Time Travel into Youth with Donnie Darko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZyBaFYFySk Donnie Darko. 2001. Directed & Written by Richard Kelly. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle, Holmes Osborne, James Duval, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Seth Rogen, & Patience Cleveland. 20th Century Fox/Pandora Cinema/Flower Films/Adam Fields Productions. Rated R. 113 minutes. Drama/Sci-Fi/Thriller ★★★★1/2 I was born in 1985. When …

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Relentlessly Fun Video Game Action with HARDCORE HENRY

A first-person shooter inside an action film inside a sci-fi story inside a whole lot of fun.

MISERY’s Annie Wilkes is The Rotten Heart of Fandom

Annie Wilkes is the brutality of modern fandom, long before Twitter.

Get Swallowed Whole by Terror in THE BORDERLANDS

Terrifying religious-themed found footage brings us into a nightmarish investigation that will lead somewhere entirely unexpected.

RESOLUTION Questions Our Cinematic Participation in Murder

An indie that asks us at times uncomfortable questions about our participation in the process of murder on film.

Scorsese’s SHUTTER ISLAND: This is Your Brain, This is Your Brain Under Repression

Scorsese & Lehane together as one? That's how you get a spooky, mind-bending thriller like SHUTTER ISLAND.

Bleeder Draws a Violent Line in the Sand Between Film and Reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTRxuAZxNbw Bleeder. 1999. Directed & Written by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Rikke Louise Andersson, Liv Corfixen, Levino Jensen, & Zlatko Buric. Kamikaze. Not Rated. 98 minutes. Crime/Drama ★★★★★ People who frequent this site will now be sick of my love for Nicolas Winding Refn. He divides people. Nowadays, some of his …

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For My Brother is a Harrowing, Honest Perspective on Systemic Child Abuse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YgBh2PuDHs For Min Brors Skyld (English title: For My Brother). 2014. Directed & Written by Brian Bang. Starring Elias Munk, Christopher Friis Jensen, Allan Karlsen, Frank Schiellerup, Oliver Bjørnholdt Spottag, Tina Nørby, Frederik Ingemann Brandt, Lara León, Marie Louise Lund Jensen, Kit Langberg Rasmussen, William Gaarde, Robin Koch, Oliver Skou, Dorte Evalyn Evon, & Tobias Hyttel. Bang …

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