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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie US DVD release date is here!
Apr 22nd
Niels Arden Oplev’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the film adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s novel, is set for a July 6, 2010 release date! This dark Swedish crime drama has critics buzzing and is quickly becoming a success on its limited release here in the US. Pre-orders for the DVD and Blu-ray are available below. If you’ve missed the film in your town, or if it never came, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. With an American remake in the works, you’ll want to check this one out before any Hollywood thoughts jump into your More >
Lo (2009)
Mar 14th
Director/writer: Travis Betz | Rated: n/a | Review date: 14-Mar-2010
Lo is one of those rare films that has the ability to tread multiple genres while not adhering to the rules or conventions of any specific one exclusively. The story is fairly simple. A guy named Justin (Ward Roberts) is in love. His peculiar and mysterious girlfriend April (Sarah Lassez) goes missing. Desperate Justin will stop at nothing to get his love back, even if that means tampering with the dark side and putting his own life on the line.
Using a necronomicon-esque book left behind by April, Justin summons a demon named More >
Let the Right One In (2008)
Mar 3rd
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Rated: R | Review date: 20-Feb-2010
aka Låt den rätte komma inVampires are all the rage lately, so much so that one would think there’s very little room for creativity in the genre. Well Let the Right One In proves that to be quite the contrary. The author of the book of which this film is based, John Ajvide Lindqvist, has also wrote the screenplay for this dark Swedish gem directed by Tomas Alfredson.
The story follows 12 year old Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a bullied loner living in an apartment complex with his mother. Oskar would like More >
Top 10 Favorite Films of 2009 Video
Dec 27th
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Top 10 Favorite Films of 2009
Dec 26th
2009 was a pretty exciting year for movies. As the year ends I’ve chosen a hand full of my favorites. These are the films that came to my mind while reflecting, but it’s likely that I’ve left out a few that I really enjoyed. There were many great mainstream, foreign, and independent films this year so I decided to combine some faves from each group into one list (not an easy task for me). The following list is in alphabetical order, coincidentally the first pick, (500) Days of Summer, would be my favorite if I absolutely had to choose. Note: More >