take out the real Cyclops, a mysterious man who killed his parents<i> </i>when he was just a boy. Living and learning through his womanizing Uncle Chone (Alejandro Costillo) since this incident, <i>Mandrill</i> is slick, suave, and tries to be just like a character his father played in a sleazy James Bond-esque series about a agent named John Colt. When he sees an opportunity to get his vengeance through Cyclops' own daughter (Celine Reymond) <i>Mandrill</i> finds himself falling in love and getting into a heap of trouble, fist-fights, and one-liners that are getting him no where with the girl.<br />
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<i>Mandrill </i>is a campy and stylized homage, and slight spoof, on the James Bond films. Marko Zaror, who uses absolutely no wire-work during the fight scenes, spin kicks and flip kicks his way through the movie pretending he really is a womanizer just like John Colt. Blending comedy and action can be a tough game and, while some of the gags work, a lot of the film's comic relief becomes repetitious as his character's limited development doesn't provide a lot to expand on. The fight scenes however are well choreographed, are not quick-cut, and Zaror has a very unique style that has not been seen in other films of this genre.<br />
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Ultimately though the film suffers from being nothing more than a showcase for Zaror's martial arts skills. The writing and direction are fairly amateurish, the characters are cut and paste, and the film runs out of steam quickly and becomes repetitious going from fight scene to flashback to one-liners and back again. It's not really funny or as exciting as it should be and runs a touch longer than it should. <i>Mandrill</i> is no John Colt.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Local public-access television has evolved over the years into its current state of begin safe and informative emulating that of normal network programming. But back in the glory days public-access was a Roman bath of local insanity. The eccentrics, the loonies, and anyone with a creative idea could have a shot at having their own show. From off-kilter cooking shows, to metal-heads with a sock puppet band, to landscape painting these were shows of cathode ray tube myth and legend. Way before YouTube and way before digital, public-access was an outlet for some of the craziest stuff that you could only discover by a) Living in the region the program was broadcast or b) Coming across someone's personal VCR recordings via underground VHS trading.<br />
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St. Catherines, Ontario. 1995. A camera rolls as Ralph Zavadil jumps off an extension ladder towards a tarp-covered pool but instead of hitting the target he falls head-first to the ground and breaks his neck. This is Cap'n Video, a man with a S-VHS camera and his own public-access TV show. And if the neighbour kid next door was not home when this happened Ralph would have died and we would not know his story. Before YouTube, before Jackass, The Cap'n Video Show was providing the people of St. Catherines with the wacky, wild, and dangerous tour de force of stunt comedy. From drinking raw egg through his nose to jumping into sheds from telephone poles to his trademark slogan "It's going to be a beauty day! Yeeooowww!", Cap'n Video was clearly a madman with one mission: to, pure and simply, entertain. The odyssey of discovering the story behind Ralph Zavadil may end up being just as weird, wild, and wonderful as any Cap'n Video show.<i> </i><br />
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<i>Beauty Day </i>is a documentary film that has to be seen to really be believed. An incredible story filled with ambition, heartbreak, insanity, inhibition, and above all: joy. Jay Cheel, one of the founders of FilmJunk.com and TheDocumentaryBlog.com, originally planned this as a 15-minute short piece that was just going to go up on the web but when he started interviewing more people about Cap'n Video he discovered a greater story than just a man who started stunt comedy as we know it today. Ralph Zavadil is one-of-a-kind. A man, who upon beating cancer when he was quite young, decided to live life to his idea of the fullest and this drive and disabling of his own internal off-switch is endlessly endearing, fascinating, off-kilter, and more complex than any fictional character. Only in real life do we get stories this bizarre and unbelievably good.<br />
