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Angel of Death (2009)
 A remorseless assassin suffers severe head trauma and begins to hallucinate, becoming haunted by her victims. She's driven to seek revenge on those who originally ordered the hits--her mob employers. A creation from comic book writer Ed Brubaker, starting as a web series, this is a 70's Grindhouse style B-flick with stunt artist Zoe Bell (Death Proof) on the lead who delivered some nice fight scenes. Pretty straight up simple revenge flick, worth a rental. >>: B- Last of the Living (2008)  A highly contagious virus is spreading throughout the land. With one bite, it's only hours before victims will turn into zombies and hunt for human flesh. Morgan, Ash, and Johnny might just be the only humans left, but they don't seem to mind and find enjoyment lounging around in their underwear living in vacant homes. When they stumble upon a hot girl who just may have a cure, the three decide it's finally time to step up to the plate and save the world- and the girl. Now the only hope for survival lies in their hands A low budget Kiwi zombie-comedy. Surprisingly a pretty decent effort indeed as per the budget concern or in compare with the other recent zombie flicks. >>: B-
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You're talking about the US ones right?
I saw a trailer for a first, and thought it actually looked pretty decent. Though right now it sits in the dvd bargain bin, selling last seen at $6.99AU. Dunno how it compares exactly but it's about as cheap as they come here. Might pick it up. I remember I also saw the sequel in there with it. Then, I saw that there was a #3 out (currently full price for all of what I'm sure will be a week), seems pretty quick to drum out two sequels yet. I last watched Moonstruck, a half our or so a night 'til it was done. Never liked this as a kid, it's very much the chick flick, but getting a bit older now...while it's not on my list of things to see again soon, it wasn't actually too bad, and for a predominately romancey type deal it was actually pretty funny too.
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Pure, unadulterated entertainment. A nice little mystery featuring the original husband and wife detectives, Nick and Nora Charles. Powell and Loy have wonderful chemistry together - with a lesser pair, this could have been just another forgettable "B" mystery. But with Powell and Loy's snappy banter lighting up the screen under the slick and tight direction of W.S. Van Dyke, it has to be one of the most entertaining mysteries of the 1930's. District 9 (2009) It's not too often these days that a huge-budget sci-fi flick can deliver not only on big entertainment, but also give you something to think about - District 9 succeeds on both counts. Though it wears it's allegory on it's sleeve and might be a bit heavy-handed in its message at first, it creates an all-to-believable world of "What If?" - as much as we would like to think we're be more civilized, the reaction to First Contact in the movie is almost disturbingly realistic. But outside of the social commentary, it gives us a glimpse of a fantastic mythology by leaving out many details but showing enough of the "Prawns" to leave the viewer with a million questions to ponder after the end of the film. A great theatre experience - don't wait for DVD on this one. A smart, exciting sci-fi epic: I share _V_'s sentiment in hoping this becomes a franchise. They certainly left it open, and I feel like the world created here has many more stories to tell and secrets to reveal. Five Easy Pieces (1970) Jack Nicholson's first mainstream leading role, but you can already see the hallmarks of his persona - one of his more subdued performances, and without a doubt one of his best. A character study of a high-society dropout, the film focuses primarily on the Nicholson's returning home to visit his dying father. A powerful and emotional film about finding one's identity, with one of the greatest endings of all time.
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A slow film, with quite annoying protagonists. Really, I felt nothing for these characters and couldn't care less if they died. Good premise but execution was...average. Like I said, it was slow and quite repetitive but I didn't feel that it was awful. I've seen worse. The ending was quite good, I liked the sickness of it. They obviously tried to something like Psyco where you don't really clearly see the knife go in, but you almost imagine you do. Obviously it wasn't as good as Psyco but it wasn't bad. 5/10 Watchmen Very good film. I liked how close it was to the comic. Some people said it was too close and that the characters felt static and the scenes didn't "breathe". Whatever :rolleyes: The effects worked well and it was nice and brutal. Just how it should be. I also thought the changes that were made, i.e. Nite Owl II's costume an the removal of the giant squid alien were better suited to the big screen adaptation. It was slow in places and between about 45mins-1hr30 I was really watching the clock, but nonetheless, it was a good experience. I'm glad I read the comic first, made it a bit easier for me to understand things. 8/10
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Grace Both these films were okay. There wasn't anything wrong with them per se, there just wasn't a whole lot there. Both were worth a watch, but not worth seeing again.
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Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo) (2009)
 Well, once again Miyazaki has proven to me that he is a master of storytelling (and not to mention animation). Far from the broad, complex, and sometimes grotesque films he's made in the past, Ponyo is one thing above all: simple. Even in its animation style, Miyazaki has reduced significantly not only the color palate, but the finer artistic detail of his other work. But that is not to say it's not still gorgeous, because it is, but with his focus so honed in on the two main characters, it's appropriate. What's even better is that he uses the narrative itself to focus in on the two main characters. There's a quote towards the beginning of the film; Sosuke's (the main boy) mother says to him regarding dinner, "Let's eat dessert first, and work backwards. It's been a backwards sort of day." And that's how I feel about the film. The first act holds all of the action and theatrics, but progressively Miyazaki strips away all the excess around Sosuke and Ponyo, leaving only their relationship and the love between them to witness. There's plenty of back-story hinted at regarding a few of the more important characters, but Miyazaki wisely leaves it at that; mere hints. It's not a their story. It's about Sosuke and Ponyo. And it's a wonderful way to tell a story, especially one so delicate and sincere. Highly recommended for pretty much anyone. Especially if you've never seen a Miyazaki film on the big screen, because it is a singular, dazzling experience.
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