I love Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, but I think these two guys need some time apart. Dark Shadows is the 8th collaboration for the quirky pair and it’s far from their best work. Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd are in the top tier of Burton/Depp flicks; with the rest just being mildly [...]
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A few years back I described a movie to a friend as being a “fun ride”. He didn’t quite comprehend how a movie could be a “fun ride”. I can tell you all right now that The Avengers is a fun ride and that’s the best way to put it. This is the start of [...]
For years I’ve been waiting for a biopic about the great horror author Edgar Allan Poe, but alas The Raven did not give it to me. What it gave me instead was a very original and entertaining piece of “historical” fluff. Before I quoth The Raven, let me tell you some true horrors… TRAILERS ATTACHED [...]
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The movie Lockout has invented a new genre in film. Move over action-thriller; we now have action-ridiculousness. Lockout stars Guy Pearce, which is something I feel like I haven’t said in a decade. Guy Pearce as the leading man in a big budget motion picture? That’s right. Not just that, but he gets to play [...]
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I was at the Enzian tonight; the night before the start of the 2012 Florida Film Festival. I saw one of 2011′s most talked about independent feature’s, We Need To Talk About Kevin. Tilda Swinton was nominated for both a Golden Globe and SAG for her gripping portrayal of a mother who suspects something is [...]
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