I shudder to think that I almost didn’t go see this film. The press screening was early in the morning, it was a purported 2 and 1/2 hours long, it was…
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Primal made its North American debut at Fantastic Fest, and was one of four movies featured by IFC Midnight. The film is available on IFC On Demand until December 22. In…
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Last week, we ran a review of Corridor, a movie that played at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX. It was a nifty, minimalist throw-back to Hitchcock, and the entire movie hinges on the performance of…
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When I read the synopsis for Rubber – an experimental film about a psychokinetic, automobile tire that goes on a killing spree in the desert – I thought it sounded like an…
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A trio of schoolchildren are bound by a shocking secret in Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go. Although it has been couched as a sci-fi thriller, the movie is actually a…
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Mother’s Day, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, III, IV), is loosely based on a horrific, true story that took place in Wichita, Kansas 10 years ago – as well…
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If you’ve been following the marketing for Stone, you are no doubt poised to see a psychological thriller, of sorts. Unfortunately, Stone plays more like a psychodrama than a psychological thriller.…
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I remember when I saw the trailer for Buried (directed by Rodrigo Cortés and starring Ryan Reynolds), I thought it looked horrifying – though I was curious how the film would play…