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I know what a large statement the title above is. I don't have very many qualifiers for it. Simply, The Raid (I refuse to add the "Redemption" subtitle) is one of the greatest action movies ever. The Raid applies to "less is more" school of storytelling, and the "more is ...

I really wanted to like Hobo With a Shotgun. I was really looking forward to seeing it, and was elated when the film in question finally arrived in my mailbox. Then I watched it, and felt... sort of let down. Which is really strange, seeing as I'm usually willing to ...

I saw Super 8, the much-hyped, secretive lovechild of J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg at 12:02 on Friday morning. Despite being tired out of my mind, I was determined to see this film, which was easily my most anticipated film of the summer, if not the year. I was not ...

One of the most cliched lines in movie reviews is "it's x meets y!". This has many variations, including "x and y walk are put into a blender", "x and y are fused together by an evil, movie-loving scientist", and "x and y make hot movie love. Eight or so ...

I've always felt that it's far, far easier to make a compelling mystery in film than it is to make up an answer for said mystery.  Dark City is a perfect example of this. Now, for clarification, I watched the Director's Cut of this, so my opinions may be a ...

First warning: If you like your films to make sense, it's probably not a good idea to go see Rubber. But you knew that already, didn't you? I mean, if you're that sort of person, you don't look at the trailer for a movie about a psychic, murderous tire and ...

First things first: If you haven't seen the trailer for Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, go do that right now. Go ahead, I'll wait. Are you guys back with me? Cool. Now, let's talk. Going solely on the trailer, what would you think this movie is about? You're probably thinking, ...

I admit, I kind of have a man-crush on Nathan Fillion. The man is pretty much the most charming human being on the planet, which makes it totally okay that he's kind of a douche in his most famous role, Malcolm Reynolds on Firefly. In Slither, Nathan plays a small-town ...

  Sometimes, the best movie experiences are the ones you didn't you wanted. Before seeing Dog Soldiers, the directorial debut of Neil Marshall (director of The Descent and Centurion), I didn't know I wanted to see Sean Pertwee hole up in a house surrounded by werewolves. I now see the ...

Let me get this out of the way: I don't really like documentaries. I've only seen a handful throughout my life. I also don't find food very fascinating. I like it. It tastes good. My relationship with it doesn't go much further than that. For whatever reason, however, I really ...

A Town Called Panic is... unique, to say the least. The movie adaptation of a cult-hit Belgian TV show, I've explained the film to my peers as what would happen if Robot Chicken were less interested in making fun of pop culture and was instead utterly, completely, random and original. ...