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I have this thing I like to call "post-movie anxiety", where I would just come out of a movie and I would feel the urge to write a review, but the movie experience would cloud my thoughts and judgment. As a result, I wouldn't be able to write as detailed a review as I'd like to, and also, I would show more enthusiasm about the particular movie. This was the case of my Paranormal Activity… Continue

Ah, the famous Precious. (The full title is Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, but who's going to say all that?) This movie came out of nowhere and has become one of the most talked-about movies of the year. It was an independent film with limited distribution, but thanks to people's demands, it has gotten wider release and, thankfully, is shown in m… Continue

I found out about this movie, believe it or not, on Courtney Love's MySpace page. She posted a blog that featured some footage from the movie and it intrigued me a bit. Of course, that was over a year ago; I never thought I'd actually see this movie. Surprise, surprise, it's not half bad.

Valley of the Dolls is a 1967 film further emphasizing how fame and drugs go hand in hand. It focuses on three… Continue

Earlier today, I watched Nightmare on Elm Street for the first time, and I debated whether I should review that or A Christmas Carol (or both). I figured everyone already knows about Elm Street, so I chose the latter.

God knows how many movie adaptations of Charles Dickens’ classic novel there are. Apparently not enough because somebody made yet… Continue

After watching an episode of Clerks: The Animated Series, I decided to check out the movie Marathon Man, since the episode quoted its famous line, “Is it safe?”.

So this movie stars Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier, and it follows a young graduate student/marathon runner as he inexplicably gets involved with secret agents and an evil Nazi dentist. Although it sounds like a plot… Continue