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Jay Cheel and producer Roman Pizzacalla craft a documentary that is as compelling and human as it is insane and gut-bustingly hilarious. Discovering a world unfold with the zest and character that Ralph Zavadil encompasses, <i>Beauty Day</i> is a gem that shows us that Cap'n Video is not an alter-ego of Ralph's but they are really one and the same. And this life is really stranger than fiction. After the disbelief of the opening into this tale you'll be smiling throughout the entire film, both manically shocked and gloriously entertained just like Cap'n Video would have wanted. <i>Beauty Day</i> is pure joy. Pure cinematic joy.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">All contents copyright 2011 Tyler Baptist</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-85253560215339803482011-10-01T11:35:00.001-06:002011-10-03T10:16:48.731-06:00Shut Up, Crime<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s1600-h/tylerbanner_2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s320/tylerbanner_2.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">SUPER</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">They walk around in tights, some have capes, most wear masks, and they either use a weapon or have some kind of super-power that allows them to thwart evil. Superheroes are the avenging force of justice that stand up for what is good and don't have to abide by a code of conduct or reasoning decided by the law books. But they are fiction, stuff of fantasy, and if someone were to actually suit up in a ridiculous outfit and take on crime they'd clearly have to be a mental case.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Frank D'Arbo (Rainn Wilson), a fry cook at a burger joint, has a beautiful wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) whom is only one of two things in his life which reminds him to be happy in life. But when she starts getting back into drugs and leaves Frank for the local drug kingpin Jacques (Kevin Bacon) Frank, through visions and signs he believes from God, decides to save her and take her back. After a choice line of dialogue taken from a Holy Avenger comic book Frank decides the only way to fight crime is to become a superhero himself. Donning a homemade costume, mask, and a pipe wrench, Frank becomes the Crimson Bolt. With the help of a local comic aficionado and Crimson Bolt groupie, Libby (Ellen Page) becomes his sidekick Boltie and together they bash in skulls and murder anyone who commits any foul deed, from molesting children to butting in line, on their quest to save Sarah from the clutches of 'Jock'.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>Super</i> is a dark comic odyssey into the side of superheroes we don't ever consider or think about - if they were real, they'd just be costumed nut jobs. And bashing in skulls is not justice, but murder. Rainn Wilson is both hilarious and sad as Frank, a man who's world caves in and he snaps into an almost fundamentalist mentality. Ellen Page is perfectly cast as the spunky and even creepily frightening comic nerd who also ends up raping Frank in one scene. James Gunn, co-writer of the Troma classic <i>Tromeo & Juliet</i> and writer/director of the underrated <i>Slither</i>, keeps things very dark, funny, violent, and even a touch sad.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Although <i>Super</i> does have a few faults and the story does unravel a bit, it's a refreshing take and satirization on a tired genre that has been endlessly turning out adaptations and franchises over the past decade. Bitingly scathing, James Gunn's <i>Super</i> takes a piss on the politically correct ideals of superheroes, somehow making them more human, in all its bloody skull-smashing glory. It's a dark slice of entertainment worth checking out.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All contents copyright 2011 Tyler Baptis</span></span>t</span> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-73892723331890951642011-10-01T10:52:00.003-06:002011-10-01T10:53:02.788-06:00Miike's Coup de Grâce<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s1600-h/tylerbanner_2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s320/tylerbanner_2.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><b>13 ASSASSINS</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Starring: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Kôji Yakusho, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Takayuki Yamada, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gorô Inagaki</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2010 | Japan | R | 141 mins</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Takashi Miike, reigning film force behind some of Japan's most impressive, controversial, and even bizarre movies, brings us a remake of Eiichi Kudo's 1963 period-drama </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Jûsan-nin no shikaku</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. In 1840s Japan Lord Matsudaira Naritsugu (Gorô Inagaki), the former Shogun's son and current Shogun's brother, uses his untouchable status to maim, kill, and rape to his sadistic pleasure. When a disgraced samurai commits seppuku because of the young Lord's evil deeds, an older samurai Shinzaemon Shimad (Kôji Yakusho) is hired to assassinate Naritsugu.