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Review: In BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Looks Aren't Everything

In the 21st century, how is one to present a fairy tale? There are stories ripe with opportunity to create great visual, frequently with lots of action, but the stereotyping, themes, and gender representation can be a bit tricky in...

Berlinale 2014 Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Looks Spectacular, But Story Fails

In the 21st century, how is one to present a fairy tale? There are stories ripe with opportunity to create great visual, frequently with lots of action, but the stereotyping, themes, and gender representation can be a bit tricky in...

Arnold Has An Idea That Doesn't Involve Shooting Johnny Knoxville In New THE LAST STAND Teaser

Arnold has a gun. Luis has a sword. Johnny has a silly hat. And it all adds up to lots of firearms discharge, crashing cars and Forest Whitaker looking concerned in the latest one minute long teaser for Schwarzenegger's Kim...

BLACKTHORN DVD Review

One of my favourite films of 2011, Blackthorn has recently been nominated for 11 Premios Goya (Spanish Oscars.) Now available on DVD and Blu Ray, Mateo Gil's haunting, elegiac western is both an homage to the second wave films of...

BLACKTHORN Review

Available in the US via VOD tomorrow, and due for theatrical release (also in the USA) on October 7, Blackthorn is part of the new wave of neo-westerns (such as Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff and Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man) that...