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The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) 27 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
A frenetic, hysterical, often ingenious comic wonder, The Gods Must Be Crazy is the sort of motion picture that has to be revisited often. The 1980 movie comes from by South African director Jamie Uys...
The Innocents (1961) 26 Aug 2013 | 12:25 pm
A dazzling and disturbing psychological horror film, The Innocents is tremendous fun. This 1961 picture directed by Jack Clayton is a distressing and exhilarating adaptation of Henry James’ classic “T...
Lake Mungo (2008) 26 Aug 2013 | 04:34 am
Directed by Joel Anderson, Lake Mungo is an Australian take on the faux documentary horror genre that falls short because it over-stuffs itself with abject twists and unnecessarily dense avenues. Desp...
Session 9 (2001) 25 Aug 2013 | 01:41 pm
Directed by Brad Anderson, Session 9 is a chilling and well-orchestrated psychological horror film from 2001. It doesn’t rely on cheap jump scares or flimsy characters to get the job done. It is, inst...
The Conjuring (2013) 24 Aug 2013 | 04:44 pm
Oppressed by vapid characters, hapless storytelling and one-note thrills, James Wan’s The Conjuring is yet another unsatisfying entry in the supernatural horror genre. This is the sort of picture that...
Hitchmania: Strangers on a Train (1951) 24 Aug 2013 | 09:24 am
Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train is really one of the most primal examples of the director conducting his elements at a jubilant, almost breakneck pace. This 1951 entry comes at an interesting ...
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) 21 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
A popcorn movie with an emotional centre, Star Trek Into Darkness is (finally) a blockbuster done right in a genre generally filled with underdone ideas and destruction porn. In the case of this 2013 ...
Detropia (2012) 18 Aug 2013 | 06:26 pm
Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, who crafted the wonderful and chilling Jesus Camp, Detropia is a particularly necessary documentary about the ongoing financial crisis and specifically the ef...
Hitchmania: Stage Fright (1950) 18 Aug 2013 | 03:44 pm
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s strangest motion pictures is Stage Fright, a 1950 outing that is quirky, verbose and enigmatic at best. Based on Selwyn Jepson’s novel Man Running, this movie was originally ...
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) 17 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm
A CGI-heavy male power fantasy, Olympus Has Fallen is one of two 2013 films to depict an attack on the White House. This one comes directed by Antoine Fuqua and features, like White House Down, an ast...