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Upon witnessing a woman whom the Lord had seriously abused as his plaything by cutting off all her limbs and cutting out her tongue Shinzaemon puts together a group of 12 other samurai with varying personalities and skills. Their suicide mission is to ambush Naritsugu on his way back home from Edo by fortifying and booby-trapping a village they have bought out. But Naritsugu surprises them by showing up with over 200 guards when they were expecting only 70.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Under Takashi Miike's taught direction <i>13 Assassins</i> becomes an epic and engrossing film that harkens back to the work of Kurosawa in its beauty, drama, and destruction, as well as explosive and unexpected like the <i>Lone Wolf and Cub</i> and <i>Zat</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><i>ô</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>ichi</i> films. Not failing to make sure his stamp is there, Miike makes sure the villain is as vile and reprehensible as can be and even one of the thirteen assassins may not be altogether human.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Production design and art direction are majestically crafted, with sprawling panoramic cinematography and action set-pieces that engage and progress the story and characters, <i>13 Assassins</i> is a triumph for writer Daisuke Tengan and maverick director Takashi Miike. Able to work in all genres and put out more movies in a year than most directors, this is a staggering accomplishment for Miike. The age of the samurai film isn't waning as Miike moves on to <i>Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai</i>.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">All contents copyright 2011 Tyler Baptist</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-27426703003660869942011-09-30T15:06:00.002-06:002011-09-30T15:08:51.469-06:00The Girl from the Woods Next Door<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s1600-h/tylerbanner_2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s320/tylerbanner_2.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBxclb1VwfoIRPtMVjz5lJm1zbVU8G992TvpQEW1iW_kbQIKzKHDOXfCmHssXQYjht0QFApqnejnZG-cTfyZyKyJwF_2Q4B9G6OTenCRNvltIp63LtXwWbPloIUYfYjLPklpoKXdzG4-V/s1600/thewoman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBxclb1VwfoIRPtMVjz5lJm1zbVU8G992TvpQEW1iW_kbQIKzKHDOXfCmHssXQYjht0QFApqnejnZG-cTfyZyKyJwF_2Q4B9G6OTenCRNvltIp63LtXwWbPloIUYfYjLPklpoKXdzG4-V/s320/thewoman.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">THE WOMAN</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Director: Lucky McKee</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Starring: Pollyanna McIntosh, Sean Bridgers, Angella Bettis</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2011 | United States | R | 108 mins</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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People can't seem to talk about Lucky McKee's <i>The Woman</i> without someone piping in about the film's controversy surrounding the Sundance Film Festival premiere. A man in in the audience was so appalled by the film that he demanded the film print be burned right then and there and made a big stink as he was escorted out of the theatre by security. The aftermath can be seen in full on YouTube. Raving loon or moral crusader? You decide.<br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;">Chris Cleek (Sean Bridgers), a seemingly all-American family man and successful lawyer, is out hunting one day in the woods surrounding his home when he spots a feral woman (Pollyanna McIntosh) near a stream. Eying her up through the scope, Chris has a plan for her. So he captures her, ties her up in the family work shed, and manages to lose his finger while he tries to have some fun with her. This secret isn't going to be easy to keep so he gathers the whole family together and proposes they all pitch in and try to help "civilize" her. Now this family has a few more concerns besides martial problems, rebellious teenagers, and a depressed daughter.<span class="Apple-style-span"><i></i></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><i>The Woman</i> is Lucky McKee's second film based off of Jack Ketchum's literary works. His first being the adaptation of <i>Red</i>, a story about a man's revenge for the unjust killing of his dog. Here though it seems Jack Ketchum is revisiting a previous scenario he already wrote about<i> </i>in <i>The Girl Next Door</i>, although this outing is not based loosely, or at all, on fact and has a change of location. Same basic set-up however; a girl/woman is captured by seemingly sane people, punished, tortured, raped, and eventually escapes. In <i>The Woman</i> though she's more of an animal than human per say and exacts her revenge, but it's the same old thing. Pollyanna McIntosh is the film's only saving grace. But she can't save it.