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                                <title>No Clue</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64523</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:22:42 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64523"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00JEEZTGI.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> <b>No Clue</b> feels like a juggling act gone slightly wrong.  The film's intent is clear and admirable but there's an undeniable sense that it struggles to keep all its balls in the air.  It wants to be a mystery with <i>noir</i>ish undertones.  It wants to be a subtle comedy except for when it goes for broad laughs.  It also wants to be a star vehicle for Brent Butt, a mainstay of the Canadian TV Comedy scene.  It wants to be a lot of things but unfortunately its desires exceed its means.  <p> Leo Falloon (Brent Butt) makes his living as a specialty advertising salesman (novelty pens, banners etc.) but all that changes when Kyra (Amy Smart) walks into his office with her tale of woe.  She mistakes Leo for the private detective whose office is down the hall and Leo doesn't bother correcting her.  She tells him all about her missing brother and how she's concerned for his well-b...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64523">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Favor</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/65146</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:46:08 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/65146"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00JESQRS8.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p><i>"You could tell how good a friend is by whether they'd help you move a dead bodyâ€¦would you?"</i><p>These words are spoken in the opening scene of Paul Osborne's <b>Favor</b>, handily setting the tone for the hour and a half of steadily escalating horror that follows it.  Most folks, including cinematographer / editor / writer / director / overachiever Osborne, probably wouldn't see this as a horror movie.  Some might call it a dark drama or even a slow-burn thriller, but when your two lead characters are a sociopath and a psychopath all I see are hideous human tendencies waiting to manifest themselves in horrific fashion.<p>Kip Desmond (Blayne Weaver) has a pretty nice life.  He has got a high-flying career in advertising, a beautiful and understanding wife and an attentive mistress.  Correction: he <i>had</i> an attentive mistress.  You see, Abby the mistress (Rosalie Ward)...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/65146">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Hide and Seek</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64976</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2014 06:24:30 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64976"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00JDCOI54.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> <b>Hide and Seek</b> <i>looks</i> like a horror movie and <i>moves</i> like a thriller.  As far as I'm concerned, this is a very good thing since it enables writer/director Huh Jung to liberally borrow and twist genre conventions to make his debut film an unpredictable slice of edge-of-your-seat fun.  The climax goes on a bit too long and occasionally feels like it has been plucked out of a different movie altogether but by that point you will likely be too wrung out to care.<p> After a nerve-racking intro that shows a young woman being meticulously stalked and killed by a strange figure wearing a motorcycle helmet, the film introduces its central characters.  Sung-soo (Son Hyun-Joo) is a successful cafÃ© owner who recently brought his family, including his wife Min-ji (Chun Mi-Sun) and two kids, over from America to settle down in Seoul.  He leads a charmed life with all the cu...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64976">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>End Of The World</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63579</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2014 17:22:03 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63579"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00H3N3UV8.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> Hooray for low expectations!  It's not that I expected <b>End of the World</b> to be an unmitigated disaster.  I'm just realistic.  When I sit down to watch a <i>Syfy Original Movie</i>, I think of films where unlikely creatures face off against each other (like <i>Mega Python vs. Gatoroid</i>) or the unholy spawn of said creatures face off against humans (<i>Sharktopus</i> anyone?) and establish a certain baseline for myself.  Admit it, you do it too.  The only difference is where your baseline lies relative to mine.  Perhaps you love the schlocky plotting and cheap effects or you're repulsed by the shoddy production values and ham-fisted performances.  I tend towards the latter but am happy to declare that <b>End of the World</b> is a nice little surprise that most fans of the B-movie spectrum can get behind.  It's a silly disaster movie that knows what it wants to be and reli...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63579">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Resolution</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64794</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2014 03:03:36 UTC</pubDate>
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               <b class="first">Highly Recommended</b>
