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Remember the good old days of thrillers that took place on a train? It’s such a ripe setting to create suspense, as films like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes and Sidney Lumet’s Murder on the Orient Express have proven. It seems like in modern times though, with so many people opting to travel [...]

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Jury still out on this one, for me anyway, and I am going to give my reasons why this film will stink. But first, let me admit that I am a fan of the video games the movie is based off of, but this movie just has a lot stacked against it. Read on [...]

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Browsing the news this morning, I saw an article over at Slashfilm.com in which they reported that Hulu.com is streaming The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. the 1974 film is about a New York subway being hijacked by armed men for ransom. If you have never seen it, I highly suggest you do as [...]

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Based on some early numbers Deadline Hollywood reports that it looks like The Dark Knight passed Shrek 2 by racing to $400 million dollars in just 18 days after it’s initial release. As an obsessive fanboy I couldn’t be happier. That said. That evil, dark cloud over the film world still hovers, [...]

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Sergio Martino has directed many, many giallo films, (Case of the Scorpion’s Tale, All the Colors of Dark, and Torso – which I love, to name a few)  but, everyone has to start somewhere, and one of his first films was The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh.  If you think the name’s strange well, the [...]

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One of the greatest revenge flicks ever made was 1974’s hit Death Wish.  Charles Bronson was a master, doing what he did best; kicking ass and taking names.  Well, ten years later we were blessed with a rip-off of the highest quality called Alley Cat.  Alley Cat takes the story of Death Wish, and tosses [...]

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So, can anyone tell me what in the hell that was?? I don’t pretend to know much about the source material, but the little I do know doesn’t indicate in the least that it’s as hyper-stylized as this Sin City-esque trailer. Nor did it ever seem like it was a “camp” comic book. It seemed [...]

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What if I told you that once upon a time slasher films weren’t generic and some even had a point to their story?  You’d probably call me a liar and smack me upside the head with a brick.  But, I swear it was true.  Some might say these early slasher films are giallos, but at [...]

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Most people would probably have to admit that an announcement about a foreign film being optioned for a remake only 3 weeks after it’s made its debut in its home country will make you sit up and take notice. When you hear the people that optioned the remake are the same people behind The [...]

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Two bickering brothers are in desperate need for cash. In order to solve this problem, they develop a scheme to kidnap the step-daughter of a shady strip club owner with possible mob connections. The plan is for them to take the girl to a remote cottage in the country and trade her for ransom. [...]

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