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">Lucky McKee makes some big mistakes that make this a paint-by-the-numbers captive film.<span class="Apple-style-span"> The characters are all highly cliched, uninteresting and hokey, the writing bland and predictable, but the film's biggest offender is the soundtrack. Bubblegum-esque pop-punk saturates the soundtrack and it feels like some bad late 90's high school comedy ala <i>American Pie</i>. This ruins anything that could have possibly made this an atmospheric and chilling venture (of course if it were acted and written better as well). As for the controversy this film has caused, let's call it hype. <i>The Woman </i>is too boring and lame to shock or offend and even Michael Bay's movies are more misogynistic. And the twist they throw in at the end removes any credibility it may still have had. Lucky McKee showed promise as an interesting director to seek out with previous efforts such as <i>May</i> and his highly underrated film <i>The Woods </i>but this effort is just juvenile. <i>The Woman</i> is Lucky McKee's worst film.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">All contents copyright 2011 Tyler Baptist</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-26080071072836462272011-09-30T13:40:00.001-06:002011-09-30T13:41:26.265-06:00They're Not Just Under The Bridge Anymore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s1600-h/tylerbanner_2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s320/tylerbanner_2.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDC8BnDuMhZ3IejkIbw9tPfrWm2_BKvZSQI6hJVsU6js2sBf_LuHR0ZP9sukFFQVv2G4ivxuArLue6kitj6JO7H0-TPzAru-7TRQF5PMf01noEdZ_pc6CyfK0wx5Sy-liXyvZGDabBElCe/s1600/trollhunter610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDC8BnDuMhZ3IejkIbw9tPfrWm2_BKvZSQI6hJVsU6js2sBf_LuHR0ZP9sukFFQVv2G4ivxuArLue6kitj6JO7H0-TPzAru-7TRQF5PMf01noEdZ_pc6CyfK0wx5Sy-liXyvZGDabBElCe/s320/trollhunter610.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">TROLLHUNTER</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Director: André Øvredal</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Writers: André Øvredal, Håvard S. Johansen</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Starring: Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, Johanna Mørck</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2010 | Norway | PG-13 | 103 mins</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;">★</span></span>★★<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times,sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>The Blair Witch Project</i> opened the floodgates to the found footage film, for better or worse. Most of these films utilize this view point for nothing more than cheap jump scares, avoiding any real plot or motive other than to scare you with a loud noise or quick frantic glimpse of some unknown terror. The <i>Paranormal Activity</i> franchise being notorious for this. But here comes a film from Norway which takes you into a fairy tale world come alive and just might let you enjoy the time spent viewing this found footage while providing some cleverly placed thrills.</span> </div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">Thomas (Glenn Erland Tosterud), Johanna (Johanna Mørck), and Kalle (Tomas Alf Larsen) are three students from Volda College who are out doing some investigative journalism into what a series of bear killings and bear poachers. Their main target is Hans (Otto Jespersen), a mysterious hunter whom only seems to go out during the night. Curiously he always ends up leaving an area as soon as a new dead bear is discovered by the local population. Upon secretly following him into a mine blasting site they are confronted by Hans, whom agrees to let them film him as he wants to expose his actual job, much to the disbelief of the students, that he is a troll hunter.<span class="Apple-style-span"><i> </i></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>TrollHunter </i>features the talents of some amazing CGI artists who blend the "reality" of the footage with the enormous, hideous looking trolls. Each type is distinctive and believable, and the attention is payed to making them part of the environment rather than the show-horse. The cast are all quite charming and at times realistically annoying. Jespersen's Hans is just like the trolls he hunts; lumbering around trying to survive yet escape the confinements of his world which he is growing tired of. </span>André Øvredal knows that less is more, and always chooses the right moments to showcase the action and horror, and keeps things moving along despite that it takes some time to get into the world of the trolls.