               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64794"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00DT55OQS.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> I love it when a movie surprises me.  Any time I watch a film that refuses to be pigeon-holed and insists on zigging when I expect it to zag, it earns a measure of my respect.  With that in mind, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to say that <b>Resolution</b> is one of the most surprising movies I've seen in a long time.  It is a horror film built around a very human relationship.  It's funny, creepy and endlessly creative.  It is the thing you should be watching right now instead of sifting through my broken prose aimed at convincing you to do the same.<p> Still here?  Alright, let me try to convey the film's charms while being as vague as possible about its mechanics (you deserve a spoiler-free experience).  It's about two friends Mike (Peter Cilella) and Chris (Vinny Curran) who used to be close but drifted apart in the last few years.  A lot of that has to do with Chris' ...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64794">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Locker 13</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64763</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2014 06:35:27 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64763"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00I1O34YG.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> Ah yes, the horror anthology.  It's the genre equivalent of a sampler platter.  There's usually something for everyone.  In recent years, anthologies like <a href=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/58177/v-h-s/><b>V/H/S</b></a> and <a href=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/59643/abcs-of-death-the/><b>The ABCs of Death</b></a> have left their mark with segments that feature shocking and often gory twists.  Compared to them, <b>Locker 13</b> feels like a bit of a throwback.  Tonally, it seeks kinship with the Rod Serling classics <b>The Twilight Zone</b> and <b>Night Gallery</b>, with perhaps a slightly nastier edge in spots.<p> The film opens by setting up its wraparound device.  Skip (Jason Spisak), an ex-con on parole is interviewing to be part of the night cleaning staff at a Wild West themed park.  The job is pretty much his but his supervisor Archie (Jon Gries) has a ton of wisdom ...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64763">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Machine Head</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63585</link>
                <pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2014 01:31:50 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63585"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00HEM9Q3E.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> Watching <b>Machine Head</b> (aka <i>Spring Break Killer</i>) is a truly annoying experience.  At its best (and I'm using the word very loosely here) it's a tired rehash of every <i>Pretty Young People in Peril</i> clichÃ© that you can think of.  At its worst, it's an aggressively dumb bit of genre filmmaking operating under the assumption that horror fans will swallow any old tripe that's tossed their way.  Did I mention that I wasn't a fan of this movie?<p> The setup (much like everything else about this film) is brutally simple.  College coed Rachel (Sharon Hinnendael) is psyched about her spring break.  Mom and dad have set her up with plush digs in Palm Springs where she's planning on kicking back with pals Chloe (Nicole Zeoli) and Mila (Christina Corigliano) whom she hasn't seen in a while.  Rachel's boyfriend, Shane (Robert Adamson), is also planning on meeting them there...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63585">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Pig</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64398</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:34:19 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64398"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00HDFYUCE.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> One's identity is a slippery thing.  It is obviously informed by what we bring to the table in terms of life experiences but it is also shaped by the perspectives of the people around us.  One could debate the relative importance of these two components but their interaction and impact is undeniable.  Writer / director Henry Barrial explores this idea to great effect in his thriller <b>Pig</b>.<p> The film opens with our protagonist (Rudolf Martin) in a bit of a pickle.  He has been dumped in the desert with a hood over his head and his hands tied behind his back.  To make matters worse, he has no memory of who he is or how he got there.  He manages to free himself but collapses.  When he comes to, he finds himself in the care of Isabel (Heather Ankeny) who lives in a remote location near the desert with her little boy.  As our protagonist slowly regains his health, the enormity...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64398">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>The Facility</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63255</link>
                <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:43:15 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63255"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00GOT13X4.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> I'm on a roll here.  <b>The Facility</b> is my second movie in a row to feature a group of characters under threat of turning into blood-thirsty rage zombies.  There I go throwing around the <i>z word</i> as if it doesn't carry a legacy (baggage?) with it.  Okay fine, the folks in <b>The Facility</b> may not technically be zombies.  They're more like the kissing cousins of the infected in <a href=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/7933/28-days-later/><b>28 Days Later</b></a> or the recently viewed <a href=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/64059/antisocial/><b>Antisocial</b></a>.  Replace rage monkeys and social media with a highly experimental drug and you'll have a fair idea of the path this film follows.<p> The film begins with the convergence of seven strangers on the titular facility which is a medical testing ground for new drugs.  They all come from different walks of life.  Some...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63255">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Antisocial</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64059</link>
