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High Tension (Switchblade Romance) - R
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I don't usually watch movies like this, but I'd heard good and bad things about it so I checked it out. There are moments of well-executed tension (as you'd expect, although the title actually translates to 'High Voltage'), and De France gives a good, convincingly terrified performance. It is also very weak in other areas; some sequences are incompetently directed (especially the 20 km/h car chase), the characters are as thinly sketched as you'd expect from a gore film, and the ending, while enjoyably satirical, is poorly revealed, doesn't really make any sense, and is actually quite offensive if you think about it. (I won't say why, that would spoil it.) You'll enjoy this if you love the gore horror genre, but if you think about it for more than five minutes it won't seem so hot after all.
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December 5, 2009
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N/A
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Adventureland - R
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Enjoyable and affecting, Mottola is a talented writer, he surprised me with this. I was expecting...well, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but considering his lame handling of Superbad, it certainly wasn't something as subtle, emotionally complex and sharply observed as this was. Which is not to say it's perfect, of course; it's downright pretentious and irritating at times, especially Eisenberg's character, but when it works, it really works, and I enjoyed it rather a lot.
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December 4, 2009
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N/A
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Up in the Air - R
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December 4, 2009
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N/A
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Brothers - R
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December 4, 2009
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N/A
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Burn After Reading - R
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Funny and brilliant in so many ways. Pitt is fucking hilarious, and Clooney hams it up perfectly. I especially enjoyed the framing device in the guise of JK Simmons. Good shit.
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November 29, 2009
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N/A
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Kramer vs. Kramer - PG
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Pretty good I guess. I thought the character of Phyllis had potential, I don't know why she was just shrugged off like that.
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November 28, 2009
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N/A
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Fantastic Mr. Fox - PG
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November 28, 2009
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N/A
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Shoot 'Em Up - R
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I was inexplicably disappointed by this. I guess I was expecting some real satire/parody. Without that it's just another dumb action movie with poorly constructed (albeit intermittently clever) set pieces and some truly awful CGI. Meh. Owen is good of course.
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November 27, 2009
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N/A
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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself - R
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First of all, I was expecting this to be in Danish, so the Scottish accents were a little jarring. Luckily it's a good film so it didn't matter anyway. Very sad, and with a successfully strange atmosphere and an amazing performance from Rawlins. The wonderful Shirley Henderson also helps.
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November 23, 2009
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N/A
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The One - PG-13
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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The Lake House - PG
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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August Rush - PG
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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As Good As It Gets - PG-13
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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The Beach - R
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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Trading Places - R
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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The Full Monty - R
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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Drop Dead Fred - PG-13
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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Demolition Man - R
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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Hocus Pocus - PG
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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Four Weddings and a Funeral - R
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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Meet Joe Black - PG-13
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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The Other Boleyn Girl - PG-13
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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No Reservations - PG
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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3 Ninjas - PG
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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Across the Universe - PG-13
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November 22, 2009
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N/A
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