<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span">There are no cheap jump scares, the action is concise and thrilling, and it avoids going for violence over suspense. While the film loses some steam half way through, gets a bit talky, and doesn't end in the most satisfactory of terms (unfortunately, an all too common problem of the found footage genre), </span>André Øvredal and crew still manage to bring a spectacle to life and prove that CGI can be used in a manner that becomes part of the story rather than taking you out of it. <span class="Apple-style-span"><i>TrollHunter</i> is, overall, light and entertaining fun.<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">All contents copyright 2011 Tyler Baptist</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Reel to Reelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147327093734468116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186691724826886153.post-3086589971359580502011-09-30T12:30:00.002-06:002011-09-30T12:32:23.847-06:00Invite the Devil Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s1600-h/tylerbanner_2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoi4iPG6cryDpdiO7jeqCWysTaCu0sLKaIRvsvNpzMxVjWWfAJpNUMEYMmr87qDLczvN8unt7cf1XafysTKmkF9_aPcHFjIoxTfh2ewsnFPN6Eq1hOzaRJzGdCuPIiYNuk1iJ2Lqmu9As/s320/tylerbanner_2.png" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Isolation. Cabin fever. Sexual frustration. In the Swiss Alps legend has it that lonely mountaineers had fashioned a broom, straw, and some rags into a doll to keep them company. The Devil took pity on them so he made their doll come to life. It became the <i>Sennentuntschi</i>. She cleaned, cooked, made coffee, and was used and abused by these men for their pleasure. But not without a price, as the <i>Sennentunschi</i> took her revenge and killed, skinned, and fashioned the men into straw-stuffed dolls.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1975. A small mountainside village. During the funeral procession for a priest who committed suicide a mysterious and mute young woman (Roxane Mesquida) wanders in out of nowhere dirty, frantic, and seemingly possessed. Sebastian Reusch (Nicholas Ofczarek), the local cop, quickly takes her in despite the judging of the church community whom deem her a witch possessed by the Devil. Reusch believes in innocent until proven guilty. With the mystery of trying to find out who this woman is, Reusch discovers an article from an unsolved murder case involving three mountaineers in 1950. And the prime suspect appears to be the same woman, appearing to have not aged at all. Earlier on though, a goat farmer (Andrea Zogg), his mute son (Joel Basman), and a hired hand (Carlos Leal) working higher up in the Alps drunkenly put the legend to the test and when they awake from their absinthe-fueled slumber they find a woman amongst them, the Devil having given them a <i>Sennentuntschi</i>. But a curse deeper than that just of the <i>Sennentunschi</i> lurks over the entire mountainside, and will Reusch discover it before it's too late?<i> </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps<b> </b></i>is a gripping, twisting and turning mystery thriller. Michael Steiner finely crafts a film that layers on atmosphere, suspense, intrigue, and a spider's web of a tale that if you're not paying attention it will leave you confused and dazed. <i>Sennentuntschi </i>weaves together all the pieces of the puzzle to tell its tale so we are delved into three different times throughout the film at different moments. And if you don't notice these changes in the characters' wardrobe you may think they are taking place simultaneously, and this will not help you in figuring out the mystery and will leave your head hurting. Steiner, and the other writers, use these flashbacks to anchor the story and mystery and to engage the viewer into discovering the truth along with, or before, Reusch.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Intricately detailed, this type of plot and story with its twists and turns would be horrendously butchered say if this was an M. Night Shyamalan production, but everything connects and works. And the twists unravel with substance to the plot rather than throwing a left hook out of nowhere. The actors turn in great performances and Roxane Mesquida especially gives a lot of depth to every nuance which straddles the line between childlike curiosity and predatory survivalist instinct. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Accompanied by some gorgeous cinematography, rich locations, and a great and brooding score, <i>Sennentunschi: Curse of the Alps </i>is a thrilling labyrinthine mystery worth seeking out.<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><br />
