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Film Review: Open House (2010)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: A couple on the verge of a nasty divorce attempt to sell their empty love nest and move on with their lives, separately. After a successful open house they are horrified to discover, days later, that a potential buyer didn’t leave their home. While Alice is being held captive in the basement, the unannounced house guest …

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Film Reviews: “Under the Skin” and “Upstream Color”

Rate this Film I caught two American science fiction mind benders at South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival last month that have been very divisive among viewers and critics. I enjoyed them both and recommend auteur Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color, which is his long-awaited follow-up to his debut film Primer, and director Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin. Both challenging works …

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Film Review: Mega Python vs Gatoroid (2011)

SYNOPSIS: There’s a crisis in the Florida Everglades as giant pythons are threatening the alligator population. REVIEW: Written by: Naomi L. Selfman Directed by: Mary Lambert Starring: Deborah Gibson, Tiffany, A Martinez, Kathryn Joosten QUICK FIX: Pythons are pissing off the locals in the Flo-rida Everglades by growing bigger and angrier and eating everything from the gator population to dogs …

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Film Review: Re-Cycle (2006)

SYNOPSIS: As she struggles to complete her new horror novel, best-selling author Tsui Ting-Yin’s (Angelica Lee) gruesome literary creations come to life and ensnare her in their terrifying and all-too-real alternate world. Now, she must escape, but the only means is to confront a painful incident in her past. Directed by Danny Pang and Oxide Pang Chun, this visually stunning …

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Film Review: Game of Werewolves (2011)

SYNOPSIS: Tomas is a writer who becomes intent on revisiting his childhood home when a secret curse reveals itself and plagues his hometown. REVIEW: Nothing beats watching a good monster movie. Unfortunately it has become rather difficult to find premium monster content in more contemporary films. Hollywood every couple of years will aim to rehash something like Godzilla or King …

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Film Review: Reclaim (2014)

SYNOPSIS: A desperate American couple discovers all is not what it seems when they uncover a high-stakes underground scam while traveling abroad. To expose the truth and get back to the U.S., they must risk their lives to save their daughter. REVIEW: Over the past year, John Cusack’s career has taken a bizarre turn. Along with doing his big blockbuster …

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Film Review: Zombie Cheerleading Camp (2007)

Rate this Film SYNOPSIS: Where Cheerleading Is Life….Even When You’re Dead! REVIEW: Zombie Cheerleader Camp….that about says it all right there! Alot of times I feel ya need a break from all the on-the-edge gut-wrenching nail-biters for some simple down home zombie fun. The setting…… a strict cheerleading camp led by a tough as nails coach named Coach Sullivan. She …

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Film Review: Devil’s Tomb (2009)

SYNOPSIS: A team of mercenaries under the command of hard-charging war veteran Mack (Gooding Jr.), are contracted by a mysterious CIA operative named Elissa (Cruz) to rescue a scientist (Perlman) working on an archeological discovery deep under the Middle Eastern desert. With the help of a mysterious priest (Rollins), Mack and his team soon discover the true secret of what …

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Film Review: Buck Wild (2013)

SYNOPSIS: A hunting vacation goes horribly awry for 4 friends after they accidentally shoot the lease’s land owner. REVIEW: I can’t help but have a certain amount of admiration for Buck Wild, simply because it isn’t trying to be anything it’s not – it knows it’s not the best film ever, but simply embraces its lowly position on the horror …

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Film Review: Amphibious 3D (2010)

SYNOPSIS: Marine biologist Skylar Shane hires an expat charter boat captain, Jack Bowman, to help her find prehistoric life form samples in the north Sumatran Sea. During the expedition, they run into some of Jacks freinds, a gang of smugglers headquartered on a fishing platform in the middle of the sea. REVIEW: “Amphibious 3D” is the latest effort from cult …

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