• the rum diary movie review
    Johnny Depp’s THE RUM DIARY Is Like Two Movies in One – REVIEW

    I walked away from watching The Rum Diary with feelings as dichotomous as the two halves of the film.  The first half is what the film appears to be in the trailers, while the second is a fairly...

    • Posted 574 days ago
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  • THE THREE MUSKETEERS
    THE THREE MUSKETEERS Is a Hot, Delicious Mess

    I did not go into this newest version of The Three Musketeers with high expectations.  In point of fact, I expected the film to be kind of bad.  I find myself forced to confess a reluctant admiration...

    • Posted 576 days ago
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  • The Mortician – New Orleans Film Fest – movie review

    The Mortician is almost impossible to classify.  I saw it described as “post-apocalyptic,” but it’s not really SF; a fair number of people in line with me for the screening thought it was horror because the main...

    • Posted 582 days ago
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  • 96 minutes at new orleans film festival
    96 MINUTES – movie review – New Orleans Film Festival

      96 Minutes is a festival gem.  With the films screening in competition, you never really walk in sure of what you’ll get; like Forest Gump’s box of chocolate, sometimes the film’s a truffle and other times...

    • Posted 586 days ago
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  • the thing remake review
    THE THING Bears Only Passing Resemblance to John Carpenter’s THE THING

    The Thing (2011) both exceeded my expectations and proved a massive disappointment, and while that statement may seem paradoxical it is nonetheless true. 

    • Posted 588 days ago
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  • BELLFLOWER Is Long on Art, Short on Ultra-violence

    South by Southwest favorite Bellflower finally made it to New Orleans this week. The movie’s description placed it well inside my sweet zone for films, so I made a point to go to one of its two...

    • Posted 604 days ago
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  • GET LOW Should Have Been Better

    Get Low is one of those movies that really should have been better than it is.  The film has an interesting premise and the cast to pull that premise off, and yet somehow it simply falls flat. ...

    • Posted 609 days ago
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  • To Hell and Back for LO(ve)

    Lo was a movie I went into with no expectations. The description said it was about a man who summons a demon to find his girlfriend, who has been dragged to hell.  That was enough for me.

    • Posted 612 days ago
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  • Ryan Gosling Steers DRIVE Past Good to Awesome

    Drive just might be my favorite movie of 2011.  Certainly it is my favorite movie of the year so far.  I loved it.  Hands down.  It is one of those rare movies that I wouldn’t change a...

    • Posted 616 days ago
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  • Pat Tremblay – Hellacious Acres interview

    Yesterday I reviewed Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass for all my independent-minded SF cohorts here at Boomtron.  Today I am thrilled to bring you an exclusive and extensive interview with the film’s director, Pat Tremblay. ...

    • Posted 630 days ago
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