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Still of the Day

Unbreakable Directed by M. Night Shyamalan To me, Unbreakable is a perfect film. I wouldn’t change a single frame or line of dialog. It was perfect from start to finish. It’s a shame, too, because I can’t wrap my mind around the greatness that M. Night Shyamalan achieved with this …

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District 9 Directed by Neill Blomkamp District 9, to me, was a benchmark in modern science fiction. It’s rare when a sci-fi movie can be both entertaining on a mass level while still maintaining a smart, political undercurrent. While its main focus is a critique of the apartheid in South …

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Day of the Dead Directed by George A. Romero I don’t fully understand why, but for some reason Day of the Dead is often looked at as the lesser of the three original Romero Dead movies. I prefer it over Dawn myself. Night of the Living Dead is still my …

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Blade Runner Directed by Ridley Scott “I‘ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in the rain. Time to die.”

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The Descent, directed by Neil Marshall I wasn’t super crazy about the movie itself. I enjoyed it a little when it came out, and I liked it better the second time I watched it (with the original ending). But it never really grabbed me. It definitely had some neat imagery in it, …

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The whole Han/Greedo shooting first drama is actually one of the things that made me stop caring about Star Wars. That was the first truly painful slap in the face that Lucas dealt. It was all downhill from there. When I was a kid I really, really loved Star Wars. …

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Suspiria Directed by Dario Argento Argento sure does like his reds. Trivia: Director Dario Argento‘s original idea was the ballet school would accommodate young girls not older 12. However the studio and producer (his father) denied his request because a film this violent involving children would be surely banned. Dario Argentoraised the …