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Splice Review
Splice Review What an incredible movie. Easily the best movie I’ve seen all year, and an instant minor classic, if not an instant full-blown sci-fi classic. You know how Alien has those three or four WOW moments? I’m thinking of the chest-burster, the reveal of the alien all grown up, the dripping acid through the…
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Spring Break Movies Update (and belated top 10 notice)
I saw a lot of movies over spring break. Here are my thoughts. The Crazies This film has a surprisingly high mark on rottentomatoes, which I think is more a result of its grim competence than any superlative work in the film. Watching this movie I felt overwhelmed by how gloomy the approach was, and…
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Meh?
Book of Eli Review This movie is strange in a lot of ways. The violence is well-choreographed and fun to watch, it’s vicious and bloody and often quite brief. Now trying to work in tandem with that violence is a strong message for religion, specifically for the value of the Bible (the titular book). That’s…
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Sherlock Holmes/It’s Complicated Double Pack
Howdy A couple new reviews today. Sherlock Holmes I’m a huge Guy Ritchie fan and think Snatch is the best all-style no-substance movie EVER. So I was excited to see Ritchie working with a larger budget on a studio tentpole. Not being a Sherlock Holmes expert by any stretch I can only judge the film…
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Winter Holiday Review-A-Palooza 2009
Below are reviews for Avatar, The Blindside and Up in the Air Avatar Review As much a victim of its own hype as a genuine disappointment, Avatar rides in on a wave of hype largely the fault of the marketing department. But The Dark Knight did too, and it delivered the goods. I think it’s…
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2012 – What Can I Even Say?
2012 Review What can I say about 2012 that hasn’t already been said? It’s absurd, obviously. You don’t go to this movie for coherent story logic. The attempts at sincere emotion largely fall flat, again sort of a given for Roland Emmerich films. What’s interesting is the cast is actually pretty strong, and fine thesps…
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Bad Lieutenant aka Nicolas Cage is Crazy
Bad Lieutenant Review Thanks to my general poverty I haven’t been to the movies as much as I would like recently, so we’ve been a bit short on updates here at Benaflix. But I’m back with a vengeance to spread the word on “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”. Basically it’s about Nicolas Cage…
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Don’t Eat During This Movie
Paranormal Activity Review I’ve seen Cloverfield, Quarantine and Blair Witch Project but none of their shaky cams bothered me. Now Paranormal Activity actually made me puke in a trash can, no joke. So this is not one of those movies you sneak a sandwich into, FYI. Basically it’s a pretty simple ghost movie helped immensely…
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Surrogates/Zombieland Double Pack
Surrogates Review It’s like World of Warcraft, only everyone is playing. And in robot avatars. This movie got largely negative reviews, which after seeing it was a bit of a surprise to me. I suspect to some degree readers of the graphic novel are willing to give the film a bit more leniency, as the…
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The Best Tarantino Movie I’ve Ever Seen
Inglorious Basterds Review I’ve seen almost ever Tarantino movie, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Death Proof, True Romance and just a little bit of Kill Bill. From that amount of Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds is the best, and it’s not by a small margin. Now important to keep in mind here is personal preference, obviously. Tarantino’s long…