Tag: two and a half stars

Movie Review – The Silent House (2010)

March 20, 2013
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Title: The Silent House (2011) Director: Gustavo Hernández Runtime: 86 minutes — My favorite cinematic technique has to be the long take. Godard does it beautifully in Breathless, and the opening scene of Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil made me want to make movies. My love for the long take is probably due to the fact that my…

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Movie Review – Island of Lost Souls (1932)

March 18, 2013
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Title: Island of Lost Souls (1932) Director: Erle C. Kenton Runtime: 70 minutes — It’s hard to believe that Island of Lost Souls wasn’t made by Universal, but is rather a response to those classic monster movies. Lost Souls does a great job setting the atmosphere of this mysterious island of Dr. Moreau, but it’s still…

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Movie Review – Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

March 17, 2013
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Title: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Director: Jack Arnold Runtime: 79 minutes — Creature of the Black Lagoon is another one of the original Universal monster films, and another one that doesn’t quite deliver on the high praise it receives. Creature has a few memorable moments, including some excellent underwater suspense scenes, and some…

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Movie Review – Frankenstein (1931)

March 15, 2013
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Title: Frankenstein (1931) Director: James Whale Runtime: 70 minutes — *Warning: This review contains spoilers.* I’ve only recently started watching some of the classic Universal monster flicks, and I’ve still got a few to see before I can say that I’ve seen all the originals, but, after seeing Frankenstein, I can safely say that The…

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Movie Review – Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

March 1, 2013
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Title: Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) Runtime: 104 minutes Director: Victor Salva — It’s not that Jeepers Creepers II is a bad movie, it just suffers from the same syndrome that the majority of horror sequels do: it adds little to the lore of the main bad guy, and tries to make him funnier, which doesn’t work. This sequel…

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Movie Review – Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)

February 25, 2013
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Title: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) Runtime: 96 minutes Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard — *This review contains spoilers for Halloween 4 and Halloween 5.* The beginning of Halloween 5 picks up exactly where part 4 ends, but that’s just to show how Michael survives another implausible situation. The bulk of the film takes place exactly one year later: Jamie…

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Movie Review – Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

February 24, 2013
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Title: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) Runtime: 88 minutes Director: Dwight H. Little — As everyone knows by now, Halloween III: Season of the Witch is not canon to the Michael Myers story, and even though I love that underrated gem, I decided to skip it during this marathon just to keep everything straight. Halloween…

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