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MOST RECENT ADDITIONS
The Ratings:
 —Terrible |
 —Disappointingly Poor |
| — |
—Fair But Not Great |
| —Very Good |
—A Masterpiece |
| Title | Rating | Stars | ||
| 20/01 | ||||
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | Mike Mitchell 2011 |
Singing Chipmunks | ½ | Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate |
| Bag of Bones | Mick Garris 2011 |
Stephen King Adaptation/Ghost Story/Town Curse |
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Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George |
| Batman: Year One | Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery 2011 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Animation | ½ |
Voices: Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie |
| Dante 01 | Marc Caro 2008 |
Insane Asylum on a Space Station |
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Lambert Wilson, Dominique Pinon |
| The Darkest Hour | Chris Gorak 2011 |
Alien Invasion |
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Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella |
| The Devil Inside | William Brent Bell 2012 |
Found Footage Exorcism Film |
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Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quaterman, Evan Helmuth |
| Don’t Look Up | Fruit Chan 2009 |
Asian Horror Remake/Haunted Film Set |
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Reshad Strik, Henry Thomas |
| The Exterminator | James Glickenhaus 1980 |
Ultra-Violent Vigilante Film |
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Robert Ginty, Christopher George |
| Hostel Part III | Scott Spiegel 2011 |
Sadism and Torture |
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Kip Pardue, Thomas Kretschmann |
| Ligeia | Michael Staininger 2009 |
Modernised Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation |
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Wes Bentley, Sofya Skya, Eric Roberts |
| Mark of the Devil | Michael Armstrong 1970 |
Historical Witch Persecutions and Tortures | ½ |
Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Reggie Nalder |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Brad Bird 2011 |
Spy/Action Film |
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Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton |
| Mr. Sardonicus | William Castle 1961 |
Man With a Frozen Grin |
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Guy Rolfe, Ronald Lewis |
| Neverland | Nick Willing 2011 |
SF Version of Peter Pan |
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Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel, Charlie Rowe |
| Underworld: Awakening | Mårlind & Stein 2012 |
Vampire-Werewolf War | ½ |
Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance |
| 04/01 | ||||
| Best of 2011 Nominees and Winners | ||||
| 20/12 | ||||
| The Adventures of Tintin | Steven Spielberg 2011 |
Animation/Comic-Book Character | |
Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig |
| Aelita | Yakov Protazanov 1924 |
Soviet Science-Fiction/Expedition to Mars | ½ |
Yuliya Solntseva, Nikolai Tsereteli |
| Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith 2011 |
Animation/Santa’s Son | ½ |
Voices: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy |
| Atlas Shrugged [Part I] | Paul Johanssen 2011 |
Libertarian Political Fantasy/Ayn Rand Adaptation |
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Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler |
| Creepshow III | Ava Clavell, James Dudelson 2006 |
Horror Anthology | ½ | |
| Dark Metropolis | Stewart St. John 2010 |
Dystopia of Genetically Engineered Superhumans |
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Eric Scott Woods, Bailey Chase |
| 11-11-11 | Darren Lynn Bousman 2011 |
Occult Film/Numerological Premonitions |
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Timothy Gibbs, Michael Landes |
| Frankenfish | Mark Dippé 2004 |
Genetically-Engineered Killer Fish |
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Tory Kittles, K.D. Aubert, China Chow |
| Frat House Massacre | Alex Pucci 2008 |
Fraternity House Slasher |
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Rane Jameson, Jon Fleming |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | David Fincher 2011 |
