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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 >
Sleep Dealer (2009)
Feb 3rd
Director/writer: Alex Rivera & David Riker (screenplay) | Rated: PG-13 | Review date: 3-Feb-2010
In the near future overrun by technology and a militarized state of mind, Memo (Luis Fernando Peña) lives on his family’s modest milpa, passing the time listening to radio transmissions from his makeshift scanner. While Memo lives his dreams of the outside world through a pair of headphones, he has no idea that the high-tech outside world is about to hit closer to home in a way that he never imagined. Shortly after his world is shattered, Memo sets out for Tijuana to work in the factories, More >
Top 20 Favorite Movies of the Decade (2000-2009) Video
Jan 1st
For the text-only list, go here. There were too many to go on one list…but hope you enjoy these twenty anyway!
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Roman de gare (2007)
Dec 30th
Director: Claude Lelouch | Rated: R | Review date: 30-Dec-2009
A magic-trick-wielding sadistic killer on the loose, a missing husband and father, and a best-selling author being questioned by the police about the disappearance of her alleged ghostwriter; if this doesn’t sound like the groundwork for an excellent novel than I don’t know what does. Claude Lelouch directs this mysterious crime thriller about an author, played by Fanny Ardant, and three different tales intertwined to inspire her next great novel. Dominique Pinon stars as…well saying who he stars as might give too much away. Pinon gives an excellent performance and is More >
Bangkok Dangerous (1999)
Dec 28th
Director(s): The Pang Brothers | Rated: R (violence) | Review date: 29-Dec-2009
Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang, otherwise known as the Pang Brothers, did something very interesting. They remade one of their own films for the English speaking audience. By this remake I am of course referring to Bangkok Dangerous (2008), starring Nicolas Cage. Fans were in outcry, offended that Hollywood bigwigs seem to feel the need to tamper with perfectly good cinema for an audience that’s too lazy to read. As strange as it was for the Pang brothers to redo one of their own films, I have to admire More >