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Cayman Went Movie Review 108
Cayman Went is a movie which I hadn't heard anything about before I saw it. I didn't really know what to expect. It is directed by Bobby Sheehan and it stars Mike Lombardi who also starred in Rescue Me . Josh Anders(Lombardi) is an actor who stars ...
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Legion Movie Review 106
Legion is a movie starring Paul Bettany as the angel Michael who has been sent to earth to wipe out mankind. He is sent down to Earth along with some other angels to kill all humans as God has decided that we are a waste of time. The good news i...
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Sorority Row Movie Review 103
Sorority Row is a remake of the 1983 movie The House on Sorority Row. It is directed by Stewart Hendler and it stars Carrie Fisher and Rumer Willis. The movie begins with some girls who are the usual airheads and they are at some party. They play ...
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The Collector Movie Review 102
The Collector is a horror movie that I was looking forward to seeing as it is written by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. Who are they? They are the writers of Feast and more importantly, Saw 4,Saw 5 and Saw 6. They will be the writers for Saw ...
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Albino Farm Movie Review 100
Albino Farm stars WWE star Chris Jericho and Home and Away babe Tammin Sursok. It is directed by Joe Anderson and Sean McEwen. The movie begins with the old cliche of four kids driving to visit The Orzak Mountains. They are interested in local ...
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The Blackout Movie Review 99
The Blackout is a horror movie in the vein of Cloverfield and REC. It is directed by Robert David Sanders and it stars some unknowns. So, everything blacks out for a few minutes on Christmas Eve. Then, everything comes back to normal and ever...
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The Invention of Lying Movie Review 98
The Invention of Lying is written, directed and stars Ricky Gervais. He is responsible for The Office series and Extras so I knew that this movie would be funny. It also stars Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K, Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan...
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Giallo Movie Review 96
Giallo is the latest movie directed by a favourite of mine, Dario Argento. I love his work and this movie was very good. It stars Adrien Brody and a cast of Italian actors. I have read some reviews of it and some people really didn't think t...
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All About Steve Movie Review 95
All About Steve stars Sandra Bullock as Mary Horowitz who is a crossword constructor for a small newspaper. She has no man in her life and she stays with her parents as her apartment is being fumigated. As she has no real life outside of her jo...
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Dorian Gray Movie Review 90
This movie is from the novel written by Oscar Wilde. This is another adaptation of the book and it stars Ben Barnes, Colin Firth and Ben Chaplin. It is directed by Oliver Parker who also directed the new St. Trinian movies as well as other Oscar Wil...
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Across The Hall Movie Review 89
Across The Hall is a nice drama/thriller that stars the late Brittany Murphy as June, Mike Vogel as Julian and Danny Pino as Terry. Terry calls his best friend Julian to say he thinks that his girlfriend is having an affair. Terry follows his girlfr...
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Couples Retreat Movie Review 88
Couples Retreat is a comedy starring Vince Vaughan, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman and Faizon Love as the male cast. In the female cast, there is Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Kirstin David and Kali Hawk. Also in this movie is Jean Reno, so with such a g...
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Case 39 Movie Review 85
This movie stars Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper, not to mention Ian McShane. It is directed by Christian Alvart who also directed Pandorum which we reviewed here.So, the story begins with Emily Jenkins(Zellweger) who is a social worker who takes ...
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Triangle Movie Review 83
Triangle is a thriller/drama starring the lovely Melissa George who is always worth watching!!She plays Jess who seems to be having trouble with her young son but arranges to meet up with friends of hers to go sailing in a small boat called Triangle....
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Halloween 2 Movie Review 80
Okay, the first thing that I will say about this movie is that I am a huge fan of the originals and I really wasn't crazy about the remake of the first movie. But, I love horror and I like to watch things before I decide what I think. So, we sat down...
