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The Silence of the Lambs

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Reviewed Oct 11, 2011

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Fright Night

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Reviewed Aug 23, 2011

A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician. Genres: Comedy, Horror

Final Destination 5

The eyes have it!

Reviewed Aug 19, 2011

Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda. Genres: Horror, Mystery

Fright Night

Special Ed

Reviewed Aug 9, 2011

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him. Genres: Comedy, Horror

Final Destination 2

Can we find the pregnant woman now, please?

Reviewed Jul 29, 2011

When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next. Genres: Horror, Mystery

Final Destination

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Reviewed Jul 22, 2011

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one. Genres: Horror

X-Men: First Class

Now we gotta cut loose, with nukes!

Reviewed Jun 4, 2011

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

X-Men: The Last Stand

Multiple men discuss Multiple Man

Reviewed May 20, 2011

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men led by Professor Charles Xavier, and Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

X2

Bobby's brother was nominated for Worst Movie Sibling 2003

Reviewed May 13, 2011

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join Magneto and Mystique to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Poltergeist

The dangers of sitting too close to your TV

Reviewed May 10, 2011

The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back. Genres: Horror

X-Men

The greatest trick Magneto ever pulled was convincing the...

Reviewed May 6, 2011

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Deep Blue Sea

The sharks are smarter than the screenwriters

Reviewed Apr 25, 2011

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Jaws

The true Amityville Horror

Reviewed Mar 29, 2011

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again. Genres: Adventure, Horror, Thriller

Kick-Ass

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Reviewed Mar 25, 2011

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. Genres: Action, Crime

Minority Report

Precog sounds like a plumbing term.

Reviewed Feb 4, 2011

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Total Recall

Man, I just pulled my Quato

Reviewed Jan 14, 2011

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories. When something goes wrong during Quaid's memory implant procedure, his life turns upside down, leading him to question what is reality and what isn't. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Blade Runner

Anyone else see a unicorn run through here?

Reviewed Jan 7, 2011

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans. Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

First Blood

Featuring David Caruso without sunglasses!

Reviewed Nov 5, 2010

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers. Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Bride of Chucky

Now Playing Podcast, eat your heart out!

Reviewed Oct 18, 2010

For ten years, the tortured soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray has been imprisoned inside a child's doll. 'Chucky' is reborn when his old flame, Tiffany, rescues his battered doll parts from a police impound. But Chucky wants his new playmate cut down to size, so he transforms his blushing bride into a stunning little terror. Chucky and Tiffany can't wait to start their own homicidal honeymoon. When this demonic duo hits the road and hooks up with a pair of unsuspecting newlyweds, they leave a trail of murder and mayhem behind them. Chucky's back! Genres: Comedy, Horror

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

This is my chainsaw. There are others like it, but this o...

Reviewed Oct 15, 2010

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers. Genres: Horror

The Social Network

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Reviewed Oct 12, 2010

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend. Genres: Drama

The Lost Boys

Have you ever looked up from his oiled breasts to notice ...

Reviewed Aug 27, 2010

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him. Genres: Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

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Reviewed Aug 14, 2010

As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors. Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance

Inception

All these movies with dreams, and yet still no going to s...

Reviewed Jul 18, 2010

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. Genres: Action, Crime, Science Fiction