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Ash 2025
Ripping blinks of horror flash forward in bright, lurid light and are then gone—terrible memories seen by a woman alone on a space station. These special effects are great, and despite being somewhat derivative of older sci-fi classics, the whole film has a fresh, modern look and feel.
Space horror has its own unique niche. It relies even more on isolation and claustrophobia than an earthbound horror film, coupled with the feeling of being trapped with an entity that dwells…
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Spring Breakers 2012
Sprang break, Sprang break, Sprang break forever... voiced in a drawl by Alien, a white boy gangsta rapper with gold teeth and dreads played perfectly by James Franco. As the words in his voiceover echo, a montage of spring break decadence flashes across the screen. Images of sexy bodies gyrating and partying hard in the sun give way to violent insanity at night.
The imagery is as delirious as the after-effects of chugging a beer bong. It's accompanied by the…
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Black Bag 2025
Subterfuge. Double-crossing. Back stabbing. Misdirection. In other words, a typically confusing spy film. It even has a "Bond" in it (Pierce Brosnan as some agency head). I like clever dialogue, and Black Bag has that, but it was sorely lacking in the action department. A certain number of car chases, hanging from helicopters, etc., are mandatory for a spy flick, right?
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Queen of the Ring 2024
Based on real women wrestlers who were active in the 1950s and 1960s, this is an interesting slice of history that I knew nothing about. The most interesting part of the story is that the real fight was going on outside of the ring. That is, the fight to have a place in this male-dominated entertainment-sport.
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