                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:57:43 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64059"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00GU3WW7K.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> If you've ever felt like social media platforms are turning your friends into zombies, then <b>Antisocial</b> might just be the movie to make those fears as literal as possible.  It takes a host of genre standards and presents them in a novel context with just enough polish to make the well-worn feel a little fresh.<p> The film takes place in what looks and feels like the present (with certain elements cranked to 11).  A significant part of anyone's â€˜human' interaction takes place online and privacy is non-existent with everybody being perversely aware of everybody else's business.  Sam (Michelle Mylett) experiences this first hand when she gets dumped over a video chat while her boyfriend is texting another woman and simultaneously updating his relationship status for their entire social circle to see.  She drowns her sorrows by going to a party hosted by Mark (Cody Thompson)...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/64059">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>The Haunting of Helena</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63885</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 02:58:26 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63885"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00DBPBOZG.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> I really dislike it when movies lose their original titles as they are being repackaged for western audiences.  This low-budget Italian production was originally called <i>Fairytale</i>.  A horror movie called <i>Fairytale</i> sounds mysterious and sinister.  Call the same movie <b>The Haunting of Helena</b> and it sounds like someone named Helena is about to get hauntedâ€¦no more, no less.  <p> In this case, Helena (Sabrina Jolie Perez) is a little girl who has just moved into a new place with her mom, Sophia (Harriet MacMasters-Green) leaving behind philandering dad, Robert (Jarreth J. Merz).  Just as Helena is settling into her new surroundings, she loses her first tooth which means a visit from the tooth fairy.  Sophia is surprised to learn that this particular fairy lives in Helena's creepy old wardrobe and pays with old-timey currency.  Then things get worse as the fairy c...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/63885">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Fresh Meat</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62687</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:43:19 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62687"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00FGVS08W.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> Cannibalism turns comedic to great effect in this export from New Zealand.  <b>Fresh Meat</b> mines laughs from a home invasion scenario by placing a very unusual family at the center of all the mayhem.  As a result, we get lesbian schoolgirls, sultry gun-toting women, gangsters in tiny undies and more gore than you can shake a stick at.  Also, Jango Fett eats a human heart.<p> Rina (Hanna Tevita) has a secret.  While she was away at her all-girls boarding school, she developed a <i>real</i> fondness for some of her classmates.  I'm talking about the sort of fondness that can only be properly expressed by soaping each other up in the communal showers.  As luck would have it, Rina's family has a secret of their own.  While she was away from home, mom (Nicola Kawana), dad (Temuera Morrison) and little bro (Kahn West) started eating people on the regular.  When she comes home for a...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62687">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Ritual</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62996</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:03:48 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62996"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00FPNQI26.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> <b>Ritual</b> <i>should</i> be a tense affair.  It <i>should</i> be a tightly coiled thing of urgency and despair.  Unfortunately, the painfully slow pacing of the first half prevents the film from building any steam.  When the climax arrives and the time comes for the film to really let loose, it rushes through the finish line leaving us high and dry.  It's almost as if writer / director Mickey Keating decided to make a film that dwells upon all the scenes that take place between the bits that would normally be in a thriller.  <p> Tom (Dean Cates) and Lovely (Lisa Marie Summerscales) used to be in love.  They met on a beach.  He thought she was fetching.  She liked that he thought she was fetching.  But that's in the past.  Now they're estranged and she's standing over a stranger's body in a seedy motel room with blood on her hands.  When she frantically calls Tom to show up an...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62996">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>The Berlin File</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62485</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:17:22 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62485"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00EI3XAZC.