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The ABCs of Death: A Diary of Frustration
Words can not describe the experience I had watching The ABCs of Death, a series of 26 shorts named after each one of the letters of the alphabet and the many ways we could all die. I came into it expecting just a lot of typical 5-9 minute horror shorts and ca...
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Urges and Desires in P.T. Anderson’s The Master
The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed film from last year, is “about” a lot of things. The effect of war on the psyche; the displacement of returning veterans; the personal relationship to authority; the bond between males; the existence of cult; the an...
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Dark Skies Is Better Than You Thought It Would Be
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Dark Skies has everything going against it. It's directed by Scott Stewart--who's responsible for the awful duds Legion and Priest--, it's another creepy-house horror movie in an era that's littered with Paranormal Activitys and Sinisters, the trailer was...
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Something Old, Something New: Femme Fatale/Side Effects
Steven Soderbergh’s latest, possibly last, theatrical venture, Side Effects, is one of his most thrilling works. This is less because the film is billed as, and occasionally quite effective, as a thriller than the manner in which Soderbergh constantly redefine...
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The History of Film: The Best Movies of the 2000s
We live in an IMDB world where many people feel The Dark Knight is better than Citizen Kane and Casablanca and Apocalypse Now and the list goes on. While IMDB's top 250, alongside a myriad of other baffling "best movies ever lists," aren't necessarily cataclys...
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Interview: How Jeffrey Combs Crafted The Psyche Of Would You Rather’s Villain Shepard Lambrick
When it comes to a movie like the new indie Would You Rather, you need a strong actor who's as committed to the radical premise as the filmmakers want you the audience to be. This thriller stars Brittany Snow as Iris, a young woman drowning in medical bills, w...
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Reverse Pop Culture Primer: The Usual Suspects vs. Every Reference To Keyser Söze Ever
Welcome to Reverse Pop Culture Primer! Every week I take a famous catchphrase, punchline, or spoiler that I learned from another part of pop culture without ever seeing the movie it references. How does knowing the joke backwards affect my experience of the mo...
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The Darren Aronofsky Retrospective: ‘The Fountain’
The Movie Mezzanine Filmmaker Retrospective series takes on an entire body of work--be it director's, screenwriter's, or otherwise--and analyzes each portion of the filmography. By the final post of a retrospective, there will be a better understanding of the ...
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The Best Blu-Rays of 2012
VHS reigned as the most popular home video format for 20 years before DVDs replaced it, and DVDs enjoyed just half that time before Blu-Ray emerged as the studio-backed video format. Now hints of 4K TVs and Red-Ray threaten to give this latest usurper but half...
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Netflix Instant Picks of the Week 1/4/13-1-10/13
Every week at Movie Mezzanine, we pick some of the best films currently on Netflix Instant in the United States and Canada. Whether they are big releases or hidden gems, these movies make your subscription worth the price. From each library we select one Newly...
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