Intro
Who Goes There? A simple question. As it can also be a sign of fear that trembles through your body. Not knowing who is friend and who is foe is a great fear, like in the 1982 release of John Carpenter’s “The Thing.”
Category: Reviews
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In the Mouth of Madness
Intro:
As Americans we tend to overly obsess about things too easily. A recent of example of the trend is Harry Potter. Tons of people everywhere get into Harry Potter WAY too much, but is hasn’t reached an unhealthy point…..yet. Evenually obsession could be the end of us, like in the 1995 release of John Carpenter’s “In the Mouth of Madness.”
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“Hunger”
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Summary
In this film, a detective and a news reporter are caught in a cat and mouse game between two serial killers. While the detective and the news reporter hunt for a ‘killer’, the two killers hunt each other with one of them craving S&M and cannibalism. (more…)
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Dumb and Dumber
Intro
When Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) meets a vexing young woman while he drives her to the airport, he decides that he has found the woman of his dreams, Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly), and the briefcase that she ‘left’ behind. He convinces his friend and roommate, Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) that they should go to Aspen, California (or Colorado, your choice) to find new opportunities, get out of Rhode Island, and deliver Mary’s forgotten briefcase. They set off on their journey with absolutely no idea how to get to Aspen and have many run-ins with locals and the criminals that want the ransom money in the briefcase.
When its all over and done with, the day is saved by these two clueless boobs!
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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Intro
Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface. All are legends of horror and all have sliced and diced their way to fame. Leslie Vernon. The next great serial killer allows a group of film grad students to document the life and work of a serial killer in the 2006 release of Scott Glosserman’s “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon”. (more…)
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Dodgeball
Intro
When Average Joe’s Gym faces bankruptcy and then default, and owner Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) learns that his competitor Globo Gym and its owner White Goodman (Ben Stiller) are waiting to snap up the property and turn it into a new parking garage; Peter and his bizarre group of regulars, aided by their new-found partner Kate Veach (Christine Taylor) play in a Dodgeball Tournament for the Grand Prize and keep Average Joe’s alive. The only problem is that White and the Globo Gym powerhouse are in the tournament also.
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Old School
Intro
When Frank “The Tank” Ricard (Will Ferrel) and his questionable friends Mitch Martin (Luke Wilson) and Bernard Campbell (Vince Vaughn) are tired of their adult lives and yearn once more to live the college life of parties and fun, they decide to start a fraternity of their own. When the colorful band of people they gathered as members are together, the entire campus is up for a wild ride!
The group bends over backwards to stay compliant with college policies, while mean old Dean Pritchard ( Jeremy Piven) tries to get them evicted off the campus in this hilarious film.
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Flightplan
Intro
When a mother loses her daughter on a huge airplane in mid-flight, no one takes her seriously. In fact, the crew denies even seeing the little girl, and think that she is mentally unstable due to her husband’s recent death. The captain puts her in the custody of a flight marshal to keep the peace on the plane, but something is not quite right on this flight.
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Intro
How far would you go to save your job? How far would you go to save your and your best friend’s jobs? Well, if you take the stance that Chuck Levine (Adam Sandler) and Larry Valentine (Kevin James) did in the this movie, then you would be a true friend indeed!
This is the story of two perfectly straight NYC Firefighters who form a Domestic Partnership and act gay to fool the insurance company and receive double the benefits. Even though they are trying their best, Chuck and his constant ogling of the female race poses a great threat to uncovering their secret. During their experience, they are called names and shunned like many others in the opposite society, and come out of it with a new look on life.
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Blood Dolls
Intro
All my life I’ve been freaked out by dolls and clowns. People ask me why and I say that they are dangerous. After they ask me what I mean, I usually tell them to just watch a Full Moon film, like 1999 release of Charles Band’s “Blood Dolls”. (more…)