Tag: Documentary

THE PYRAMID’s Filled with Terror & Poor CGI

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Alexandre Aja, CGI, Found Footage, Horror Movies, Thriller3 Comments

The Pyramid. 2014. Directed by Grégory Levasseur. Screenplay by Daniel Meersand & Nick Simon. Starring Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O'Hare, James Buckley, Christa Nicola, Amir K, and Faycal Attougui. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Rated R. 89 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★1/2 There's no way that I can honestly say The Pyramid is a great horror - most of the …

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SOAKED IN BLEACH Exposes the Bullshit of Cobain’s “Suicide”

On By C.H. NewellIn Benjamin Statler, Celebrity, Courtney Love, Crime, Crime Documentary, Docudrama, Documentary, Fake Suicide, Heroin, Hole, Kurt and Courtney, Kurt Cobain, Kurt Cobain murder, Kurt Cobain suicide, Montage of Heck, Nick Broomfield, Nirvana, Police Incompetence, Private Investigator, Rock n Roll, Soaked in Bleach, Tom Grant35 Comments

Soaked in Bleach. 2015. Directed by Benjamin Statler. Written by Donnie Eichar, Richard Middleton, and Benjamin Statler. Starring Tyler Bryan as Kurt Cobain, Sarah Scott as Courtney Love; featuring, as themselves, Tom Grant, Brett Ball, Max Wallace, and Norm Stamper. Daredevil Films. Rated PG. 100 minutes. Documentary/Drama/Crime. ★★★★★ Admittedly, even though I've always thought Courtney …

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The Real Life Fear of The Houses October Built

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Backwoods Horror, Blogs, Bobby Roe, Film, Found Footage, Halloween, Horror, Movies, Reviews, The Houses October Built, ThrillerLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CxXdv3a4yQ The Houses October Built. 2014. Dir.  Bobby Roe.  Written by Roe, Zack Andrews & Jason Zada. Starring Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe, Jeff Larson, and Tansy Alexander. Room 101. Unrated. 91 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★1/2 Any horror movie, regardless of how its end product is perceived, always benefits from some decent performances. …

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DIG: The Ego & The Id

On By C.H. NewellIn 2004, Anton Newcombe, Blogs, Brent DeBoer, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Dean Taylor, Dig!, Documentary, Drugs, DVD, Eric Hedford, Fame, Film, Filmmaking, Indie Rock, Joel Gion, Matt Hollywood, Movies, Music, Peter Holmstrom, Psychedelic Rock, Reviews, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy Warhols, Zia McCabeLeave a comment

Ever watch a documentary that pissed you off? Well, here's another one.

The Redemption Song of Anvil: The Story of Anvil

On By C.H. NewellIn 2008, Anvil, Biography, Blogs, Comedy, Documentary, Fame, Film, Heavy Metal, Metal, Movies, Music, Reviews, Sacha Gervasi, The Story of AnvilLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF4H8lB2Y_o Anvil: The Story of Anvil. 2008.  Dir. Sacha Gervasi. Starring Anvil. Abramorama. Unrated. 80 minutes. Documentary - Biography/Music. ★★★★★ Before this film, I had only briefly heard of Anvil by thumbing through old metal records in my search for bands that had escaped mainstream eyes. I never much gave them a listen, and it …

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Trollhunter: Found Footage Fairy Tales

On By C.H. NewellIn Blogs, Blu ray, Bluray, Comedy, Dark Fantasy, Film, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Found Footage, Horror, Movies, Reviews, Trollhunter, TrollsLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvwEyHeRSvE Trollhunter. 2010. Directed & Written by André Øvredal. Starring Otto Jespersen, Hans Morten Hansen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Johanna Mørck, Knut Naerum, Robert Stoltenberg, and Glenn Erland Tosterud. Momentum Pictures. Rated PG-13. 103 minutes. Dark Fantasy/Comedy ★★★★ (Film) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) When you hear the title Trollhunter it isn't easy to imagine what the plot and …

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