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reviewed Phantom of the Opera (1998 movie). October 25, 2011
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Phantom of the Opera (1998 movie)
*1/2 out of ****    It's awfully difficult to see passion in a film project when the filmmaker behind it wrongs more than he rights. Such is the case with Dario Argento's adaptation …
reviewed Shigurui: Death Frenzy Complete Box Set. October 23, 2011
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Shigurui: Death Frenzy Complete Box Set
I've seen a little over 100 anime titles since I started watching anime in July of 2002, and Shigurui is one of the most violent and psychotic I've seen that doesn't spiral into cartoony schlock …
reviewed Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai). October 13, 2011
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Seven Samurai
"What's the use of worrying about your beard when your head's about to be taken?"    Is it just me or does Akira Kurosawa always managed to have some blundering loud …
reviewed Let The Right One In (Låt den Rätte K.... October 11, 2011
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Let The Right One In
In a small community in what appears to be in Sweden, a 12 year old by the name of Oskar (Kare Hedebrant) is going through some trouble in his life. Things change when he meets a 12 year old girl by …
reviewed Dead Alive. October 03, 2011
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Dead Alive (Unrated) (Sp) (1993)
A cursed animal called the Sumatran Rat Monkey is taken from Skull Island and displayed in the zoo. Lionel (Timothy Balme) goes on a date with his new girl friend Paquita (Diana Penalver) to the same …
reviewed Hellsing. September 29, 2011
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Hellsing
Taking place in England, an organization named Hellsing which is commanded by Sir Integra Wingates Hellsing, is responsible for protecting the country from supernatural creatures. These creatures happen …
reviewed MoonPhase. September 29, 2011
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MoonPhase
Kouhei Morioka works as a photographer. During a job, he travels to Schwartz Quelle Castle in Germany. While taking shots of the castles exterior. He sees a beautiful girl sitting on top of the castle. …
reviewed Black Christmas. September 27, 2011
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Black Christmas
During a Christmas party in a sorority house, a demented man sneaks in the house by climbing alongside a wall and entering through the attic. This person then begins to torment the girls who reside in …
reviewed Chasing Amy. September 25, 2011
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Chasing Amy
**** out of ****     Kevin Smith is not a filmmaker. He isn't even a director; yet, he's always been labeled as one. Perhaps this is because he's the one behind the camera, "directing" …
reviewed The New York Ripper. September 21, 2011
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New York Ripper
In the city of New York, young beautiful women are being very brutally murdered with sharp blades used as the primary murder weapon. Lt. Williams (Jack Hedley) along with Dr. Davis (Paolo Malco) attempt …
reviewed End of the Line (movie). September 21, 2011
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End of the Line (movie)
Karen (Ilona Elkin) works in a hospitals psychiatric ward. For some unexplained reason, the hospital is overflowing with people who claim to hear voices and are even seeing things. On her way home from …
reviewed Eden Lake. September 19, 2011
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Dvd cover by Dimension Extreme
A middle aged couple by the names of Steve (Michael Fassbender) and Jenny (Kelly Reilly) decide after work to go on a weekend getaway. They end up in Eden lake, a desolate location in the woods next to …
reviewed Cinema Paradiso. September 17, 2011
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Cinema Paradiso
**** out of ****     Cinema begins with a childlike fascination and only ends when all lights turn out and all dark corners have been explored. Film is an everlasting, inspiring art; …
reviewed Eden Lake. September 10, 2011
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Dvd cover by Dimension Extreme
*** out of ****     "Eden Lake", like "Saw", "Deliverance", and many others before it; is marketed and consistently labeled as a horror film, but feels more like a thriller than a …
reviewed Blood: The Last Vampire (2009 movie). September 08, 2011
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2009 Movie poster
Taking place in 1970 at a US Air force base located in Tokyo. Vampire like creatures are blending in with humans in order to satisfy their blood cravings. A girl named Saya (Gianna Jun) is being handled …
reviewed Dragonball Z: Bardock - The Father of.... September 04, 2011
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Dragonball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku
Sent to the Earth from the planet Vegeta as a newborn baby. The Saiyan child Kakarot was programmed to destroy the planet. After losing his memory in the spacepod landing, he was found by a martial arts …
reviewed Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor. September 02, 2011
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GUYVER: The Bioboosted Armor
Sho Fukamachi is a high school student whose happy life is going to take a tragic turn. Sho and his best friend Tetsuro come across a strange device. After Sho accidentally triggers it. He's transformed …
reviewed Four Flies on Grey Velvet(4 mosche di.... August 30, 2011
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet(4 mosche di velluto grigio)
** out of ****     There are moments where I love Dario Argento ("Deep Red", "Suspiria", and "Phenomena") and then there are also these little moments where I just don't ("Inferno"). …
reviewed The Counterfeiters. August 17, 2011
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters tells the story of Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), a professional criminal, a master counterfeiter and a Jew. He winds up in a brutal Nazi labor camp because of all three.   …
reviewed The New York Ripper. August 06, 2011
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New York Ripper
Zero stars out of ****     Violence is not anything remotely new when it comes to Lucio Fulci flicks, or me. I'm used to the concept of violence itself; and most of the time I don't …
reviewed Peeping Tom. July 18, 2011
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Peeping Tom
**** out of ****     When Michael Powell's "Peeping Tom" first released in 1960, it was the unfortunate and melancholy end of a great filmmaker's career. But if there was ever a great …
reviewed Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. July 13, 2011
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Based on the third novel of Hideyuki Kikuchi's popular series, this film evokes the milieu of its source material with greater accuracy than Toyoo Ashida's 1985 adaptation of the first novel. …
reviewed Black Christmas. July 13, 2011
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Black Christmas
***1/2 out of ****     Who says all Christmas movies need to be sentimental and sweet? "Black Christmas" is a rather tasteless holiday outing that is perhaps only tasteless because …
reviewed Death Note Re-Light 2: L's Successors. July 10, 2011
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Death Note Re-Light 2: L's Successors
Light Yagumi is a straight A student with a normal life, which he soon becomes bored of. He finds a black book titled Death Note. The instructions to the book explain that if a persons name is written …
reviewed Death Note Re-Light: Visions of a God. July 10, 2011
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Death Note Re-Light: Visions of a God
Light Yagumi is a straight A student with a normal life, which he soon becomes bored of. He finds a black book titled Death Note. The instructions to the book explain that if a persons name is written …
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