Serial Killer Thriller |
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Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer |
| Hugo | Martin Scorsese 2011 |
Children’s Film/Georges Melies Tribute |
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Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield |
| Lethal Target | Lloyd A. Simandl 1999 |
Erotica/Alien Infection |
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C.C. Costigan, Kim Dawson |
| Lord of the Flies | Harry Hook 1990 |
Reversion to Barbarism |
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Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh |
| The People vs. George Lucas | Alexandre O. Philippe 2011 |
Stars Wars Fandom Documentary |
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[Documentary] |
| The Prize of Peril | Yves Boisset 1983 |
Future Human Hunting TV Gameshow |
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Gerard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli |
| The Shrine | Jon Knautz 2010 |
Sinister European Town/Occult Horror |
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Aaron Ashmore, Cindy Sampson |
| The Temptation of Dr Antonio | Federico Fellini 1962 |
Giant Anita Ekberg Steps Off a Billboard |
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Anita Ekberg, Peppino De Filippo |
| Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! | Tony Watt 2010 |
Gonzo Exploitation Homage |
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| Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled | Chris Angel 2002 |
Evil Wish-Granting Djinn |
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John Novak, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Michael Trucco |
| The Witches | Cyril Frankel 1966 |
Hammer Film/Witchcraft in a Sleepy English Village |
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Joan Fontaine, Alec McCowen, Martin Stephens |
| YellowBrickRoad | Jesse Holland, Andy Mitton 2010 |
Mysterious Trail Through the Woods/Mass Insanity | ½ |
Michael Laurino, Anessa Ramsey |
| 19/11 | ||||
| Breaking Dawn Part 1 | Bill Condon 2011 |
Twilight Sequel/Vampire Marriage and Pregnancy |
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Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner |
| Die | Dominic James 2010 |
Torturous Psychological Games |
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John Pyper-Ferguson, Elias Koteas |
| Evil Things | Dominic Perez 2009 |
Found Footage Film/Stalker | ½ |
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| Ferocious Planet | Billy O’Brien 2011 |
Alternate Dimension | ½ |
Joe Flanigan, John Rhys-Davies |
| Happy Feet Two | George Miller 2011 |
Animation/Talking and Dancing Penguins | ½ |
Voices: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams |
| Hellraiser: Revelations | Victor Garcia 2011 |
Sadomasochistic Demons | ½ |
Steven Brand, Nick Eversman |
| Immortals | Tarsem Singh Dhandwar 2011 |
Greek Myth |
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Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto |
| Melancholia | Lars von Trier 2011 |
Depression and the End of the World |
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Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland |
| Melies Cinemagician | Georges Melies 2011 |
Compilation of Georges Melies Shorts |
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| The Muppets | James Bobin 2011 |
Muppet Film |
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Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Jason Segel, Amy Adams |
| Puss in Boots | Chris Miller 2011 |
Animation/Talking Cat Adventurer | ½ |
Voices: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek |
| Superheroes | Michael Barnett 2011 |
Real-Life Superheroes Documentary | ½ |
[Documentary] |
| 04/11 | ||||
| Arrietty | Hiromasa Yonebayashi 2010 |
Anime/Miniature People Adventures |
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[Anime] |
| Battle of Los Angeles | Mark Atkins 2011 |
Alien Invasion |
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Nia Peeples, Dylan Vox, Theresa Jun-Tao |
| Dream House | Jim Sheridan 2011 |
Haunted House/Reality Bender |
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Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts |
| The Future | Miranda July 2011 |
