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Insidious: Chapter 2
Dir. James Wan, 2013, 106 mins. Rated: PG-13 (Image: Chicagonow.com) Up until about a week ago I had little hope that Insidious: Chapter 2 would be any good. I had seen Insidious (James Wan 2010) in...
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Big Bad Wolves (Mi mefahed mezeev hara)
Dir. Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, 2013, 110 min. (Image: Geektyrant.com) It begins with big, loud, beautiful music. Classical. Three children play in what looks like an abandoned,...
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XL
Dir. Marteinn Thorsson, 2013, 87 min. (Image: Viff.org) XL made me fucking angry, and if my cussing is any indication, it still does. The thing is, I’ve been sitting with this anger for over 24 hours...
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Guest Review: Heli
Dir. Amat Escalante, 2013, 105 min. (Image: Viff.org) After the credits of Amat Escalante‘s Heli rolled, the friend that I dragged to the screening turned to me and asked incredulously: “Why would...
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Guest Review: That Burning Feeling
Dir. Jason James, 2013, 95 min. (Image: Viff.org) “A romantic comedy about the least romantic thing” is how Vancouver director Jason James described his feature film debut, That Burning Feeling, in his...
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Nothing Left to Fear on Blu-ray
Dir. Anthony Leonardi III, 2013, 100 min. Rated: R (Image: Aceshowbiz.com) Pastor Dan (James Tupper) moves his family—his wife (Anne Heche) and two teenage daughters—to one of those small towns in the...
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Ice Soldiers
Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson, 2013, 95 min. Rated: R (Image: Letterboxd.com) Like any spiritually devoid screen-worshipping image junkie I have seen my fair share of “films.” As you know, the celluloid scale...
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Spinning Plates
Dir. Joseph Levy, 2013, 93 min. (Image: Insidemovies.ew.com) The ever-growing popularity of “reality” television suggests that we are becoming an increasingly voyeuristic culture—or rather, the...
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Only Lovers Left Alive
Dir. Jim Jarmusch, 2013, 123 min. Rated: R (Image: Collider.com) It is difficult to find anything to say about Only Lovers Left Alive beyond confirming that what everyone else has said is true: the...
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Fantasy Filmfest Nights 2014: Snowpiercer
Dir. Bong Joon-ho, 2013, 126 min. Rated: R (Image: Firstshowing.net) Director Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer is kind of like if the story of Noah’s ark took place on a large train instead of an ark, and...
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