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ThanksKilling (2009)
Director/writer: Jordan Downey | Rated: n/a (violence & nudity) | Review date: 5-Mar-2010
Jordan Downey’s ThanksKilling starts off with a smack-talking killer turkey chasing down a topless dame in colonial America, setting the stage for the rest of this preposterous ultra-low budget horror-spoof. In modern day, when five college classmates More >
Fish Tank (2009)
Director/writer: Andrea Arnold | Rated: n/a (language/strong sexuality) | Review date: 21-Feb-2010
Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank has won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and after viewing it there’s no surprise as to why. The film stars newcomer Katie Jarvis as Mia, a troubled 15 year old growing More >
Black Dynamite (2009)
Director: Scott Sanders | Rated: R | Review date: 20-Feb-2010
Long-barreled revolvers, kung-fu, and funky pimps are the key ingredients to Black Dynamite, starring (and also co-written by) Michael Jai White. Black Dynamite (White) is ex-CIA; back on the streets to get revenge after his brother is murdered by the More >
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
Director: Lloyd Kaufman | Rated: Unrated (extreme gore & nudity) | Review date: 14-Feb-2010
The title says it all. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is as loony and over-the-top as it sounds. Jason Yachanin hilariously plays Arby, a young man who takes up work at a local fast food More >
Run! Bitch Run! (2009)
Director/writer: Joseph Guzman | Co-writer: Robert James Hayes II | Rated: Unrated (extreme violence and sexuality) | Review date: 8-Feb-2010
A few grindhouse revival flicks have made their way to me recently, and I welcome them with open arms. Not growing up with this particular genre, I missed out on More >
