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Cinophile: TWO THOUSAND MANIACS
There is no pretense here. These country yokels are up to no good. The movie had scarcely begun, powered by a rousing bluegrass song about how the South will rise again, and we see two men engage in a...
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Cinophile: EVENT HORIZON
Forget what you’ve heard: Paul W.S. Anderson is far from the worst thing to happen to movies. Quite the contrary. Yes, he isn’t likely to win any of the artsy awards bestowed on his near namesake, but...
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Cinophile: TIMECRIMES
When it comes to time travel, nobody has clear advice. Should you do nothing or else risk throwing time out of wack? Or will things only happen if you mess with time? Does it really matter: does time...
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Cinophile: FALLING DOWN
“Don’t push me ’cause I’m close to the edge, I’m trying not to lose my head. It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under.” So said Grandmaster Flash, but it might as...
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Cinophile: SHOGUN ASSASSIN
“Meet the greatest team in the history of mass slaughter.” Well, if that’s not a reason to watch a movie, then what is? Turning personal for a moment, like many watchers of foreign movies I am not a...
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Cinophile: HIGHLANDER
Highlander is getting on in life and edges a year away from hitting 30. So every year there are more people who have not fired this one up. That may seem unthinkable to those familiar with the...
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Cinophile: CB4
Hip hop does not get a whole lot of attention in movies. Even with the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton arriving soon, the list of films that cover hip hop as a topic is a pretty anaemic one. The...
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Cinophile: THE WARRIORS
Usually the people behind a movie welcome controversy. It’s pretty certain Clint Eastwood lost no sleep over the raging storm around his adaptation of American Sniper, not as it raked in more cash...
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Cinophile: Koyaanisqatsi
Some things cannot be explained on paper, as a photo or in words, even if they accompany moving pictures. Some things have to be left to the audience who allow the emotion of the moment to sweep over...
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Cinophile: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD
Treasure! It is the simplest of macguffins to get a bunch of characters going. And this motivation speaks volumes for one of South Korea’s most explosive movies, which is not deep, heavy or all that...
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Cinophile: PERFUME
How far would you go to realise your purpose in life? For Jean-Baptiste Grenouille it is simple: to create the most divine and holy of scents. But getting there would require sacrificing of himself...
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Cinophile: GREY GARDENS
Documentaries come in all shapes and sizes. Some are deeply critical thought experiments, like Adam Curtis’ movies, film makers like Werner Herzog try to cut to the nerve of their subject, while...
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Cinophile: PERSEPOLIS
Sometimes live action visuals – movies, photos and such – can get in the way of telling a truly real story. Instead graphic novels are far better at going really deep without turning the audience...
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Cinophile: THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
Spokespeople are infuriating. They generally appear to do damage control and as such manage to say a lot without saying anything at all. Some even answer questions without addressing the question....
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Cinophile: THE GREAT ROCK & ROLL SWINDLE
Considering how short-lived it really was, Punk music has left a deep impression on the modern world. It also gathered an astounding amount of mythology, even by musical standards. What punk was or...
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Cinophile: MAD MAX – THE ROAD WARRIOR
The success of Mad Max: Fury Road has signaled the return of the moive that all but created the post-apocalyptic trope. Just like Rambo indicates a one person army, Mad Max 2 is the benchmark for a...
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Cinophile: FRITZ THE CAT
“As a writer and poet it is my duty to get out there and dig the world… to swing with the whole friggin’ scene while there’s still time!” So starts the adventure of one of moviedom’s most memorably...
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Cinophile: DON’T BE A MENACE
The Wayans have made some great spoofs in their time. They have also made some terrible ones, despite that defenders of A Haunted House will tell you. The funniest bit in that film was when Marlon...
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Cinophile: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
The movie world loves the action hero, a man (and increasingly woman) who is highly competent, shows no fear and is able to get themselves out of any situation, no matter how hairy. Whether it’s Jason...
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Cinophile: BADLANDS
A love-struck couple on the run from the law is not a new theme. The historical benchmark were the robber-murderers Bonny and Clyde, a pair who have been celebrated and scrutinised by movies ever...
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