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The Box Movie Review 79
The Box is a movie starring Frank Langella, Cameron Diaz and James Marsden. It is a psychological thriller and Langella plays a mysterious man called Arlington Steward who one day leaves a box outside the front door of the home of Arthur Lewis(Marsd...
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Duel Movie Review 78
This is a made-for-TV movie which also happened to be the first motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. It was released in 1971 and it is based on a short story by Richard Matheson. It stars Dennis Weaver and a large menacing truck. David Mann (...
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Sorority Sister Slaughter Movie Review 77
This movie is very low-budget. It is directed by Susan Hippen. There are no stars in it, just a group of actors who could do much better than star in this movie. It ain't great, it ain't good!!!It is just plain BAAAADDDD!!This movie is 'based on a tr...
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Lord Of Illusions Movie Review 76
This movie was written and directed by horror novelist and director Clive Barker. It stars Scott Bakula(Remember him from Quantum Leap?), Kevin J. O'Connor and Famke Janssen(from the X-Men movies).The film begins in the Mojave Desert in 1982. There i...
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The House By The Cemetery Movie Review 75
This movie is an Italian horror movie released in 1981 and directed by a favourite of mine, Lucio Fulci. This movie was branded a 'video nasty' in the 1980's because there is some gore in it. By today's standards, it wouldn't be considered nasty at ...
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Theatre of Blood Movie Review 74
This is one of my favourite horror movies. It is a British horror movie and it stars horror great Vincent Price and Avengers babe Diana Rigg. This movie was released in 1973 and was directed by Douglas Hickox. It is comedic in some ways, but it is Pr...
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Rise of the Scarecrows Movie Review 73
Okay, there is a warning about this movie- it is hilarious!!!! I am not sure whether the filmmakers made it this way intentionally or if it just one of the worst movies ever made-but I enjoyed it all the same! It is shockingly bad but it turns out to...
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Pontypool Movie Review 72
So, this movie was a surprise to me. I had not heard much about it so I decided to give it a try and I liked it. It is a Canadian movie based on a book by Tony Burgess. It stars Stephen McHattie in the lead role and Lisa Houle. It is directed by Bruc...
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Prince Of Darkness Movie Review 71
This 1987 movie was directed by John Carpenter and it is part of a trilogy which began with The Thing and ended with In The Mouth Of Madness. It stars Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun and Jameson Parker. The movie begins with the death of an...
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Long Weekend 1978 Movie Review
I have already completed a review of the remake of Long Weekend so now I will do a review of the original. This movie is directed by Colin Eggleston and it stars John Hargreaves and BrionyBehets.This is an Australian movie and it is very good. I woul...
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Paranormal Activity Movie Review 70
Well, this movie was a total surprise. I hadn't heard much about it only that it was doing well at the box office. Usually, that means nothing to me anyway. It is kind of like The Blair Witch Project in a lot of ways. The movie is filmed with a hand ...
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Jennifer\'s Body Movie Review 69
Okay, the first thing that I will say about this movie is that it is crap. I am going to say that straight away. There is nothing that I liked about it and I would be extremely happy never to see it again.It was totally lacking any sort of imaginatio...
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The Skeptic Movie Review 68
First of all, I would like to say that I liked this movie. It hasn't gotten great reviews, but it was a lot better than some movies I have seen lately. It stars Tim Daly and Tom Arnold and it is directed by Tennyson Bardwell(What a name!). The story...
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9 Movie Review 65
9 is an animated science fiction movie produced by Tim Burton. It has a good cast with Elijah Wood, John C Reilly, Jennifer Connolly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau and Christopher Plummer. It is CGI animated where 9 rag dolls have been given life by ...
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A Perfect Getaway Movie Review 64
A Perfect Getaway is a movie starring Timothy Olyphant(Live Free and Die Hard) and Milla Jovovich(The 5th Element) and Steve Zahn (Roadkill/Joyride). Zahn and Jovovich play the honeymooning couple in Hawaii looking for the perfect getaway as they dri...

