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Wow, what a movie. Just outstanding. It is unbelievable to me that this film was made for 15 million dollars. Just swirl that around in your head for a while. 15 million dollars, and they created something that impressed me a hell of a lot more then Transformers 3, which ...

Note on reviews: I try not to spoil what I would consider major plot revelations in any of my reviews, but I do like to talk about movies in a way that would be meaningful to someone who has seen the film. Thus, assume there are probably more spoilers than ...

"I am apex predator."---Soon, we’re going to have to reconfigure our classification of films that utilize cameras being operated by its characters. Sure, the implication is that the footage is in fact found, most of the time, but then that just rakes in the semantics of editing, finding of footage, ...

Nearly a year ago, rumours started spreading that Warner Brothers were seeking to adapt the landmark Japanese future-punk anime, Akira, into a Keanu Reeves vehicle, with Albert Hughes set to direct. Yet, after months of problems with casting, budgets and script rewrites, this live-action remake seemed destined to remain confined ...

The found footage movie has had quite a lot of success for itself over the past three years. Despite its roots firmly stemming from 1999's the Blair Witch Project, this type of movie really didn't come into the mind of the popular conscience until 2009's Paranormal Activity, a movie that ...

I'm drawn to the found footage genre of film. I honestly believe that if a filmmaker decides to push the boundary of the genre past the whole 'everyone dies at the end' there is greatness to achieve. Chronicle achieves this and zooms past it with a refreshing air of quality ...