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"Director: Shawn KuUS, 22 minutes, colorCinema 4 Rating: 5Despite a title sure to be at least partially tempting to any horror nut, Pretty Dead Girl: A Musical Necromance turns out to be rather tame. And if you could get the subject of necrophilia past the initial tsk-tsking of your grandma, there is a good chance that she would end up at film’s end thinking the movie was rather sad and sweet, and would hardly take offense at all to what is being suggested by its potentially creepy premise.I first saw Pretty Dead Girl on some cable network sometime about a year ago. I am not sure if it was Sundance or IFC, but honestly, I mix those channels up so much that I am never able to check out any of their shows regularly. Of course, most of the shows I have seen on there are of the variety about which I don’t give a rat’s ass, except for the ones done by Henry Rollins and Jon Favreau, but honestly, even thinking really hard, I can’t remember which one of the channels ... "
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"If it´s Halloween, it must be "Saw." Alright, so I stole that line from the advertising for one of the earlier movies in the horror series, but it still fits. The weekend before Halloween, without fail, Lionsgate unveils the newest entry in the franchise. It doesn´t get screened for critics. The ones that do plunk down their own money to watch the carnage hate it all the while the public eats it up. Rinse. Repeat. The same thing has happened this year with "Saw IV," the newest installment. And with the news both "Saw V" and "Saw VI" are going into production, I´ll go out on a limb the same pattern is going to hold for the next two years. "Saw IV" opens with an autopsy. Jigsaw´s autopsy, since the character died at the end of the previous entry. In his stomach is an audio tape covered in wax (to help in swallowing, of course). While listening to the recording, Agent Straham relives his encounter with the master genius, including the revelation Eric Matthews ( ... "
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"American Gangster is a semi-epic about the rise of heroin kingpin Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington, "Deja Vu") and the cop, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe, "3:10 to Yuma") who's determined to bring him down. The movie cuts back and forth between the two men, leading us into their lives and work. Lucas is charismatic and ruthless. Roberts is determined, honest and sometimes lost in his personal life. I found his story to be much more engaging. Crowe is very restrained in the role and seems more like a real person. Washington is just too smooth. Based on actual events, the film covers many years and much information. But it seemed so slow in many parts. I found myself checking my watch. Also, Crowe and Washington only have about five minutes of shared screen time, a bit of a disappointment. It's impossible to make a movie like this and not be compared to The Godfather. There's at least one scene that, to me, seemed like a straight rip off. But maybe direc ... "
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The Saw franchise remains strong
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"While not the strongest entry in the series, Saw IV was still a well thought out movie. Expect some more inventive "games," a fairly interesting (if a bit drawn out "enough already" Jigsaw backstory), and enough gore to satisfy you (if you like that sort of thing). By film's end, you know they can keep going, although I'd hope they'll slow down because one a year is definitely straining the writing a bit.Also, (and I don't feel this is a spoiler) be prepared to see prior Saw series events in a new light and expect to be a bit flexible on your chronology for the franchise. If this is a spoiler, I apologize, but it seems to me that it pays to see these new games as taking place simultaneously with the games in Saw III...you'll see what I mean when you watch. (There may still be a few flaws here, hence my plea to slow down the annual releases.) "
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"Several movies that we’ve covered previously on SpoutBlog are opening in theaters today: Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead, starring Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman, has been widely hailed as a “return to form” for director Sidney Lumet. That’s probably not inaccurate, but the last thing Devil feels like is the work of an old man recycling old tricks. Ballsy and occasionally incredulous in its illustration of extreme, self-manufactured desperation, Devil’s not exactly a masterpiece, but if can roll with its plot contortions, it’s a deeply satisfying bit of pulp melodrama. And it’s got the opening sex scene to end all opening sex scenes. Read my NYFF review here, and listen to Lumet talk about his late-career embrace of digital video here. The Darjeeling Limited
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"The Hollywood Reporter predicts Saw IV will open huge this weekend, and Variety concurs. The Variety story is a bit more skeptical as to whether or not this latest installment in “the flagship hardcore horror franchise” can reverse the course on the torture porn down-turn, but THR is looking at the bigger question of “whether the gore-filled sequel can pump some blood into a recently lifeless fall theatrical season.” Variety’s headline says there’s “new life” in pre-strike talks between the WGA and the AMPTP, but the story reads like you literally couldn’t pay the Writer’s Guild not to strike. The Reporter’s headline seems more accurate: “WGA seems unimpressed with new AMPTP proposals.” Kurt & Courtney director Nick Broomfield has hopp "
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"I can't believe they are actually putting out a forth one. I mean, the third one did such a wonderful job at conclueding these movies. Who are they going to use now and how will they top the previous movie? That's just crazy... "
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