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The Ghost Writer

Mar 5th, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: Movie Reviews

A snappy, engaging thriller that overcomes a somewhat bloated midsection with a fantastic payoff.



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The Crazies

Feb 27th, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: Movie Reviews

A quasi-zombie movie that draws natural, but unfair, comparisons to superior films like “Dawn of the Dead” and “28 Days Later,” but is a solid ride all its own.



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The Box

Feb 26th, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: DVD Reviews, Lede DVDs

“The Box” wants to be a morality play but can’t seem to squeak past pedestrian paranoid conspiracy thriller.



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It’s Alive! (1969)

Feb 22nd, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: The Schlock Vault

Not to be confused with Larry Cohen’s 1974 killer baby flick of the same name, “It’s Alive!” is one of those films schlock lovers call “bad bad.”



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Shutter Island

Feb 17th, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: Movie Reviews

A weaker Scorsese film, but still better than most of what’s out there



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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

Feb 17th, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: Movie Reviews

A riveting documentary about the life and times of a famous civil rights attorney through the eyes of his daughters.



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The Time Traveler’s Wife

Feb 12th, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: DVD Reviews, Lede DVDs

A surprisingly intelligent film that goes light on the sci fi premise and concentrates on relationship.



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Blacula (1972)

Feb 11th, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: The Schlock Vault

Man, the ’70s were weird.



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The Wolf Man

Feb 10th, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: Lede Movies, Movie Reviews

A puzzling train wreck that is often nonsensical, other times unintentionally funny, but always haphazardly thrown together.



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A Serious Man

Feb 9th, 2010 | By Joe Shearer | Category: DVD Reviews, Lede DVDs

A vanilla sort of suburban middle-aged angst movie couched with a lot of Jewish subtext that I frankly just don’t get.