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“Eli Roth's sequel manages to pile on the violence from the first film, without any of the mystery and excitement. The result: failure.”


--Spoilers-- As you can tell by my overall quote, I liked the first Hostel better. In fact, the two films are drastically different. One encourages brutal violence, but keeps a mystery throughout and never really abuses the use of that violence. The other not only keeps all that violence, but piles...
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“In 2005, Eli Roth defined the "torture porn" genre with this simple yet effective entry into the horror sub-genres”


Americans can't get enough of gore. It's a simple fact that has allowed the Saw series to remain constant, describes how Rob Zombie is still making movies, and made Eli Roth a household name within the "torture porn" sub-genre of horror with his 2005 entry, Hostel. The previous year, audiences had s...
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“Does it deliver?”


Seth McFarlane has had a bumpy road to success. His now hit series Family Guy was canceled, and after DVD sales hit the roof, the show was brought back and is bigger than ever. Now it seems that that success has gotten to his head a bit. He campaigns until Family Guy is nominated for Best Comedy Ser...
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“Nothing great by far, but Zombie's sequel proves that his vision should have been a one movie deal.”


In 2007, Rob Zombie gave us his vision of John Carpenter's Halloween. It was a bad movie. Not because it seemingly "destroyed" what made the film's antagonist, Michael Myers, so unique(by giving him a backstory), but because it was simply a bad horror flick. Period. Zombie had the right idea, but hi...
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“From the ashes of Halo comes District 9. Prawns and humans rejoice.”


Spoiler Warning "Human-A member of the genus Homo and especially of the species H. sapiens." "Prawn-a derogatory reference to the Parktown prawn, a king cricket species found in South Africa" "Best film of the summer-District 9" District 9 rose from the ashes of the Halo film adaptation....
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“At first glance, G.I. Joe may seem like Transformers minus the robots. But there's something oddly unique about it that makes it that much more enjoyable. Stephen Sommers knows exactly what he wants out of this movie, and he just hopes you'll enjoy it.”


*Spoiler Warning* At first glance, G.I. Joe may seem like Transformers minus the robots. But there's something oddly unique about it that makes it that much more enjoyable. Could it be Sienna Miller's leather-clad rack that gets more screen time than Cobra Commander? That's definitely a keeper, b...
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“This highly anticipated sequel is the definition of badass, but an unfortunate amount of randomness holds it back from being as epic as Michael Bay wanted it to be. It's like fireworks exploding in your face...which can be both painful and beautiful.”


*SPOILER WARNING* Before going into this sequel to the 2007 blockbuster Transformers, one must realize that this is a pure popcorn movie, and that's all it has to be. It's no surprise that Michael Bay is best known for his out-of-this-world explosions and effects, and with Transformers: Revenge ...
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“McG manages to salvage something impressive from the depths of screenplay hell. It's not perfect, but it's a damn good movie that should give McG some new found respect and rocket Sam Worthington to super stardom.”


Terminator Salvation is a movie that Terminator fans were/are on the fence about. From the very beginning, lines have been drawn like the war that the film captures: fans who have been waiting for this movie for 24 years, and fans who think it's not necessary, devoting themselves to James Cameron's ...
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