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To moue is to pout

gbem1 wrote 1 month ago: At work I read short stories. Many of them. I try to keep it systematic: one story from one book and … more →

Tags: Literature, Book Reviews, Franz Kafka, Thomas Pynchon, Jack Kerouac, Salman Rushdie, John McNally

Double Whammy Reviews: Falling Hard and Does This Book Make Me Look Fat?1 comment

girljordyn wrote 3 months ago: As difficult as it is to review books that are made up of short stories, essays, or poetry, I will a … more →

Tags: Formal Reviews, Reviews, Poetry, Short Stories

28 Weeks Later (1.5 /4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: I’ve never understood when a film on a hollywood budget, with an impressive pedigree of techn … more →

Tags: 28 weeks later, Apocalyptic, British, Gore, Horror, zombie

Sugarland Express (4/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: This movie confounded my expectations every step of the way. Spielberg’s first theatrical fea … more →

Tags: adventure, Ben Johnson, Drama, Goldie Hawn, John Williams, Steven Spielberg, Sugarland Express, True Story, William Atherton

Rush Hour 3 (2.5/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: I actually kind of enjoyed this as a throwback to the type of B-action they used to crank out in th … more →

Tags: Action, Brett Ratner, chris tucker, Comedy, jackie chan, Rush Hour, Sequel

Ice Spiders (1/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: I know, I know, I was asking for it with this one. But, you know, I see Tibor Takacs name there, I … more →

Tags: Horror, spiders, Tibor Takacs

Hellraiser (2.5/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: This is the kind of movie I loved when I was a kid. This, “Phantasm” and “Re-Anim … more →

Tags: Andrew Robinson, Ashley Laurence, Clive Barker, Gore, Hellraiser, Horror

Saint Ralph (4/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: This movie is a breath of fresh air. That doesn’t happen too often for me, the last time was … more →

Tags: Drama, Saint Ralph, Sports, Jennifer Tilly, Campbell Scott

The Reaping (1.5/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: And that 1 1/2 is a cursory grade that all Swank flicks get in my book, but this one tested me. Man … more →

Tags: Horror, Thriller, Hillary Swank, Apocalyptic, Religious, Dark Castle

The Hamiltons (0.5/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: Ugh. Another dull vampire flick. You know, I’ve never liked vampires, I found the folklore su … more →

Tags: Horror, Gore, Vampires, Torture, Independent, Low Budget

Black Sheep (3.5/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: Now this is a movie. Mutant were-sheep, demented puppetry, entrails all over the place = a damned … more →

Tags: Horror, Comedy, Black sheep, Gore, New Zealand

The Invisible (2/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: Strange. At the end of this flick, I was overwhelmed by how much I liked the music score … an … more →

Tags: detective, Suspense, Thriller, Justin Chatwin, Marco Beltrami, David Goyer, ghost, Remake

In The Land Of Women (2.5/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: I hate, absolutely hate, to write up a critique of a film talking about an actors appearance, but M … more →

Tags: Comedy, Drama, Romance, In the Land of Women, Adam Brody, Meg Ryan, kristen stewart

Gone Baby Gone (3.5/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: Incredible attention to detail. While it suffers (a little) from the usual problems inherent in mur … more →

Tags: detective, Suspense, Thriller, gone baby gone, Casey Affleck, Ben Affleck, Dennis Lehane, michelle moynahan, Ed Harris

The TV Set (2.5/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: I have a feeling that this is a devastatingly accurate account of how the American television indus … more →

Tags: Comedy, Drama, The TV Set, David Duchovney, Sigourney Weaver, Satire

Rendition (3.5/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: This is a difficult film to review. It’s very well made, and even though its not saying much … more →

Tags: Suspense, Thriller, Reese Witherspoon, meryl streep

Michael Clayton (4/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: A quiet, completely character-driven suspense-drama, that derives its edge-of-your-seat moments fro … more →

Tags: Michael Clayton, george clooney, Tony Gilroy, Suspense, Thriller, 70's, Tom Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack

The Kingdom (3/4)

runonempty wrote 4 months ago: Never pretends to offer insight into the problems of the real world, it’s a commanding action … more →

Tags: adventure, Action, Michael Mann, Peter Berg, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Foxx

Fable 2 review.

Dalagonash wrote 8 months ago: It’s the return of short reviews, Huzzah! Hear the people cheer in polite un-interest as I pos … more →

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