Whimsical Relationship Drama/Magical Realism |
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Miranda July, Hamish Linklater |
| In Time | Andrew Niccol 2011 |
Dystopian Future |
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Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy |
| Johnny English Reborn | Oliver Parker 2011 |
Incompetent Spy Comedy | ½ |
Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West |
| Scream of the Banshee | Steven C. Miller 2011 |
Monster Movie |
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Lauren Holly, Lance Henriksen |
| Strangers Online | John Huckert 2010 |
Female Stalker/Psycho-Sexual Thriller |
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Noel Palomaria, Tara Killian |
| Take Shelter | Jeff Nichols 2011 |
Possible Premonitions of Disaster | ½ |
Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain |
| A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | Todd Strauss-Schulson 2011 |
Gonzo Stoner Film | ½ |
Kal Penn, John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris |
| Notes from the Vancouver International Film Festival 26/10 | ||||
| Letters from the Big Man | Christopher Munch 2011 |
Communing with Bigfoot |
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Lily Rabe, Jason Butler Harner |
| Mr. Tree | Jie Han 2011 |
Life in Rural China/Advice from Ghosts |
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| Notes from the Vancouver International Film Festival 21/10 | ||||
| Comforting Skin | Derek Franson 2011 |
Girl’s Tattoo Comes to Life |
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Victoria Bidewell, Tygh Runyan |
| Donovan’s Echo | Jim Cliffe 2011 |
Precognition | ½ |
Danny Glover, Bruce Greenwood |
| Low Life | Nicolas Klotz 2011 |
French Immigration Nightmare/Cursed Documents |
|
Camille Rutherford, Arash Naimian |
| In General Release 20/10 | ||||
| Paranormal Activity 3 | Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman 2011 |
Haunting Mockumentary |
|
Christopher Nicholas Smith, Lauren Bittner |
| Real Steel | Shawn Levy 2011 |
Robot Boxing | ½ |
Hugh Jackman, Dakoya Goto, Evangeline Lilly |
| Straw Dogs | Rod Lurie 2011 |
Brutality and Assault | ½ |
James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgaard |
| The Thing | Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. 2011 |
Shapechanging Alien Nasty |
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton |
| Notes from the Vancouver International Film Festival 19/10 | ||||
| The Fairy | Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy 2011 |
Woman Claims to Be a Fairy Comedy |
|
Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon |
| Hamlet | Bruce Ramsay 2011 |
Modernised Shakespeare Adaptation |
|
Bruce Ramsay, Peter Wingfield |
| Kooky | Jan Sverak 2011 |
Puppet Film/Toy’s Journey Through the Forest |
|
[Puppets] |
| Sufferrosa | Dawid Marcinkowski 2011 |
Interactive Film/Sinister Rejuvenation Institute |
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| Notes from the Vancouver International Film Festival 17/10 | ||||
| Invasion of Alien Bikini | Oh Young Doo 2011 |
Gonzo Alien Seduction/South Korean Comedy |
|
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| Year Without a Summer | Tan Chui Mui 2010 |
Malaysian Magical Realism |
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| Notes from the Vancouver International Film Festival 15/10 | ||||
| Dreileben | Christian Petzold, Dominik Graf, Christoph Hochhausler 2011 |
Hunt for an Escaped Killer | ½ |
|
| Outside Satan | Bruno Dumont 2011 |
Ambiguous Miraculous Visitor |
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David Dewaele, Alexandra Lematre |
| Target | Alexander Zeldovich 2011 |
Russian Science Fiction Film/Rejuvenation Process | ½ |
|
| White | Kim Gok, Kim Suk 2011 |
Korean Ghost Story/Haunted Pop Song |
|
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| Notes from the Vancouver International Film Festival 09/10 | ||||
| Hard Labor | Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas 2011 |
Haunted Supermarket |
|
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| Honey Pupu | Hung-I Chen 2011 |
Mysterious Disappearances |
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|
| Kill List | Ben Wheatley 2011 |
Domestic Lives of Hitmen/Devil Worship Cult | ½ |
Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring |
| Michael | Markus Schleinzer 2011 |
Paedophile and His Child Prisoner |
|
Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger |
| The Sandman | Peter Luisi 2011 |
Gonzo Comedy/Man Starts to Uncontrollably Shed Sand |
|
Fabian Krüger, Irene Brügger |
| The Skin I Live In | Pedro Almodovar 2011 |
Mad Surgeon and His Woman Prisoner |
|
Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya |
| 25/09 | ||||
| Almighty Thor | Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray 2011 |
Norse God Comes to Earth |
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Cody Deal, Richard Grieco |
| Creature | Fred Andrews 2011 |
Alligator Man |
|
Sid Haig, Mechad Brooks |
| Dahmer vs Gacy | Ford Austin 2011 |
Cloned Serial Killers Showdown/Gonzo Horror |
|
Ford Austin, Randal Malone, Ethan Phillips |
| Death Ship | Alvin Rakoff 1980 |
Ghost Ship |
|
George Kennedy, Richard Crenna |
| Griff the Invisible | Leon Ford 2010 |
Man Believes He is a Superhero | ½ |
Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody |
| The H-Man | Inoshiro Honda 1958 |
Radioactive Blob Creature | ½ |
|
| An Impossible Voyage | Georges Melies 1904 |
Train Journey Into Space | ½ |
|
| Inhabited Island | Fyodor Bondarchuk 2008 |
Russian Science Fiction/Dystopian Planet |
|
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| Red State | Kevin Smith 2011 |
Religious Cult |
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Michael Parks, John Goodman, Michael Angarano |
| Shark Night 3D | David R. Ellis 2011 |
Shark Attacks | ½ |
Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Donal Logue |
| Strigoi | Faye Jackson 2009 |
Romanian Vampire Film | ½ |
|
| 09/09 | ||||
| Apollo 18 | Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego 2011 |
NASA Moon Landing/Alien Possession Mockumentary |
|
Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen |
| Attack the Block | Joe Cornish 2011 |
Alien Invasion on a British Housing Estate | ½ |
John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Nick Frost |
| Best of 1994 Nominees and Winners (retro-dated) | ||||
| Big Man Japan | Hitoshi Matsumoto 2007 |
Giant Japanese Superhero Mockumentary |
|
Hitoshi Matsumoto |
| Conan the Barbarian | Marcus Nispel 2011 |
Sword and Sorcery |
|
Jason Momoa, Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman |
| Contagion | Steven Soderbergh 2011 |
Plague Outbreak | ½ |
Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow |
| Fright Flick | Israel Luna 2011 |
Slasher Movie on a Slasher Movie Set |
|
Richard Curtin, Chad Allen |
| Ghostwatcher | David A. Cross 2002 |
Haunting |
|
Jillian Byrnes, Jennifer Servary |
| Godzilla vs Megaguirus | Masaaki Yezuka 2000 |
Japanese Monster Bash |
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|
| Justice League of America | Felix Enrique Alcala 1997 |
Comic-Book Superheroes |
|
Kim Oja, Matthew Settle, Miguel Ferrer, David Ogden Stiers |
| Monstrosity | Joseph Mascelli 1964 |
Mad Scientist Conducts Atomic Brain Transplants |
|
Marjorie Easton, Frank Gerstle |
| Mystery Train | Jim Jarmusch 1989 |
Anthology of Tales from a Memphis Hotel/Ghost of Elvis |
|
Joe Strummer, Steve Buscemi, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins |
| Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy | Christopher Sun 2011 |
Hong Kong Erotic Comedy |
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Hiro Hayama, Tony Ho, Leni Lan |
| Something Weird | Herschell Gordon Lewis 1967 |
Psychic Powers | ½ | |
| Space Battleship Yamato | Takashi Yamazaki 2010 |
Anime TV Series in Live-Action/Space Opera |
|
|
| Stake Land | Jim Mickle 2010 |
Post-Apocalyptic World of Vampires |
|
Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis, Danielle Harris |
| 27/08 | ||||
| The Airship Destroyer | Walter R. Booth 1909 |
Predictions of Aerial Warfare |
|
|
| Banlieue 13: Ultimatum | Patrick Alessandrin 2009 |
French Future Action/Walled-Off Neighbourhood |
|
Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle |
| Bloodlust Zombies | Dan Lantz 2011 |
Zombie Film | ½ |
Alexis Texas |
| Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark | Troy Nixey 2011 |
House of Goblins | ½ |
Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce |
| Dylan Dog: Dead of Night | Kevin Munroe 2010 |
Supernatural Private Investigator |
|