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> Many a film has been called a <i>thinking man's thriller</i> but <b>The Berlin File</b> truly fits the bill by holding up both ends of the claim.  To follow its labyrinthine plot, one has to engage both halves of one's brain (trust me, it's worth it).  Meanwhile, punctuating the plot at regular intervals are action sequences that deliver a visceral impact while feeling integral to the story.  Director Ryoo Seung-wan has a winner on his hands.  Don't take my word for it.  The film was a major hit in his home of South Korea and deservedly so.  This is populist entertainment that is just smart enough to stand out among other entries of its genre.<p>The film introduces a whole mess of complications up front when a secretive arms deal (is there any other kind?) goes south.  North Korean spy, Pyo Jong-seong (Ha Jung-woo) is making a sale to a Russian broker and his client, a Middle Ea...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62485">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>To Jennifer</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62906</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:25:56 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62906"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00DNJ96KK.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> <b>To Jennifer</b> takes a slightly different approach to the found footage genre of horror that is all the rage these days.  Rather than being shown something that was <i>discovered</i> after the fact, we get to witness the movie's protagonist film himself during a journey that only he knows the destination to.  Director James Cullen Bressack capably sets up the film's central conflict in the first few minutes and caps off the whole affair with a suitably tense climax.  Unfortunately, that's only about 15 minutes out of a 75 minute film.  The hour in the middle just feels like paddingâ€¦repetitive, annoying padding.<p>As I mentioned, the film's conflict is simplicity itself.  Joey (Chuck Pappas) thinks his girlfriend of two years, Jennifer (Jessica Cameron), is cheating on him but he wants to catch her in the act.  He ropes in his cousin, Steven (Bressack himself), to accompany...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62906">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Ingenious</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62862</link>
                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 04:53:57 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62862"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00ECXJBN8.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> There was a time when <b>Ingenious</b> was known as <b>Lightbulb</b>.  Given the film's subject matter, the original moniker was much more fitting than the bland, generic title it ended up with.  This is a rags to riches story that builds upon the idea that a spark in the dark is sometimes all one needs to turn one's life around.  It is a simple tale of a man and the moment of inspiration that ultimately pulled him out of the hole he had dug himself into.<p> The man is Matt (Dallas Roberts) and at the film's outset, he's a novelty watch salesman.  Along with his pal, Sam (Jeremy Renner), he tries to sell cute themed watches to pet stores and golf pro shops.  The watches themselves are clever in a kitschy sort of way but they aren't selling very well because Matt doesn't have the resources to give them the marketing push they require.  A few ill-advised attempts at raising capita...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62862">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Static</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62817</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2013 03:11:12 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62817"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00FGD71HG.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> <b>Static</b> would be insanely easy to spoil if I just mentioned the two films it immediately reminded me of.  The first (which isn't revealing much at all) is <a href=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34980/strangers-the/><i>The Strangers</i></a> with a young couple under siege by a group of masked intruders.  The second (which shall not be named out of common decency) explains the <i>why</i> of it all.  When all is said and done, <b>Static</b>'s genre roots are laid bare but it entertains thanks to a breathless pace that keeps the midsection and finale trim and thrilling.<p> Before it ramps up though, the film introduces us to the central duo of Jonathan Dade (Milo Ventimiglia) and his wife Addie (Sarah Shahi).  Jonathan's a successful author who moved his family out to a remote house in the countryside in order to work on his big follow-up novel.  The peace and tranquility of t...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62817">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62098</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:12:20 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62098"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00E4V0GUK.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> 3 people.<br>1 gun.<br>0 reasons to stay alive.<br>This is the setup for Erik Kristopher Myers' <b>Roulette</b>, a compelling indie feature that skilfully builds dramatic tension before paying off in devastating fashion.  Folks who watch it will likely be left shaken by the climax and that's sort of the point.  When dealing with damaged individuals you can hardly be guaranteed a happy ending.<p>The film has three central characters, Dean (Mike Baldwin), Richie (Will Haza) and Sunny (Ali Lukowski).  Dean is a landscaper who recently got engaged to the love of his life, Zoe (Michelle Murad).  