
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLANDIdi Amin was one messed up dude. For those who don’t know, he was a dictator in Uganda from 71-79 whose actual list of abuses is shrouded in hearsay, mystery, rumor and is wrapped in a burrito or something. Numbers of citizens murdered by his…
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Added by Cyrus on February 26, 2010 at 7:22pm —
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WALK THE LINEFirst off, let’s just get this out of the way...
Johnny Cash was AWESOME. I think they should just put his picture in the dictionary next to the word. This is indisputable and any contention on this point only serves to make…
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Added by Cyrus on February 26, 2010 at 4:47pm —
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MYSTIC RIVERWho doesn’t like this? Why? I don’t get why I've heard some complaints about this lately. Based on the award-winning novel by
Dennis Lehane, this moralistic crime tale is a stunning work by …
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Added by Cyrus on February 18, 2010 at 4:18pm —
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TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.Even though this crime thriller by
“The French Connection” director
William Friedkin was generally well received when it came…
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Added by Cyrus on February 18, 2010 at 4:03pm —
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PLANET HULKHULK SMASH! AND SMASH! AND KEEP SMASHING! WHAT’S THAT OVER THERE? HAVE I SMASHED YOU YET? HULK SMASH! HULK GETTING KIND OF TIRED OF SMASHING. CHECK PLEASE. AUTOMATIC GRATUITY? HULK SAY THIS IS BULLSHIT. HULK LEAVE… Continue
Added by Cyrus on February 17, 2010 at 4:00pm —
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WHIP ITLet’s see if I can explain this. Watching sports are like watching the
"Friday the 13th" movies after awhile. There’s a plot, but it’s more or less the same one every time and I couldn’t care less about what…
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Added by Cyrus on February 17, 2010 at 2:33pm —
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SURROGATESBruce Willis is
Bruce Willis in a futuristic world that only
Bruce Willis can save. What? I love this shit.…
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Added by Cyrus on February 15, 2010 at 4:11pm —
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WWII IN HDThe most direct and to the point title ever. Because that’s
exactly what this is. What else do you need to know... Hey, COME BACK HERE! Now, don’t go running off yet screaming
“AAAAAHHHH, CYRUS IS TRYING TO MAKE ME LEARN… Continue
Added by Cyrus on February 15, 2010 at 2:57pm —
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FIREBALLSometimes the features at my favorite film festival, Austin’s own
“Fantastic Fest” get a very different reaction from the audiences there than I end up having when I get to see them later. Case in point:
"Fireball", a Thai action…
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Added by Cyrus on February 15, 2010 at 1:23pm —
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SOUTHLANDI’m still waiting for the next awesome cop show. The one that will fill the void left in my soul
(tm) since
“The Shield” came to it’s spectacular ending. I’m not really…
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Added by Cyrus on February 13, 2010 at 2:56pm —
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HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (Blu Ray)
Greetings, internet mongrels. It's been a while, hasn't it? I've reviewed this one before. I don't really remember what I said about it, but I don't recall it being particularly kind. Well . . . I mostly changed my mind. Go back and
find the other one, if you want, and call me out for contradicting myself. Whatever. I've…
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Added by Cyrus on February 13, 2010 at 2:10pm —
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MAGNOLIAI can still remember when the much anticipated
“Boogie Nights” followup by director
Paul Thomas Anderson came out…
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Added by Cyrus on February 10, 2010 at 4:21pm —
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BOOGIE NIGHTSDirector
Paul Thomas Anderson is a fascinating guy. He’s an incredibly gifted filmmaker, a still developing and evolving filmmaker who grows significantly as a talent with each new project. And…
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Added by Cyrus on February 9, 2010 at 2:14pm —
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THE INVENTION OF LYING
English comedian
Ricky Gervais writes, directs and plays the lead in this surprisingly subversive comedy posing as a silly and practically unworkable alternate Earth story. Does that make any sense? I don’t want to give away too much as I…
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Added by Cyrus on February 3, 2010 at 4:10pm —
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KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS
I sure do love the
“Shout! Factory”. Once again, they’ve sent me a classic gem adorned with more care than anyone else would have bothered with. They understand me. They understand that if it’s got…
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Added by Cyrus on February 3, 2010 at 3:35pm —
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GAMER
The guys who made
“Crank” bring you, in a similarly insane fashion, the story of a world where people’s video game avatars, are other people. Living people. Because some folks got the money to pay and some people need to get paid the money. Is that concept all that far fetched? Okay, yeah, in the context of the film, almost certainly, but director/writers…
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Added by Cyrus on February 2, 2010 at 5:00pm —
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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
Is it the scariest film ever? Is it the worst movie ever made? Opinions this year were more wildly different about
P.A. than even
“Avatar”. When I give my thumbs up but with reservations, both sides of the opinion coin attack me. This happens to me a lot. Too bad, because that’s how it is and how it's gonna stay.…
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Added by Cyrus on February 2, 2010 at 12:56pm —
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It's a well known fact that only good looking people go to space. Even the comedic relief, the bumbling
"fat" guy, is still slim by most standards. Welcome to the international spaceship
Antares, the centerpiece for the sadly departed ABC series
"Defying Gravity", where hotties in spacesuits flirt with each other and flashbacks to the preparation program reveal the motivations behind their flirting and injured glances at…
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Added by Cyrus on February 1, 2010 at 2:53pm —
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