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The Descent 2005
A campy but intriguing flick about caving gone wrong devolves into mindless monster mayhem. Quickly switching out tense claustrophobia for gratuitous gore and preposterous vampirism, the real descent is one into complete buffoonery. Another meaningless contribution to the genre.
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints 2006
Other films have treaded similar waters, with a focus on the lives of troubled youths. Where this one stands apart is in one of its lasting impressions: to have “gotten out” is not necessarily to have succeeded. Perhaps the greatest strength of AGTRYS is not its dialogue, nor even the genuine performances of its cast from top to bottom, but the authentic manner in which it grips the viewer, turning us into hushed observers of the lives played out upon…
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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father 2008
Gripping and crushing, this film reveals the very worst and very best of humanity in the type of heartfelt way that can only come from a director who knew (and knows) its subjects so well. This is the type of emotionally devastating movie (perhaps “memorial” would be a better term than movie) that never really leaves you.
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