What should have been the beginning of the happiest time in his life is thrown into disarray when he starts experiencing symptoms for a mysterious debilitating disease that the doctors can't diagnose.  Richie is a corporate type who feels that his life has stalled after being passed over for ...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62098">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Jug Face</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62067</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2013 21:18:50 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62067"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00DNJ965A.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> Earthenware turns ominous in <b>Jug Face</b>.  The feature-length debut from writer / director Chad Crawford Kinkle is a nifty little backwoods horror film that looks to unnerve us by treating its outlandish premise as matter-of-factly as possible.<p> Before I go any further, let me answer the question that you're surely asking yourself: <i>what the hell is a jug face?</i>  Well, it's a clay jug that's carved to look like a face.  Okay, that's not terribly helpful.  You see there's this community of hillbillies whose way of life revolves around a pit in the woods.  They believe its muddy waters have healing powers.  In return the pit only asks for a human sacrifice every once in a while.  It communicates its desires through a special potter.  The pit appears to the potter in his dreams and shows him a face.  When he wakes up, the potter is compelled (in a trance-like state) to c...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62067">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>In the Flesh</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62018</link>
                <pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2013 19:40:18 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62018"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00BXRVQO8.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE SHOW:</b><p> Zombies are soooooo hot right now.  Actually they have been for a while.  For evidence of this you need look no further than <i>The Walking Dead</i> which has been a ratings juggernaut since it first debuted in 2010 and has infected mainstream consciousness in a big way.  Folks can't seem to get enough of the undead gut-munchers.  Maybe it's because people readily identify with these monsters that are only a few small steps removed from humanity.  Perhaps they appreciate how the fear of something <i>similar-yet-so-very-different</i> is ripe for social commentary.  Or, maybe they just like watching guts being munched on.  Whatever the reason may be, the horror of a world overrun by the undead carries universal appeal and feels more relevant than ever.<p> The BBC series, <b>In the Flesh</b>, finds a fresh angle on the zombie genre by presenting its tale from the perspective of one ...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/62018">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Going by the Book 2-Disc Special Edition</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61919</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:02:50 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61919"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00B8O4UJY.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> I'm betraying my own cultural ignorance here but when I think of Korean cinema, my mind immediately jumps to thrillers, usually of the grim and gritty variety (like <a href=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/17240/oldboy/><i>Oldboy</i></a>, <a href=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/48312/i-saw-the-devil/><i>I Saw the Devil</i></a> or <i>The Chaser</i>).  My horizons need broadening and <b>Going by the Book</b> is just the place to start. This is a comedy that takes a typically tense situation and infuses it wish such creativity and wit that traditional genre conventions are quickly forgotten.<p> The film drops us in to the humdrum existence of Jung Do-man (Jung Jae-young).  His primary goal in life is to be dutiful.  He's an obedient son who does what he can to please his parents.  He's a committed cop who completes every task according to the letter of the law.  He seems withdrawn, ev...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61919">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Under the Bed</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61804</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:23:47 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61804"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00C2R122Y.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> It's no secret that tone and treatment can provide radically different takes on a genre.  It is somewhat surprising to see that happen in the span of a single movie though.  Director Steven C. Miller's <b>Under the Bed</b> is a creature feature all the way through.  Due to a sudden shift fairly late in the game, it just ends up feeling like two <i>different</i> creature features.  The first 70 minutes are relatively tame with strained familial relationships taking prominence over the slowly building feelings of menace and disquiet.  Then, without warning the final 15 minutes explode with gore, tension and fantasy.  It's an odd mix that requires patience on the part of horror fans.<p> The film starts with an awkward conversation between Neal (Jonny Weston) and his dad (Peter Holden).  Neal's returning home after an extended stay at his aunt's place which was prompted by his part ...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61804">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Justin Bieber: Always Believing</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61705</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:19:42 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61705"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00C2535KI.