Brandon Routh, Sam Huntingdon, Anita Briem |
| Fright Night | Craig Gillespie 2011 |
Vampire Next Door Neighbour |
|
Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, David Tennant |
| The Hands of Orlac | Robert Wiene 1924 |
Possessed Hands/Silent German Classic |
|
Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina |
| Puffball | Nicolas Roeg 2007 |
Witchcraft and Pregnancy |
|
Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson |
| Spy Kids: All the Time in the World | Robert Rodriguez 2011 |
Juvenile Spy Adventures |
|
Jessica Alba, Jeremy Piven, Ricky Gervais |
| Stranger from Venus | Burt Balaban 1954 |
Alien Visitor |
|
Patricia Neal, Helmut Dantine |
| Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl | Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu 2009 |
Gonzo Japanese Splatter Film | ½ |
|
| 12/08 | ||||
| The Alphabet Killer | Rob Schmidt 2008 |
True-Life Serial Killer Search |
|
Eliza Dushku, Cary Elwes, Timothy Hutton |
| Another Earth | Mike Cahill 2011 |
Mirror Earth |
|
Brit Marling, William Mapother |
| Bathory | Juraj Jakubisko 2008 |
Historical Countess Bathory Story |
|
Anna Friel, Karel Roden |
| The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari | David Lee Fisher 2005 |
German Expressionist Remake |
|
Judson Pearce Morgan, Doug Jones |
| The Change-Up | David Dobkin 2011 |
Bodyswap Comedy |
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Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde |
| The Dead and the Damned | Rene Perez 2010 |
Cowboys vs Zombies | ½ |
|
| Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame | Tsui Hark 2010 |
Historical Detective/Flying Swordsmen Fantasy | ½ |
Andy Lau, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai |
| Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist | Paul Schrader 2005 |
Demonic Possession |
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Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann |
| The Eye 10 | Pang Brothers 2005 |
Thai Ghost Story |
|
|
| Final Destination 5 | Steven Quale 2011 |
Precognition/Doomed Bridge Collapse Survivors | ½ |
Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell |
| Forbidden Zone | Richard Elfman 1982 |
Gonzo Other-Dimensional Musical |
|
Susan Tyrrell, Herve Villechaize |
| Mad Doctor of Blood Island | Gerry De Leon, Eddie Romero 1969 |
Filipino Exploitation/Mad Scientist/Monster Amok |
|
John Ashley, Angelique Pettyjohn |
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Rupert Wyatt 2011 |
Planet of the Apes Prequel | ½ |
James Franco, Andy Serkis, Frieda Pinto |
| The Sky Crawlers | Mamoru Oshii 2008 |
Anime/Cloned Flyers |
|
[Animation] |
| The Smurfs | Raja Gosnell 2011 |
Cartoon in Live-Action |
|
Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Jayma Mays |
| The Tunnel | Carlo Ledesma 2011 |
Found Footage/Creatures in the Underground |
|
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| Wake Wood | David Keating 2011 |
Resurrection of the Dead | ½ |
Aidan Gillen, Timothy Spall, Eva Birthistle |
| 28/07 | ||||
| Assault Girls | Mamoru Oshii 2009 |
Virtual Reality Videogaming |
|
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| The Blackout | Robert David Sanders 2009 |
Monsters Invade an Apartment Building | ½ |
|
| Captain America: The First Avenger | Joe Johnston 2011 |
Comic-Book Superhero |
|
Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones |
| Cowboys & Aliens | Jon Favreau 2011 |
Western/Alien Invasion | ½ |
Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell |
| Embodiment of Evil | Jose Mojica Marins 2008 |
Black Sorcerer |
|
Jose Mojica Marins |
| The Midnight Hour | Jack Bender 1985 |
Halloween Special |
|
Lee Harcourt, Shari Belafonte, LeVar Burton |
| Super | James Gunn 2010 |
Schmuck Tries to Become a Superhero | ½ |
Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon |
| Tetsuo: The Bullet Man | Shinya Tsukamoto 2009 |
Man-Machine Fusion |
|
Eric Bossick, Shinya Tsukamoto |
| The Thaw | Mark A. Lewis 2009 |
Prehistoric Flesh-Easting Insects | ½ |
Val Kilmer, Martha MacIsaac |
| The Woman | Lucky McKee 2011 |
Uncivilised Wild Woman/Sadism and Brutality |
|
Sean Bridgers, Pollyanna McIntosh, Angela Bettis |
| Zookeeper | Frank Coraci 2011 |
Talking Zoo Animals Offer Romantic Advice Comedy |
|
Kevin James. Voices: Nick Nolte, Sylvester Stallone |