Reviews

by / on January 31, 2013 at 3:00 pm / in Classic Reviews, Reviews

MODERN CLASSIC COLUMB: SUPERMAN II (1980)

“What sort of fragile life-form is this…?” Introduction Considering Marlon Brando’s voice is used a considerable amount in Superman Returns, you imagine his presence would be integral to the original four films. In reality, this original theatrical cut, he was purposefully ignored [...]

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by / on January 31, 2013 at 3:00 am / in Horror Thursday, Reviews

HORROR THURSDAY: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4

PREVIOUSLY ON PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: A dude and his hot (Yes Dylan I said it) girlfriend are having a ghost problem, so they film it. Some spooky shit happens and the hot girlfriend ends up getting possessed. Then the hot girlfriend’s [...]

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by / on January 29, 2013 at 6:30 pm / in Indie Spotlight, Reviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: SWOON

Swoon took a while to review, and the reason is simple: it’s complicated, dense, and worth taking the time to watch and understand properly. I started the DVD at least 8 times, often giving up as I received a phone [...]

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by / on January 29, 2013 at 3:00 am / in Reviews, Vault Reviews

VAULT REVIEW: DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY

The summer of 2004 was one of those fortuitous moments when the fantasy of the movies and my reality crossed paths. Having recently seen Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, a friendly dodgeball game convened at my apartment complex’s tennis courts. [...]

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by / on January 26, 2013 at 3:00 pm / in Foreign Fare, Reviews

FOREIGN FARE: TAI CHI ZERO

The trailer for this was awesome. It was meta and goofy and just seemed to be having all sorts of fun. I was really excited to check this out. But was it worth hyping myself up for it? The film [...]

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by / on January 25, 2013 at 3:57 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: MOVIE 43

So Movie 43 was advertised as this really huge movie full of stars, it took 4 years to make, has 11 directors, is super raunchy blah blah blah. All of those things may be factually true, but the whole essence [...]

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by / on January 25, 2013 at 3:00 pm / in Reviews, Vault Reviews

VAULT REVIEW: BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF

As much as I’d like for this weekend’s new release, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, to be a smash hit at the box office due to its gripping story and excellent production, the sad fact is that if it’s a [...]

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by / on January 24, 2013 at 3:54 pm / in Classic Reviews, Reviews

CLASSIC COLUMB: SUPERMAN (1978)

“I want the name of this flying whatchamacallit to go with the Daily Planet like bacon and eggs” Introduction In the current climate, it is always interesting to think back to a time when comic-book films did not exist. To [...]

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by / on January 24, 2013 at 3:00 am / in Horror Thursday, Reviews

HORROR THURSDAY: THE LOVED ONES

True story. I know it’ll be hard to believe because everybody loves me and I’m probably the most popular person here at Man I Love Films but before I became the lovable popular Jason, I was in high school and [...]

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by / on January 22, 2013 at 3:00 am / in Reviews, Vault Reviews

VAULT REVIEW: NED KELLY

It was this date five years ago, when Heath Ledger died at the young age of 28. In his honor, the vault looks back on one of his few films I’d not previously seen. In 1871 in Australia, a young [...]

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