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Movie Review: Ringu 0
Ringu 0: Bâsudei (a.k.a. Ring 0: Birthday) Kadokawa Shoten, Horizon Entertainment, Japan, 2000. The video tape curse lives on. 30 years before the events of the first film reporter Akiko Miyaji...
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Movie Review: Ring 2 and Rings
he DVD contains also short movie "Rings" that is the introduction to the world of "Ring 2." Rings Catchlight Films, 2005, USA. A subculture has been formed around the killer videotape. People want...
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Movie Review: Dark Water (2002)
Dark Water (Honogurai mizu no soko kara) Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Nippon Television Network, Video Audio Project, Nikkatsu, Office Augusta Co. Ltd., Oz Company , Japan 2002. Based on a...
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Movie Review: Dark Water (2005)
Dark Water (2005) Touchstone Pictures, Pandemonium Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, Post No Bills Films, USA, 2005. (If the plot description sounds similar to my previous review of original Japanese...
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Movie Review: Ju-on: The Curse
Ju-on: The Curse (a.k.a Ju-on 1) Toei Video Company, Japan, 2000. Nota bene! This is the direct-to-video version of Ju-on made in 2000. The big budget film is "Ju-On: The Grudge" (2002) ¡eneb atoN The...
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Movie Review: Ju-on: The Grudge
Ju-on: The Grudge (Ju-on: Gekijô-ban) a.k.a Ju-on a.k.a The GrudgePioneer LDC, Nikkatsu, Oz Company, Xanadeux, Japan, 2002.This is the continuation of "Ju-on: The Curse" and "Ju-on: The Curse 2." The...
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Movie Review: Ju-on: The Grudge 2
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (Ju-on 2: Gekijô-ban) a.k.a Ju-on 2 a.k.a The Grudge 2Pioneer LDC, Nikkatsu, Oz Company, Xanadeux, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.,Aozora Investments, Tokyo Theatres K.K., Japan,...
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Movie Review: The Grudge (2004)
The Grudge Columbia Pictures, Ghost House Pictures, Fellah Pictures, Senator International, Vertigo Entertainment, USA, Japan, 2004. This is an American remake/reboot of Takashi Shimizu's "Ju-on"...
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Movie Review: The Grudge 2
The Grudge 2 Columbia Pictures Corporation, Ghost House Pictures, Mandate Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, USA, Japan, 2006. This version of Ju-on is divided into three intertwining subplots. Some time...
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Movie Review: The Grudge 3
The Grudge 3 Stage 6 Films, Ghost House Pictures, Ozla Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Unified Film Organization (UFO), Vertigo Entertainment, USA, Japan, 2009. The curse has moved to Chicago....
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Shameless Pile Keeps on Growing: Books & Movies
Some recent additions to the Shameless Pile include both DVDs and literature.Here are some books that either have been made into movies or are film novelizations and the corresponding movies: Dick-King...
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Movie Review: Grudge Match
Grudge Match Callahan Filmworks, Gerber Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Warner Bros, USA, 2013. Boxing champs Henry 'Razor' Sharp (Sylvester Stallone) and Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen (Robert De Niro)...
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Movie Review: 100 Degrees Below Zero
100 Degrees Below Zero a.k.a 100° Below Zero a.k.a Frozen apocalypse a.k.a Silent World 2013 The Asylum, The Institution, Next Station Productions, USA, Hungary, 2013. In Iceland huge volcano erupts....
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Movie Review: Jurassic Shark
Jurassic Shark a.k.a Attack of the Jurassic Shark TomCat Films, Brett Kelly Entertainment, Dudez Productions, Canada, 2012. Hey, it is on IMDB's Bottom 100 Lowest Rated Movies list so it must be good!...
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Pivot's Ten Questions / Pivot'n kymmenen kysymystä
Cilo from the blog Cinema Lozenge (in Finnish only) asked fellow bloggers to answer the legendary The Ten Questions of Bernard Pivot, that James Lipton from "Inside the Actors Studio" poses to the...
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Movie Review: Pompeii (2014)
Pompeii TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict, Constantin Film International, Impact Pictures Pompeii, Don Carmody Productions, Canada, Germany, USA, 2014. In Northern Britannia 62 A.D. Celtic tribes are...
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Movie Review: Skeleton Man
Skeleton Man a.k.a Skeletonman Martini Films, Nu Image Films, Two Sticks Productions, USA, Bulgaria, 2004. Archaeologists Charles and Marissa find the skull of Indian chief Six Bears. Hooded Skeleton...
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Movie Review: Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Atanarjuat the Fast Runner Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Canada Television and Cable Production Fund License Program, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, Canadian Government,...
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Movie Review: The Other Guys
The Other GuysColumbia Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions, Mosaic, Wintergreen Productions, USA, 2010.Danson (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) and Highsmith (Samuel L. Jackson) are two tough New York City...
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Movie Review: Forest Warrior
Forest Warrior LOT Productions, Nu Image Films, USA, 1996. If you go out in the woods today. You're sure of a big surprise!Clovis Madison (Roscoe Lee Browne) tells kids a story about Jebediah McKenna,...
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