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Film Review – Machete Kills
The Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino pet project Grindhouse went mostly unsung, but even its detractors seemed to share a fondness for the faux trailers that hinged the two films. Fan outcry soon led to a full-fledged Machete feature, an over-the-top “Mexplotation” flick starring the always stoic…
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Film Review – Zero Charisma
Zero Charisma seems like a curious choice for Nerdist Industries’ first foray into movie production. Not on the outset, of course. The story of an overgrown nerd with a penchant for pop culture references and a no-bullshit attitude seems right in the wheelhouse. But this…
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Film Review – The Summit
Imagine being on the top of a high mountain. For the most part, the journey there has gone smoothly. Suddenly, an unfortunate set of circumstances puts you in a very perilous situation. Even worse, you get separated from your crew—you can see the danger they…
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Film Review – Gravity
Alone in space with no shuttle, limited oxygen, no gravity, temperatures varying from extreme hot to cold: this is the ultimate terrifying scenario. Forget ghosts, murderers on the loose, slashers, and aliens; “stranded in space with nothing to save you” is now at the top…
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Film Review – Runner Runner
Coming out of CinemaCon this year, I had hope for the crime thriller Runner Runner. Director Brad Furman was coming off the underrated movie The Lincoln Lawyer. One of the co-stars, Ben Affleck, had just directed the Best Picture-winning Argo, and had in the process…
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Film Review – Rush
Thrilling races with a good rivalry between two great drivers make for a fun time in Rush, even if the storytelling is standard in several ways. With sports movies, getting an audience to care about a sport that they may have no knowledge of is…
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Film Review – You Will Be My Son
A man fidgets in a crematorium next to a funeral director and wonders aloud if the ashes of the oak casket will mix with the ashes of the dead body inside, and the director obviously answers that they will. “He never did like oak. It…
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Film Review – Don Jon
One of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s biggest strengths is his ability to choose diverse and interesting projects. Regardless of the success of each, he rarely does the same thing two times in a row. It makes sense, then, for his writing and directing debut to center around…
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