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</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, sans-serif;">Halloween is as much a spooky holiday for kids as it is for adults. The time to go out from house to house and trick-or-treat dressed up in various costumes is counted down on any child's calendar once October hits. Coming home with a pillowcase full of goodies to rot your teeth is the ultimate childhood rush. To celebrate this spooky time of year the horror film selection for the whole family is a little slim, with the likes of <i>It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown</i> and possibly <i>Poltergeist </i>among a few others, but one movie dares to please the entire family with thrills, chills, and fun, and therefore Halloween is never complete without a screening of our favourite goofball up against an evil troll!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, sans-serif;"><i>Ernest Scared Stupid</i> is a great mix of wholesome family fun and Halloween scares. Charles Gale and Coke Sams script puts Ernest up against a very gooey group of trolls in the best of all the Ernest movies. Featuring some great writing and the always hilarious Jim Varney hamming it up, <i>Ernest Scared Stupid </i>never fails to consistently entertain. Whether you're laughing at Ernest's ineptness or being grossed out by the slimy and booger-encrusted Trantor, <i>Ernest Scared Stupid </i>succeeds at being a great horror film for the whole family. The troll effects are fantastically disgusting and gooey, created by none other than the Chiodo Brothers whom were responsible for the cult classic <i>Killer Klowns from Outer Space</i>.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, sans-serif;"><br />
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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">For a family film <i>Ernest Scared Stupid </i>has a great blend of horror and comedy and has just the right amount of scares and laughs to initiate the young and entertain the old. Oozing with Halloween spirit, <i>Ernest Scared Stupid</i> will take you back to that feeling of childhood fun digging into your pillowcase for your favourite treat. So take off that mask, curl up in front of the TV, and get glued to the perfect Halloween film where you know you're in for a treat, not a trick, when classics like<i> The Brain from Planet Arous</i> and <i>The Hideous Sun Demon </i>appear during the opening credits. <i>Ernest Scared Stupid</i> is silly Halloween fun full of chills and thrills for the whole family.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">It's Halloween night in Warren Valley, Ohio and all the creatures of the night are in full swing going door to door, dancing in the streets, and scaring the pants off each other. But don't blow that Jack-O-Latern out before midnight, because Halloween has its rules you must follow! Follow Sam (Quinn Lord), our Halloween mascot, through four interwoven tales of true Halloween scares! Steven (Dylan Baker), a high school principal, has more sinister motives for carving a Jack-O-Latern than one would suspect. And remember, always check your candy! Laurie (Anna Paquin) is a college virgin who, under the pressure of her friends, must find a suitable and willing male to fulfil her desires peaked on this frightful night. Next, a group of kids travel to the old rock quarry to pay their respects to the legend of the school bus massacre, but when a prank goes too far pumpkins nor candy won't be an acceptable offering! And finally, a grumpy old man (Brian Cox) gets a visit from a special trick-or-treater who will show him the true meaning of Halloween. Trick or Treat?</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, sans-serif;">Michael Doughtery successfully captures the look and feel and the spirit associated with Halloween. <i>Trick 'r Treat</i> is a fantastically frightful and fun horror anthology that is as humorous as it is dark. Each tale is interwoven with the next, and previous, to bring the characters and events full circle. No one is safe from breaking the rules as kids and adults alike get knocked off for disobeying Sam's cautious watch. The ensemble cast is great and the choice to actually have a kid (Quinn Lord) under the Sam costume gives the character an innocence and movement that would never have been achieved if it were an adult in the role. Dylan Baker is especially creepy as the principal with a dark secret in one of the darker stories that is almost as if Todd Solondz got to tell a Halloween bonfire tale.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, sans-serif;"><br />
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Like a good set of ghost stories told between friends, all the tales in <i>Trick 'r Treat</i> are guaranteed to give both goosebumps and giggles. With a great cast and a great script full of spooky atmosphere Michael Doughtery crafts a true Halloween movie that should be mandatory viewing every year on the night of Samhain. Ghosts, goblins, and ghouls abound should find more than their fair share of frightful delight in this horror anthology as <i>Trick 'r Treat </i>is a bag of Halloween goodies that has already been thoroughly checked and approved. 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