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Founder: Elements of Madness | Contributing Senior Film Critic: CLTure | Freelance Film Critic: Mountain XPress | Bylines at Pretty Vacant One and FilmFed | The Cine-Men podcast co-host | NC Film Critics Association, Southeastern Film Critics Association, & Critics Choice Association member | Rotten Tomatoes approved individual critic
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MOD Week
You may have noticed that my film reviews stopped back in May. Between travel, holidays, and the job hunt, movie going has fallen by the wayside. It doesn’t help either that a lot of recent releases have been all bluster… Read More ›
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Stay in the Light [Dark Shadows movie review]
The original Dark Shadows was a gothic soap opera which aired from 1966 to 1971. The focus was on the Collins family, and like all soap operas, each program was full of melodrama. Unlike most programs of its time, though,… Read More ›
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The Raven: Mediocre Macabre [movie review]
Last night I went to a sneak preview of The Raven, and I am absolutely grateful that I didn’t pay for it. I was b-o-r-e-d. It’s not that it wasn’t full of action. It’s not that it didn’t have violence…. Read More ›
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The Raven [movie review primer]
This week’s film review is of James McTeigue’s The Raven starring John Cusack, opening nationally April 27th. Courtesy of some friends, I’ll be attending a sneak preview tonight at the Regal Theater at Stonecrest. Haven’t been to this theater since… Read More ›
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Lockout, or Why I Should Have Seen “3 Stooges” Instead [movie review]
Lockout is both exactly the kind of action movie you like (violence, humor, a cool hero facing immense odds) and the kind of action movie you want it to be (there’s a “no gun” policy for a reason). Unfortunately I… Read More ›
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Lockout (movie review primer)
Tomorrow’s screening and review will be of James Mather and Stephen St. Leger’s Lockout. Based on the trailer, the premise appears to be that one man is hired to save the president’s daughter from a prison riot in progress…in space…. Read More ›
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American Reunion [movie review]
In the summer of 1999 I had graduated from high school and was sleeping on my best friend’s mom’s pull out sofa. I spent my days working at my Dad’s store and my evenings with my friends. The original American… Read More ›