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE FILM:</b><p> In defiance of all odds, <b>Justin Bieber: Always Believing</b> is a biography of Justin Bieber (who'd have thunk it?).  Now, before we go any further, there are a few things that can be gathered immediately.  You can tell that the biography is unauthorized because it says so in small print right on the cover.  You can also tell that is was hastily slapped together because the folks behind it didn't take the extra nanosecond required to call it <i>Justin Bieber: Always Beliebing</i>.  Finally, you can tell that it is completely and utterly unnecessary because it exists in a world where an <i>authorized</i> documentary / concert film dedicated to Bieber (<i>Never Say Never</i>) came out two years ago.<p> I know what you're thinking.  <i>Of course, a dweeby dude in his early 30s can't appreciate the talent that Bieber possesses.  A doughy pile of meat, hair and failed dreams couldn...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61705">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Moshe Kasher Live in Oakland</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61608</link>
                <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:24:42 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61608"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/ts1373910480.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE SHOW:</b><p> Here are two truths and a lie about Moshe Kasher:<br>1. He happily answers to the title of <i>cute-ass nerd</i>.<br>2. He hates homophobes, almost as much as he hates hecklersâ€¦almost.<br>3. He's the love child of Michael Ian Black and Patton Oswalt.<br>Alright, so that last one was the lie but only in a literal sense.  Based on the strength of this hour-long special, I'm willing to place Kasher on the same comedy family tree that Black and Oswalt belong to.  Given how much I enjoy the work of both those comics, it's safe to say that Kasher struck a chord with me in the best way possible.<p> By setting his special in Oakland, Kasher stacks the deck by performing in front of a hometown crowd.  With that said, he still goes through the trouble of explaining his one and only ground rule for the audience.  Simply put, he doesn't care who he offends and more importantly if somebody i...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61608">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>The Unknown  - Season 01</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61554</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:02:11 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61554"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00CAZOIBK.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE SHOW:</b><p> For someone who's never seen <i>The Twilight Zone</i>, <i>Tales from the Crypt</i> or <i>The Outer Limits</i>, <b>The Unknown</b> may seem like exciting stuff.  Unfortunately for the show, no such person exists.  The 6 part anthology of the mysterious and the macabre streamed on <i>Crackle</i> (the digital network owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment) in 2012 but has been edited together into a single 129 minute piece for your home viewing experience.  While the show has high production values (especially for a web series) and features engaging performances, the quality of its writing proves to be its undoing.<p> Standing in for Rod Serling and the Cryptkeeper here is Dominic Monaghan who plays a curious blogger named Mark.  Mark is searching for the truth <i>out there</i> (although the show never really explains what he intends to do with it other than make a pithy post on his w...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61554">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Wedding Band: The Complete First Season</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61022</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:56:07 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61022"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00C4XV5AU.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE SHOW:</b><p> It's a strange feeling sitting down to watch a show with the knowledge that it has already been canceled.  Almost subconsciously, I look for the little tell-tale signs that may explain its truncated existence.  In the case of <b>Wedding Band</b>, which aired on TBS in late 2012, the signs aren't really all that subtle.  The reason is obvious: the show's format simply doesn't work to its advantage.  <p> Although the first (and only) season only has 10 episodes, each installment is an hour long, presenting a mix of comedy and drama that puts <i>Wedding Crashers</i>, <i>Sex and the City</i> (for dudes) and <i>Glee</i> in a blender and hits frappÃ©.  The results are occasionally effective but a vast majority of the time sitcom scenarios are stretched past their natural half-hour limits so that unnecessary tangents can be grafted on, watering down the laughs in the process.  With that...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61022">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Mara</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61376</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2013 11:09:24 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61376"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00BKUO1XQ.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> You know how horror movies feature <i>girl next door</i> characters that never look like any girl that grew up next door to you?  Well, the makers of <b>Mara</b> have taken that suspension of disbelief one step further by actually casting a Swedish supermodel in the role.  