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| EFC STATS |
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21247 |
| Total Ratings: |
231333 |
| Total Reviews: |
23752 |
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| AMERICAN, THE |
"Losing His Edge"
William Goss says... "George Clooney is going down, down stone steps and steep hills, down the map from Sweden to Italy. He’s a man known by many names – Jack, Edward, Mr. Butterfly – who always looks over his shoulder as he walks and often picks a corner when he sits. He knows how to make guns, he knows how to use them, and he knows that he’s being followed by men and women who are similarly skilled. And if he isn’t careful, then he’ll go down for good." (more)
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| LOUIS |
"A great silent comedy with great music, if that's not a contradiction."
Jay Seaver says... "SCREENED WITH LIVE MUSIC: When I mentioned to a friend that I was planning a trip to New York to see a new movie inspired by the early life of Louis Armstrong, I asked him to guess what sort of movie it was. Well, he figured, since we wouldn't be playing guess-the-genre if it were obvious, that left out the musical. It took some time to get to "silent comedy", which in 2010 has be considered an unusual (if attention-getting) choice." (more)
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"Blade Runner"
Peter Sobczynski says... "If the super-gory Mexploitaton goof “Machete” does nothing else, it reconfirms Robert Rodriguez’s standing as Hollywood’s answer to the Energizer Bunny. Once again, he has given us an unabashedly lurid serving of cinematic pulp that is crammed with so much manna from B-movie heaven--oceans of blood and guts, a bevy of babes running the gamut from half-naked to fully, goofball humor, wild stunts and wilder plot twists--and has done so with enough energy to power several mid-sized suburbs. The trouble is that, unlike more successful ventures such as “Desperado” and “Sin City,” he hasn’t balanced out that reckless energy with equal amounts of inspiration and discipline and as a result, a film that starts off as exhilarating soon becomes exhausting and most viewers will likely emerge from it feeling like they have attended a buffet dinner where they took about four trips too many to the carving station." (more)
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| GOING THE DISTANCE |
"Why Couldn't They Be Scott Pilgrim And Ramona?"
Erik Childress says... "There is breaking news in the world of studio-sponsored romantic comedies. Somebody not associated with Judd Apatow actually made a good one. It’s inevitable that his name is going to come up when discussing Going the Distance with its cavalcade of guy friends and reference-based humor, so let’s just get it out of the way. Most definitely it is a compliment, and not a back-handed one in any way to director Nanette Burnstein, screenwriter Geoff LaTulippe and their cast trying to glom on to the latest trend. We need more films like those and like this that don’t play games with its primary couple and actually tries to navigate through real-world human connections with characters who don’t feel like pawns on the board of convention. Classic status be damned if we can just say “Bravo” to those sentiments a couple times a year. As chances are dim that we may see another romantic comedy as funny and as close to honest as this all year, we should celebrate Going the Distance while we have the chance." (more)
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| AMERICAN, THE |
"I Present To You Our Ambassador, Mr. Clooney."
Erik Childress says... "You will often hear of films of the thriller variety referred to having a ‘70s sensibility. Many of the thrillers of that era were often influenced in the events surrounding Watergate and the sins inherit in Vietnam; many of which resulted in the aftermath of the JFK assassination. Jim Garrison was helping fuel the national paranoia over a shady element in our government and it resulted in favorites of the time like Three Days of the Condor, The Parallax View and, of course, All the President’s Men. Paranoia being the key word in everything above; the fear of the threat more than the direct involvement in shootouts and chases. Anton Corbjn’s ultra-spare thriller, The American, shares a direct link with that time even though it is set, as far as we can tell, today. Without making any sudden movements to call attention to its own intentions, the film becomes an interesting statement about our more recent government’s involvement in global affairs and an intimately tense tale of a man capable of more than just the violence he causes." (more)
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| CENTURION |
"A 2nd-century 'Expendables' with better action and more expending."
Jay Seaver says... "I suspect that Neil Marshall will never break through to doing big Hollywood movies, assuming that holds any interest for him, despite just how good he is at every aspect of the job. The man is just too fond of his blood and guts to go to the world where producers are always looking for a PG-13, and he's not content to stick to horror movies, where that's a niche one can settle into. That's why his new movie, "Centurion", is premiering in boutique theaters in the United States alongside a video on demand run despite being a big, brawny action/adventure." (more)
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| LAST EXORCISM, THE |
"Flim-flam."
Rob Gonsalves says... "Exorcism movies shouldn’t be rated PG-13, because demons shouldn’t be rated PG-13. They’re supposed to be vile, ghastly, unholy creatures that revel in obscene sacrilege so grotesquely they can test the faith of the most devout. If you can’t show that, you’re wasting our time." (more)
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| LAST EXORCISM, THE |
"Reality without the reality"
brianorndorf says... "The goal for a “found footage” horror film is to achieve realism. There has to be a sense of authenticity to the chicanery, otherwise it’s nothing but community theater leftovers covered by lousy camerawork. Picking up where “Paranormal Activity” left off, “The Last Exorcism” travels even further into absurdity, unable to construct a genuine mood to make the nightmare standout. Instead, it’s a film that spends 80 minutes calling attention to its own artificiality, when the intent is clearly to draw viewers in using the suggestion of reality." (more)
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A VISIT TO STAR WARS CELEBRATION V
by Brian Orndorf |
| "Star Wars Celebration is the big show for anyone with a major hankerin’ for sparkly Lucasian action, assuming control of a vast space and filling it with all matters of Jedi and Sith-related material. It’s an astounding presentation of hot-blooded fandom, bringing together a swirl of admirers from all over the planet (perhaps a few alien nations as well) to discuss the infinite “Star Wars” universe, hobnob with aging media stars, and buy gobs of merchandise from excitable, finger-rubbing merchants. Because it wouldn’t truly be a “Star Wars” experience without an opportunity to give George Lucas your every last cent." (more) |
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'THAT BOY IS A FINE PIECE OF WORK. HE'S A FINE PIECE OF ASS THOUGH, TOO!'
- Juanita, Billy Maddison
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