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REVIEW: Infestation (2009)
I’ve always said; if you want to make a low budget horror flick, you either have to do something very different or something really special. While this giant bug flick isn’t too different to, say, Eight Legged Freaks, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Creature Feature, Film, giant bugs, Infestation, Movie, Review
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REVIEW: Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
Steve Buscemi plays a nebbish mama’s boy who spends his inheritance having his mother brought back from the grave, only for her to turn into a flesh hungry member of the living dead.
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Tagged Braindead, Comedy, Dead Alive, Film, Horror, Steve Buscemi, Zombie
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REVIEW: Fire and Ice (1983)
Sublime sword and sandal epic from the director of 1978’s animated Lord of the Rings. Necron and his with mother kidnap Princess Tigra and wipe out Larn’s people, with the help of a mysterious stranger known as Darkwolf, they will … Continue reading
REVIEW: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Out of all the classic franchises, which would you pick to reboot? The correct answer is, of course, none of them. I didn’t care about this movie. I laughed at the CGI in the trailer. I scoffed at the scores … Continue reading
REVIEW: Vegas Vacation (1997)
The Griswald’s take a trip to sunny Las Vegas so Ellen and Clarke can renew their wedding vows but in true Griswald fashion, things go very wrong.
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Tagged 90s, Chevy Chase, Comedy, Film, National Lampoons, Review, Vacation, Vegas
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REVIEW: Attack The Block (2011)
I’ve been a big fan of Joe Cornish ever since Channel 4’s Takeover TV featured segments of The Adam and Joe Show back in the 90s. My favourite parts were always the sections were they would recreate popular movies using … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011, Attack the Block, British, Edgar Wright, Horror, Joe Cornish, Sci Fi
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REVIEW: Chuck & Buck (2000)
erpetual manchild Buck is obsessed with his former best friend and successful record company exec, Charles (or, y’know, Chuck). Buck is pretty nuts, and Chuck is a vapid douchebag. I was 15 when this film came out, and for some … Continue reading
REVIEW: Tucker and Dale Versus Evil (2010)
Two bumbling rednecks find themselves embroiled in a slasher type plot in which theyare the killers. Except not. An original premise, and one I can’t believe hasn’t been explored before. This film is a joy from start to finish replete with … Continue reading
REVIEW: Monsters (2010)
Low budget filmmaking is difficult to do right. It’s easy to make a trashy slasher or a zombo-gore bonanza on a shoe-string, but to make a special effects spectacular with pathos and scope. That’s a beast of a whole different colour. Monsters … Continue reading
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