Did I mention that <b>Mara</b> was made by 3 guys?  Yeah, that explains it.<p> The film opens in gripping fashion (don't worry, the effect won't last long) as Jenny (Angelica Jansson) sits in a dimly lit room telling a cop exactly how she came to be covered in copious amounts of someone else's blood.  We flash back to her being all awkward at a weekend getaway organized by her cousin Cissi (Cecilia Samuelsson).  Her awkwardness is easily explained.  You see, Cissi invited Jenny under the pretense of hooking her up with Jacob (Martin Brandt) who supposedly had his eye on her.  It's weird then that he takes such...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61376">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Josh Blue: Sticky Change</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61315</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2013 04:33:51 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61315"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/ts1369160634.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE SHOW:</b><p> Josh Blue has been making audiences laugh for a while (especially on the college circuit) but he came to national prominence when he won the fourth season of <i>Last Comic Standing</i> in 2006, marking one of the few occasions on that show when America got it right.  Blue has never been shy about his cerebral palsy which was a defining trait of his standup act back then.  It's nice to see that his gutsy self-deprecation is still intact with his latest set: <b>Sticky Change</b>.<p> Blue starts his performance before an adoring crowd at the Varsity Theatre in Minneapolis by taking us all the way back to the beginning.  He talks about being born with cerebral palsy under questionable medical conditions in Cameroon, South Africa.  Besides being a springboard to attack his physical disability head on, this setup gives Blue license to make the bold claim of technically being an African...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61315">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Kevin Nealon Whelmed... But Not Overly</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61260</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:10:18 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61260"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/ts1369160507.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE SHOW:</b><p> Anyone who saw Kevin Nealon during his <i>SNL</i> days is probably familiar with his character, Mr. Subliminal.  For those not in the know, the character was a bit one-note (as many SNL characters tend to be) but reasonably funny.  Nealon would talk in an even, measured manner while dropping subtle Ã¢â‚¬Ëœsubliminal' messages into the normal flow of a conversation.  While the bit hardly ever made me laugh out loud, it always brought a smile to my face.  The same could be said for Nealon's stand-up act, covered here in <b>Whelmed but not Overly</b>.  The cumulative effect is engaging in a low-key sort of way with a bit of subversive material scattered throughout.  It isn't necessarily the sort of stand-up special you'll rave about to your friends the next day but it'll probably keep you entertained for an hour.<p> Calling Kevin Nealon <i>genial</i> is an understatement.  He seems ...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61260">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Priest Of Evil</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/60145</link>
                <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2013 03:52:46 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/60145"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00BCMT4IO.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> <b>Priest of Evil</b> plays like a feature-length version of an episode of <i>Law &amp; Order: SVU</i>, only grittier, gorier and in Finnish.  Depending on your perspective this is either a great thing (a foreign genre movieÃ¢â‚¬Â¦Yaay!) or an exercise in tedium (yet another serial killer flickÃ¢â‚¬Â¦Yawn).  My opinion lies somewhere in between.  While I'm a sucker for procedurals and rather enjoy the serial killer genre, director Olli Saarela's film doesn't do a great job of integrating the two into a cohesive experience.<p> The film opens with Inspector Timo HarjunpÃƒÂ¤ÃƒÂ¤ (Peter FranzÃƒÂ©n) of the Helsinki Violent Crimes Unit on one of the worst days of his life.  When he gets stuck at work later than expected, he is delayed in picking up his daughter who has just attended a concert.  This ends badly for everyone involved as she tries to walk home on her own but is attacked ...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/60145">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>After Dark Originals Dark Circles</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/60391</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:34:59 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/60391"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00BLF9FLI.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> When I heard that Paul Soter of <i>Broken Lizard</i> fame was making a horror movie, I assumed it would be a horror-comedy along the lines of his troupe's <i>Club Dread</i>.  As it turns out, I was completely off base.  With <b>Dark Circles</b>, the latest entry in the <i>After Dark Originals</i> series, Soter has turned in a legitimate exercise in psychological horror.  The resolution is far from effective and there are a few logical missteps along the way but this film still does a decent job of establishing Soter's ambitions in a field far removed from his merry band of brothers.<p> After a genuinely creepy and unsettling opening sequence, Soter introduces us to our leads Penny (Pell James) and Alex (Johnathon Schaech).  The lovebirds have a baby on the way and are looking to move to the peaceful countryside, far from the hustle and bustle of the city.  Well, Penny is looking...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/60391">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Id: A</title>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61175</link>
