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Entries Tagged as 'Cult favorite'

Highly Chaotic, Explosive, Volatile, Armageddon-like Ending

February 21st, 2010 · 7 Comments

Strange Days (1995)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Screenplay by James Cameron and Jay Cocks, story by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron, Steven-Charles Jaffe
Running time: 145 minutes
Should I Care?
For all those movie geeks wondering how cool it would be if James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow ever made a movie together — a sci-fi epic conceived, co-written and [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · End of the world · Femme fatale · Gangsters and hoodlums · Murder mystery · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Woman in jeopardy

Alain Resnais Makes Get Carter

February 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments

The Limey (1999)
Written by Lem Dobbs
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Produced by John Hardy, Scott Kramer
Running time: 89 minutes
Should I Care?
Taking a look at a movie, stepping back and taking a look at it again benefits few films as thoroughly as The Limey, the fractured, hard boiled egg that director Steven Soderbergh whipped up on break [...]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Gangsters and hoodlums · Hitman · Interrogation · Murder mystery · Road trip · Shootout

Too Much Substance for Some People

January 17th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Dark City (1998)
Screenplay by Alex Proyas and Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, story by Alex Proyas
Directed by Alex Proyas
Produced by Andrew Mason, Alex Proyas
Running time: 103 minutes (theatrical version)/ 111 minutes (Director’s Cut)
Should I Care?
In the sub-genre of alternate universe movies, Dark City demands to be seen with almost as much energy as [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Bathtub scene · Beasts and monsters · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Femme fatale · Interrogation · Man vs. machine · Murder mystery · Prostitute

These Weird Four Seasons of Halloween

October 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Trick ‘r Treat (2009)
Written by Michael Dougherty
Directed by Michael Dougherty
Produced by Legendary Pictures/ Bad Hat Harry Productions
Running time: 82 minutes
So, What’s This About?
In “Warren Valley, Ohio” on Halloween Night, a Yuppie couple (Leslie Bibb, Tahmoh Penikett) are paid a visit by a demonic trick ‘r treater with a burlap sack for a head. In [...]

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Tags: Beasts and monsters · Black comedy · Coming of age · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Psycho killer · Small town · Woman in jeopardy