Posts Tagged ‘You’re Next’
Episode 22 – 2010s Horror
For this episode of the podcast, we each draft five of our favorite horror films released between 2010 and 2019. We discuss what horror has meant to the cinema of the last ten years and shout out our many honorable mentions. For our Netflix homework,…
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Film Review – Ready or Not
Ahh, marriage. It’s a special time in a person’s life when they pledge their love to another through thick and thin, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, and when the in laws try to brutally murder them.
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Film Review – Death Note
Earlier this year, I reviewed the new Ghost in the Shell (2017). In it, I discussed the issue of Scarlett Johansson playing the lead role, and how it was yet another example of Hollywood’s long history of casting white actors in roles meant for people…
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Film Review – Blair Witch
Chances are you’ve fallen into one of two camps when it comes to 1999’s record-shattering indie The Blair Witch Project: you’re either appreciative of its (at the time) gonzo, POV approach and guerrilla marketing strategy or you’re the other 80 percent of the planet. Personally,…
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Film Review – Digging For Fire
Naturalism is a deterrent for some moviegoers. Mispronunciations, reeling improvisation and spontaneous laughter are mostly reserved for gag reels. Writer/director/sometimes actor Joe Swanberg (You’re Next, Happy Christmas), shining knight of the mumblecore movement, revels in these types of moments. One of the liveliest movie-related arguments…
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Film Review – It Follows
Writer/director David Robert Mitchell taps into something special with It Follows (2014). With minimal use of gore and bloodshed, Mitchell has created a truly terrifying film. This is not your standard horror fare. It’s smarter, more deliberate, more thoughtful, and better executed than others. It…
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Top 15 Films of 2013 – Allen’s Picks
Why 15? Because 10 just ain’t enough. That’s how good 2013 has been. Granted, every year can be considered a good year, since great movies come out all the time. But this year has proven to be a standout, as one release after another has…
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Film Review – Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 2 comes off of an original film that, on one hand, had one of the strongest opening halves of a horror film in recent memory, but which also lost a fair amount of steam and its audience’s enthusiasm as it struggled to the…
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