Baghead

Posted in Man Cave by - Dec 29, 2011
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Baghead

It’s nice to find a horror movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Baghead is a story of four struggling actors who take a trip out to a forested cabin to write a screenplay that is sure to rocket them into the realm of movie stardom. They decide to write a story about a group of friends who are tormented and stalked by a creep in a bag mask. Well, it just so happens that their fictional tale is brought to life when a an actual person in a bag mask starts to terrorize them.

Baghead is the perfect mix of the …

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Billy Elliot

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Billy Elliot

There has only ever been one movie that has inspired me to take ballet classes—this is it.

I saw Billy Elliot for the first time when I was only eleven-years-old. It was news to me then, news to me that a boy could be a ballet dancer, a “ballerino” if I may. However, I had just entered junior high at that point in my life and decided that the pursuit of dance would only make my walks down the hall that much more difficult.

Billy Elliot was also my first introduction to Jamie Bell, an actor who I can now not help …

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Liberty Heights

Posted in Retro Reviews by - Dec 29, 2011
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Liberty Heights

The coming of age flick that flew so far below the radar that it dipped its talons into the water, plucked a pregnant trout from beneath the surface, and carried it off into the majestic sunset and beyond the horizon to feed and nourish itself so it may soar off into the clouds again and allow any human eye keen enough the chance to glimpse it in all its wonder once again—Liberty Heights.

So, I may have exaggerated a bit, but for all the credit we give to American Graffiti, Stand By Me, and The Sandlot, it only seems fair to …

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American Movie

Posted in Retro Reviews by - Dec 29, 2011
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American Movie

After watching this, I wondered about a few things. I wondered about whether or not I can really call myself a dreamer. I wondered whether or not I was more of a measured dreamer, one who dreamed dreams interspersed with calculated and realistic benchmarks and goals. Maybe this makes me a half-assed dreamer. Maybe this makes me a realist, a cynic, a copout—who knows? Either way, American Movie will sure make you wonder about your own dreams. It’ll make you take a good and hard look at what you’ve done with your life and what you could have done differently.

American …

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Roadie

Posted in Reviews by - Dec 24, 2011
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Roadie

I thought something was going to happen. I was waiting for something—anything—to happen. And when it did, I simply wondered why it was happening.

Roadie is about a man, who after 25 years of being a roadie for Blue Oyster Cult, is fired by the band and forced to return to his home town ofQueens. His return home is anything but glorious. His mother is old and alone and quite forgetful. His old love has married his high school nightmare, and his high school nightmare still refers to him as “testicles.”

What really surprised me about this movie is that it all …

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Breaking Away

Posted in Man Cave, Retro Reviews by - Dec 22, 2011
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Breaking Away

You’ll find this movie in the man cave for one particular reason: Without it, there would be no man cave. This is the movie that all boys must see to transition into manhood. If you’re 18, 37, or 62, it just doesn’t matter. You have to see this to cross over. Your voice might deepen and your hair might gray and your forearms might thicken, if you’re lucky, but it will all be a lie. Until you’ve witnessed the story of Dave Stoller; until you’ve seen Dennis Quaid in denim cutoffs; until you’ve realized that Daniel Stern had an acting …

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Pontypool

Posted in Reviews by - Dec 22, 2011
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Pontypool

It’s nice to see a movie that doesn’t directly correlate the idea of ingenuity with high budgets, cutting edge special effects, and international stars of the silver screen. It’s even nicer to see a movie improve and innovate a genre that really does not have a lot of room left for new idea. Pontypool is a low-budget, Canadian horror film that puts a new spin on zombies and scare tactics.

There are no scenes of dismemberment or undead creatures feeding on warm human bodies. Pontypool does not rely on brutal death or quick scares. Pontypool mostly takes place in a small …

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