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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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Episode 3 of Busy Doing Nothing Up!
Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eeyAVyo8vA or by searching “Busy Doing Nothing Episode 3” on YouTube
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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…
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Busy Doing Nothing Episode 2 Up!
Watch it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqUEKy1Ga14 Enjoy!
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District Awesome
District 9 Review This movie made me giddy. which hasn’t happened this summer probably since Up. It’s about aliens living in a ghetto in Johannesburg, and a spineless bureaucrat who ends up way more intimately involved with them than he ever wanted. District 9 is what movies should be, filled with ideas but not comprised…
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Hurt Locker/Perfect Getaway Double Pack Reviews
The Hurt Locker Review Hollywood loves classical three act structure. The Hurt Locker could give a damn, is my guess, and that’s great. For around 90 minutes The Hurt Locker hurtles along, keeping the tension super-high and the narrative episodic. Usually an episodic narrative in a feature format might drag, but not for the first…