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SIFF Film Review – Carnage Park
I like gore. I really, really like it. In my opinion, most movies would be better with a little eyeball popping or face stabbing. Shooting is okay as long as there is lots of blood spurts, and, thankfully, I got some in Mickey Keating’s new…
READ MOREFilm Review – Our Kind of Traitor
The score setting off Our Kind of Traitor creates a sense of unease as we see a beautifully dressed teenage girl enjoying a ballet concert in juxtaposition with her father signing some papers in a fancy board room full of well dressed but dangerous looking…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Neon Demon
When a teenage girl comes to Hollywood to become a model she finds herself immersed in a world of fetishistic obsession and narcissistic pathos. A lot of what’s at heart in such a minor plot description is that it most certainly comes off as something…
READ MOREFilm Review – De Palma
When it comes to the films of writer, director Brian De Palma there’s an automatic, overt sense of film making on the face of each one that typically it garners an immediate and strong response from viewers. For most of my life I have only…
READ MOREFilm Review – Central Intelligence
Comedy trailers are often lambasted for giving away all of a movie’s best jokes in a two minute highlight reel, usually accompanied by a happening James Brown or George Thorogood song. Central Intelligence, a new action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart (a no-brainer…
READ MOREFilm Review – Brides to Be
As part of Seattle Pride Fest 2016, The Twist of Pride film festival is presenting the world premiere of Brides to Be, directed by Kris and Lindy Boustedt. It’s a drama/horror hybrid about wedding preparations gone very, very bad. (The description says it is a…
READ MOREFilm Review – Now You See Me 2
***Warning: The following contains spoilers for Now You See Me (2013)*** One of things I hate – and I mean really hate – about movies featuring magicians, con artists, or master thieves, is that the chosen profession of the characters automatically creates an easy out…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Conjuring 2
Imagine my disappointment walking out of The Conjuring 2 (2016) realizing how mediocre it is. Perhaps expectations were a little too high. The Conjuring (2013) was a surprise for mainstream horror, telling a spooky tale with effective craftsmanship from director James Wan and strong performances…
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