Author: Devon Pack
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Ender’s Game
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Read more: Ender’s GameFair Value of Ender’s Game: $11.50. It’s a cold sprinting synopsis of the book, but it still packs a solid cathartic impact in the resolution. Why Didn’t You Boycott Orson Scott Card? I sharply disagree with Card’s misogyny, homophobia, and religious conservatism. I can say the same thing for H. P. Lovecraft. If I were…
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Thor 2: The Dark World
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Read more: Thor 2: The Dark WorldThe entire universe is at threat of being converted into the dark matter Red Vines of doom, but nobody seems to care all that much. The characters are numb to the stakes, and that left me numb to the characters.
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80s Horror Classics- The Hitcher (1986)
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Read more: 80s Horror Classics- The Hitcher (1986)A continuous string of all the nightmares of the long drive. Rutger Hauer is a revelation, less man than terrible angel of hatred in this tense 80s Western Gothic.
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80’s Horror- Return of the Living Dead
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Read more: 80’s Horror- Return of the Living DeadNineteen noggins get gnawed upon. One of the best horror comedies of the 1980s.
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70s Horror- Devil Times Five
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Read more: 70s Horror- Devil Times FiveWHY THE FUCK DOES ANYONE KEEP AN AQUARIUM FULL OF PIRANHAS AT A SKI LODGE? WHO FEEDS THE PIRANHAS?
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Exit The Transformer: an Obituary for Lou Reed
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Read more: Exit The Transformer: an Obituary for Lou ReedI could reckon an existence of God if I thought God to be like the icon of Lou: omniscient but too hip to ever intervene. Give me a Velvet Underground afterworld.
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Captain Phillips: 2013
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Read more: Captain Phillips: 2013Capitalism makes dogs of us all. One of these men has to crumble, and it’s not going to be the one with a navy SEAL team manning his decks.
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Decoding Annie Parker
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Read more: Decoding Annie ParkerThe end result is a difficult travail, a film that would be too grim to watch were it not for Morton’s luminous and gripping performance. Once again, Bernstein has shown that he can get the optimal performance from a main actress.
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Insidious: Chapter Two
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Read more: Insidious: Chapter TwoA trite trip through tripe tropes. The parallels to The Conjuring really hold up, another marrowless but riveting medley of the old horror hits. Again we have a well paced mashup of great elements of horror movie classics: there’s Psycho, The Shining, Poltergeist. 100% Recycled classics
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V/H/S
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Read more: V/H/SThis is what happens when you mash up Creepshow and The Blair Witch Project.