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/slash 2014 – Day 3: Die Gstettensaga – The Rise of Echsenfriedl
Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl Austria 2014 Written by Johannes Grenzfurthner & Roland Gratzer Directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner While writing a scathing review of a bad movie can be fun occasionally – and may sometimes feel like well-deserved payback … Continue reading
/slash 2014 – Day 3: Sakasama no Patema (Patema Inverted)
Sakasama no Patema (Patema Inverted) Japan 2013 Written by Yasuhiro Yoshiura Directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura At first glance, the concept of “Patema Inverted” may be reminiscent of “Upside Down”, the SF-romance with Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess, but apart from … Continue reading
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Tagged anime, Patema Inverted, Sakasama no Patema, science fiction, Yasuhiro Yoshiura
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/slash 2014 – Day 2: R100
R100 Japan 2013 Written by Hitoshi Matsumoto, Mitsuyoshi Takasu, Tomoji Hasegawa, Kôji Ema & Mitsuru Kuramoto Directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto Given it’s premise, the fact that it sounded like a mix of “Quitters Inc.”, “Fight Club” and “The Game” as … Continue reading
/slash 2014 – Day 2: Housebound
Housebound New Zealand 2014 Written by Gerard Johnstone Directed by Gerard Johnstone THAT’S how you make a great horror comedy! “Housebound” is a highly entertaining flick, that perfectly (and frequently) shifts between very funny and truly scary. It has a … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, Gerard Johnstone, horror, Housebound, new zealand
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/slash 2014 – Day 2: Suburban Gothic
Suburban Gothic USA 2014 Written by Richard Bates Jr. & Mark Bruner Directed by Richard Bates Jr. “Suburban Gothic” is the new movie by Richard Bates Jr., wo made the awesome, distburbing “Excision” a couple of years ago. I’m only … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, Richard Bates Jr., slash 2014, Suburban Gothic
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/slash 2014 – Day 2: Knights of Badassdom
Knights of Badassdom USA 2013 Written by Kevin Dreyfuss & Matt Wall Directed by Joe Lynch “Knights of Badassdom” starts out pretty strong, with two friends carrying off Winston, who just got dumped by his girlfriend, to a huge LARP-event. … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, fantasy, horror, Knights of Badassdom, LARP, Peter Dinklage, slash 2014, Summer Glau
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/slash 2014 – Day 1: Im Keller (In the Basement)
Im Keller Austria 2014 Written by Veronika Franz & Ulrich Seidl Directed by Ulrich Seidl “Im Keller” very much felt like a special made-for-the-cinema episode of Elizabeth T. Spira’s “Alltagsgeschichten”, an Austrian show from the ORF that ran a while … Continue reading
/slash 2014: And so it begins…
First things first: A huge thank you to everyone who liked my posts or started following my blog in the last couple of days! 🙂 Fair warning, though: My taste in movies can be somewhat… special. Still, I hope that … Continue reading
/slash 1/2 2014 – Day 3: Young Detective Dee, Der Samurai, The Raid 2: Berandal, Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon The first one was… ok, but nothing special. I didn’t really expect a lot from this, not least because it’s a prequel, but I was pleasently surprised – and well entertained. It’s … Continue reading
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/slash 1/2 2014 – Day 2: The Sacrament, Under You Skin, All Cheerleaders Die, Witching & Bitching
The Sacrament: I’m not a big fan of pseudo-documentaries and/or found footage – however, it’s not so much the style that jarrs me, than the movies itself. One thing that always bugs me considerably is if you wanna have all … Continue reading
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