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Christmas Vacation
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 23, 2011
Bottom Line: Rarely have the holidays ever been more fun in movies! Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Starring: Beverly D’Angelo, Chevy Chase, Juliette Lewis The Vacationers have taken a brave turn in their series, as CHRISTMAS VACATION is still as farcical as the last two (VACATION and EUROP read more
Paranormal Activity 3
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 23, 2011
Bottom Line: More irresistible, documentary-style startles–this time from the directors of Catfish. Directed by: Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost
Starring: Chloe Csengery, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Jessica Tyler Brown, Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat In 2009, we were hit by surprise with PARANOR read more
The Rage: Carrie 2
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 21, 2011
Bottom Line: Irrelevant to the classic, a good one for even Carrie fans to skip. Directed by: Katt Shea
Starring: Dylan Bruno, Emily Bergl, Jason London It’s no wonder fans of the 1976 Stephen King movie CARRIE are scratching there heads about this film. Besides the fact that Rachel Lang is read more
Paranormal Activity
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 16, 2011
Bottom Line: Do not be fooled by the extremely low production budget: you may find yourself terrified. Directed by: Oren Peli
Starring: Katie Featherston, Mark Fredrichs, Micah Sloat ***Disclaimer***: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY is not scary. It just has an extremely terrifying mood and a terrifically gro read more
Paranormal Activity 2
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 16, 2011
Bottom Line: Just as much fun as the first one: some are scared mindless; others are laughing themselves mindless. Directed by: Tod Williams
Starring: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Molly Ephraim, Sprague Grayden PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 isn’t as good as #1. Nor is it a B-movie. Still, it is v read more
Halloween II
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 15, 2011
Bottom Line: Slashings. Slashings. More slashings. For whatever reason, Michael Myers enjoys it, but even seeing it, Halloween II comes across as dull. “Why won’t he die?” —Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Starring: Charles Cyphers, Donald Pleasance, read more
Thor
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 15, 2011
Bottom Line: One of the better films in the “Marvel Cinematic Universe”. Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston Fourth entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a high-flying, high-aiming blend of THE INCREDIBLE HULK, IR read more
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 15, 2011
Bottom Line: Kubrick’s war satire is darkly funny, but not notable. Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: George C. Scott, Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden Stanley Kubrick’s odd, bizarre 1964 war comedy has a humorously surreal twist as well as a subtle message. Besides the characters n read more
Carrie
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 14, 2011
Bottom Line: Stephen King’s first film adaptation is excellent, freaky. “I can see your dirtypillows. Everyone will.” —Piper Laurie as Mrs. White Directed by: Brian de Palma
Starring: Amy Irving, John Travolta, Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek Films have been depicting how much senior read more
Halloween (1)
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 13, 2011
Bottom Line: Why appreciate Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street when you can appreciate this? Halloween started it ALL. Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Donald Pleasance, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran The thing that truly makes this one a classic is that it is certainly a slasher, b read more
Quarantine
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 11, 2011
Bottom Line: So-so remake of a great foreign film. Actually, it’s something of a copy. Directed by: John Erick Dowdle
Starring: Columbus Short, Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris An American remake of the 2007 Spanish cult-horror film [REC], this film isn’t much new. Especially if you ar read more
10,000 BC
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 10, 2011
Bottom Line: So bad, it makes Ice Age look completely factual. Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Camilla Belle, Marco Khan, Steven Strait Roland Emmerich takes a break from apocalyptic disaster films (well, for one film; we see the release of 2012 a year after this) to direct a ho-hum disaste read more
The Italian Job
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 9, 2011
Bottom Line: Not that it should be passed on, but Ocean’s Eleven is a better choice if you want a good crime caper re-do. Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Edward Norton, Mark Wahlberg An update of the 1969 crime caper of the same name, THE ITALIAN JOB i read more
Big Fish
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 7, 2011
Bottom Line: Comparable to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Forrest Gump. Questions life and death in a fantastical manner. Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Missi Pyle, Steve Buscemi BIG FISH is bizarre, but there’s Ti read more
Review: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 2, 2011
Bottom Line: A year after GoldenEye, we have another great spy film! Eugene Kittridge: “I think we’ve lost enough agents for one night.” Ethan Hunt: “You mean, I’ve lost enough agents for one night.” Eugene Kittridge: “You seem hell-bent on blaming yourself read more
Review: THE SHINING
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 1, 2011
Bottom Line: It’s too bad Stanley Kubrick died before Stephen King could have started having him direct more of his films rather than Frank Darabont. Jack Torrance: “Heeere’s Johnny!”
If there’s one pure horror film that deserves the Best Picture Oscar just for its ove read more
Review: RED DAWN
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Oct 1, 2011
Bottom Line: Makes Pearl Harbor look like Glory. Erica: [to Stepan] “Do you speak German?” Matt Eckert: “So what if he does? You don’t.” Stepan Gorsky: “Gorsky, Stepan Yevgenyvitch–!” Robert: “Nobody gives a damn who you are!“ There were read more
Review: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Sep 30, 2011
Bottom Line: All too funny, with surreal laughs drawn more from the oddness of Alan Arkin than that of Steve Carrell. Olive: [takes out her headphones]
Grandpa: [stops swearing briefly]
Olive: “What are you guys talking about?”
Grandpa: [after a moment of thought to come up with an excu read more
Review: THE PERFECT STORM
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Sep 30, 2011
Bottom Line: The imperfect film. Ethel Shatford: “If it was good news, he would’ve called us.”
The thing that really irks me about THE PERFECT STORM is that I had read that it was a disaster film (and it’s made pretty much clear in the title), but the actual disaster didn read more
Review: PLANET OF THE APES
Cinemaniac Reviews Posted by Alexander Diminiano on Sep 28, 2011
Bottom Line: Ouch. This insult to the classic of the same name kind of hurts. Attar: “Get your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty human!”
Tim Burton’s re-imagination of the 1968 science fiction journey is nothing like the original. That’s not to say it’s a bad film read more