                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:47:59 UTC</pubDate>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61175"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00BCMT0MY.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> A woman comes to in a river in France.  She can't remember who she is or how she got there but has in her possession a bag filled with gobs of cash and a loaded gun.  This is the hook Danish director Christian E. Christiansen elects to open his twisty little film with.  At first blush, it may suggest a launching point into <i>Bourne</i> territory or even the sort of Euro thriller that someone like Liam Neeson would be at home in (<a href=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/50369/unknown/><i>Unknown</i></a> comes to mind).  Fortunately <b>ID:A</b> marches to the beat of a different drum.  It certainly has flashes of action but it primarily traffics in intrigue in a manner that would have made Hitchcock proud (a name I don't mean to invoke lightly).<p> Getting back to the pretty amnesiac, the film follows Ida (Tuva Novotny) as she checks her battered self into a hotel and catches the e...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61175">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                                <title>Craig Shoemaker: Daditude</title>
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               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61145"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00B999F48.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE SHOW:</b><p> Viewing two stand-up acts back to back is a tricky business.  Comparisons are inevitable.  After watching (and loving) Kristen Schaal's <a href= http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/59524/kristen-schaal-live-at-the-fillmore/>recent special</a>, I decided to check out Craig Shoemaker's <b>Daditude</b>.  Of course, the two comedians could not be more different in their style or choice of material.  Schaal's set included simulated sex between kitchen utensils while Shoemaker'sÃ¢â‚¬Â¦didn't.  Schaal eschewed traditional setups and punchlines for the most part while Shoemaker's act is built around them.  I don't mean to belabor the comparison.  I simply want to make sure you understand that while I ultimately enjoyed both comedians, it was for entirely different reasons.<p> Shoemaker has been plying his craft since the 80s and been a fixture on the stand-up circuit for just as long (earning...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61145">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/59524</link>
                <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:19:45 UTC</pubDate>
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               <b class="first">Highly Recommended</b>
               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/59524"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00AJ1Y1OG.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE SHOW:</b><p> Discerning fans of comedy already know who Kristen Schaal is.  They've seen her be hilariously creepy in <i>Flight of the Conchords</i>.  They've witnessed her control of cutting satire as a <i>Daily Show</i> correspondent.  For the last few seasons of <i>30 Rock</i> she kept Kenneth Parcell's heart in a state of constant confusion.  She's even left her mark in the animated world with <i>Bob's Burgers</i>.  When she isn't busy stealing the scene in whatever project she's involved with, she finds time to be a fixture on the alternative comedy scene bringing her blend of oddness and absurdity to the masses.  For a comedienne who has done so much (and all of it so well), it's kind of surprising to note that <b>Live at the Fillmore</b> marks her first hour-long special for Comedy Central.<p> I know I've already called Schaal's style of comedy odd and absurd but it bears repeatingÃ¢â‚...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/59524">Read the entire review</a></p>
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                <link>https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61119</link>
                <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:51:08 UTC</pubDate>
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               <b class="first">Highly Recommended</b>
               <p><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61119"><img src="//images.dvdtalk.com/covers/B00B58FWTU.jpg" vspace="10" hspace="10" align="left" border="0"></a><p><b>THE MOVIE:</b><p> Fantasy edges its way into the modern world with director Aleksander Nordaas' <b>Thale</b>.  He builds his film around a bit of Norwegian folklore and makes it stick by allowing the tale's gentle pacing to slowly lay out its mystery in a manner that completely takes a hold of one's imagination.  That he does so with a tiny cast and limited resources makes it even more impressive.<p> When we first meet our protagonists Leo (Jon Sigve Skard) and Elvis (Erlend Nervold), they are knee-deep in quite the mess.  I mean that quite literally since they are crime scene cleaners (<i>No Shit Cleaning Service</i> is as great a business name as I've ever heard) who are currently taking care of a little old lady's mostly liquefied remains.  Well, Leo is taking care of her remains while Elvis pukes his guts out in a corner.  It's a grisly application of less-is-more (who needs to see the remain...<a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/61119">Read the entire review</a></p>
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