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LORDS OF DOGTOWN – Catherine Hardwicke

Once in awhile a film comes along that is worth bringing to your attention. A film that most people don’t hear about and slips “under the radar” and this is one of those films. Being from Southern California, I can tell you there is nowhere like it in the world! There are SO many things that make California great; the weather!

Posted July 1st, 2012.
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THE GREY – Joe Carnahan

There are certain actors that seem to do just about every and any film that comes their way. Actors like Robert DeNiro, Samual L. Jackson, and Liam Neeson. With so many films coming out, some get lost in the shuffle, others are blockbuster hits, and some make you scratch your head and wonder; Why did they film this? Oh yeah, the paycheck.

Posted June 25th, 2012.
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WOMAN IN BLACK – James Watkins

In life, we have many different types of discussions. On the topic of Films, many different subjects come up. Things like why did they have to make a sequel to that?, Is the original better than the remake? and Best (fill in genre) Film of all time? Well, one subject that always seems to come up is, Hollywood doesn’t make good Horror films anymore.

Posted June 5th, 2012.
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RAMPART – Oren Moverman

This is a film that goes back to the hardcore cop films of the 80′s and mostly 90′s. It is raw, hard-core, and very violent. The story takes place in 1999, when the Rampart Division was under major criticism. Woody Harrelson plays David “Date Rape” Brown, an old school, racists, violent, womanizing veteran officer who defends himself against his actions as a tough officer of the law.

Posted June 3rd, 2012.
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TAKEN – Pierre Morel

Taken is an action-packed film that doesn’t hold back. It is a rollercoaster ride through the streets of Paris and doesn’t catch its breath till the very end. The story begins state-side with Bryan Mills (played by Liam Neeson), who is a retired CIA Agent who is divorced and on his own. He has a 17 year old daughter named, Kim (played by Maggie Grace), who has one dream: to go to Paris with her best friend, Amanda (played by Katie Cassidy).

Posted May 13th, 2012.
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THE CABIN IN THE WOODS – Drew Goddard

It has been awhile since I’ve been to the movie theater. Usually this time of year, Spring is considered the box office’s slowest time. Everyone is waiting for that big Summer Kick-off which usually starts first week of May. However, it seems that this time of year, there is at least ONE surprise film that takes us off guard that we don’t see coming. A film that puts a twist on that particular genre. In this case, it’s Horror films. Horror films have been a rollorcoaster ride for many years. With Slasher films of the 80′s, the “Make fun of the Genre” (like Scream) in the 90′s, the “Torture” Horror films of the 00′s, and now it’s time for something new. And right now with the release of Cabin in the woods, we have that “new” face of Horror. It’s called; “the twist”. That’s right, take a scenario that we all know and have heard of before and give it a twist you don’t see coming – that’s Cabin in the woods.

Posted May 3rd, 2012.
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FRIDAY THE 13TH – Retrospect

Different times during the course of the year, certain events happen that reminds of us certain films. For example, Christmas we think of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, Halloween we think of John Carpenter’s ‘Halloween’, and so on, but when it comes to that rare date during the course of the year, Friday the 13th we think of only one horror film franchise of the same name. For over 30 years, Jason Voorhees has been haunting us on that date and in our nightmares for a long time.

Posted April 13th, 2012.
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Filmaker’s Spotlight – SEB SHAW

Most filmmakers start with short films and Independent Films of which many are posted on Youtube, or other Internet sites. For the lucky few, their films are viewed at Film Fest’s around the world. In some cases film companies are so impressed, they financially back these films, and they do everything to promote them, and so it begins.

Posted April 2nd, 2012.
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THE HELP – Tate Taylor

The Help is about a young writer, Skeeter (played by Emma Stone), who just came back to her hometown in 1960′s Mississippi from college. More than anything she wants to be a published writer. As she get’s a small job working for the local newspaper, she feels that she can do more with her life and her talent. After seeing how the African-American Help are treated at one of her friends of high society party’s, she get’s the idea to write a book based on the stories of the Help that cook, clean, take care of white babies, and put up with a lot of racism.

Posted March 31st, 2012.
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VERSIPELLIS – Donatello Della Pepa

Twins inside mother’s womb (a symbol of serenity and life), they become assassins in the same place, devouring one of the three of them as to survive. Giulio and Francesco suffer with congenital defects, the first one undergoing deformed backbone, the second one changing himself into a werewolf. Two brothers following different roads, destined for an inescapable encounter, after a terrible sequence of murderers.