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Black Kiss — AVP: Requiem — Species: The Awakening — Timber Falls — movie reviews

by Chris   ⋅   May 5, 2008   ⋅   Comment now

So I’ve seen a few titles over the past month, but just haven’t had any time to review them. So, rather than let them fall to the wayside, here are a few quick capsules. As for regular film/dvd reviews, I’ve just received a flood of titles, including Bohachi and Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance. Look [...]

MOVIE REVIEWS [In Brief] . Chasing Ghosts, Naked Avengers, Abominable, Excel Saga

by Chris   ⋅   January 21, 2008   ⋅   Comments [2]

So in the interest of cleaning out my queue, this past weekend I decided to kick back and watch a few bargain flicks I’ve picked up over the past year, but haven’t had time to watch. Sadly, with most of these I would have probably been better off had I left them in the queue. [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . Midnight Eagle

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   November 24, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

My first hint should have been that the laurel leaves on the poster surrounded no award notice. No best of category, no viewer’s choice, not even special mention. Just “Opening Film at the Tokyo Film Festival.” To give you an idea of the prestige involved here, the Pierce Brosnan Julianne Moore film, Laws of Attraction, [...]

Michael Clayton — movie review

by Kris   ⋅   November 18, 2007   ⋅   Comments [4]

I don’t think I’d have much respect for George Clooney if he had remained a fluff celeb cashing in on his devilish smirks and self-effacing clever humor. Instead he ambitiously strives to pursue political platforms, balancing entertainment and ethics. (We share a birthdate, along with Freud and Rudolph Valentino, thinker and feeler respectively, [...]

Dreamlogic.net’s Halloween List 2007

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   October 29, 2007   ⋅   Comments [4]

Wow. Is Halloween really in only two days? I meant to put up this Halloween list earlier, but at least we’ve got 48 hours.
Previous Dreamlogic.net Halloween lists have covered a lot of our cult and personal favorites, and with each subsequent year it becomes harder and harder to come up with a list [...]

Gone Baby Gone — movie review

by Kris   ⋅   October 27, 2007   ⋅   Comment [1]

Things are never what they seem. Scratch that. People are never what they seem. Abusive parents media-broadcasting fibs (one woman microwaved her infant last year, recent forensic details disproved her previous alligator-teared account), crooked cops, dirty drug dealers, pedophiles… who’s left to trust? Good thing in a small town (inhabited by [...]

Hideo Nakata to tackle Natsuo Kirino’s Out

by Chris   ⋅   October 24, 2007   ⋅   Comments [2]

Variety is reporting that Hideo Nakata will be helming New Line Cinema’s screen adaptation of Natsuo Kirino’s Out. Funny, I thought there was already a screen adaptation, though word is it wasn’t very good. Joe Forte of Firewall will be handling the script for the film, which doesn’t have me thinking this one will fare [...]

MOVIE REVIEWS [In Brief] [He Said, She Said] . Eastern Promises, Rise: Blood Hunter, Planet Terror

by Chris & Kris   ⋅   October 21, 2007   ⋅   Comments [2]

Okay, so I said I’d be back on my queue films again, but Kris and I had a rather busy weekend — albeit one packed to the brim with pure awesomeness. In fact, we were so busy, I only made it halfway through Tales from Earthsea. Still, we managed to squeeze in a couple great [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . Bug

by Kris   ⋅   October 4, 2007   ⋅   Comments [3]

Bug. Ugh. Is it me, or do you feel totally lied to by the trailers for this movie? Instead of a creepy crawly splatter flick, I got wily white trash and dense dialogue. Okay, I am not one of the elite filmamaticians or someone who researches a lot about a movie [...]

Dreamlogic.net’s Summer Wrap-Up. Movies, Games, and Books

by Chris   ⋅   September 20, 2007   ⋅   Comment [1]

The weather has turned, schools are back in session, and workloads have shifted back to high gear. It’s safe to say summer is officially over. In an effort to catch up with the ever mounting number of things we checked out but never reviewed, including movies, games, and books, here’s a wrap-up of the notable [...]

DVD REVIEW . Snake Woman’s Curse

by Chris   ⋅   September 2, 2007   ⋅   Comments [3]

When I was young we spent a few years in Texas. Apart from the impressive array of bugs, including cockroaches and scorpions, we were also pestered by a fair number of snakes. On one or two occasions we actually had a snake end up in the house, but the encounter I remember most clearly was [...]

Horrors of Malformed Men dvd review

by Chris   ⋅   August 31, 2007   ⋅   Comments [4]

Any time a long banned film is finally released to the public for home viewing is a time to be excited. And, in the realm of Japanese cult films, no picture is more infamous than Teruo Ishii’s Horrors of Malformed Men, banned in its native country for near forty years. Given the fact it is [...]

Noriko’s Dinner Table (aka: Suicide Circle 2) movie review

by Chris   ⋅   August 21, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

A pseudo-sequel, existing somewhat on the periphery of Suicide Circle, Noriko’s Dinner Table takes place before, during, and after Sion Sono’s landmark film. It is the tale of a young bookish country girl who, fed up with her life of un-fulfilling relations, disinterested parents, and general country life, heads off to Tokyo in hopes of [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . I Know Who Killed Me

by Kris   ⋅   August 1, 2007   ⋅   Comments [6]

I Know Who Killed Me starring Lindsay Lohan was a smart, sensational comedy — wait, it wasn’t a comedy? Let me start again. I Know Who Killed Me should have been called “I Know Who Filmed Me Stripping” because it seemed like the director exploited his voluptuous starlet in attempts to attract more [...]

TRAILER WATCH . Sukiyaki Western Django, Jigayaku no uta, Get Smart, and much much more

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   July 19, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

I figure it’s about time for another round of trailer links. There’s actually a lot of interesting stuff coming up. For the most part, this lineup looks to be a nice break from the summer grind, if I do say so myself.
Sukiyaki Western Django . Most of you probably are familiar with Takashi Miike’s latest, [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . 1408

by Kris   ⋅   July 4, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

Here’s a good rule to follow regarding Stephen King film adaptations: if he wasn’t in it, it’s good. Just compare Stand By Me and Thinner and you’ll see what I mean. Well, he doesn’t pop in for a cameo in 1408, so that’s already a good sign. Don’t get me wrong, Stephen [...]

Death Note (aka: Desu Noto) movie review

by Kris   ⋅   April 23, 2007   ⋅   Comments [13]

In Japan, there is a deliciously rabid exploration of the occult which Hollywood frequently shuns. For example, remakes of Japanese Horror moneymakers The Ring/Ringu and Dark Water were vilely diluted. So when Japanese filmmakers set out to bring the beloved manga Death Note to the live action platform, you know it’s going to [...]

Death Proof movie review

by Chris   ⋅   April 22, 2007   ⋅   Comments [19]

At just 80 minutes Death Proof is Quentin’s shortest film to date, and somehow his most interminable. Overly chatty and under-compelling, its tale of a stuntman/serial killer (a vehicular-homicidal maniac) lulls when it should wow and stalls when it should kick into high gear. The film is broken into two halves, the first concerning a [...]

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