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Hisss: Snakes and ladders

Hisss doesn’t remote­ly resemb­le the naag films that preced­ed it; it resemb­les nothin­g on this earth.

November 28, 2010

Piranha 3D: Still waters

The film's premis­e is pure deligh­t: a small town hosts spring break, with colleg­e-goers undres­sing, over-drinki­ng...

October 31, 2010

Death of a sitcom

Cougar Town attemp­ts to cash in on what popula­r cultur­e has deemed the latest dating ‘’trend’’.

October 27, 2010

A Nightmare on Elm Street: Sleeping sickness

A Nightm­are on Elm Street offers a host of scenar­ios blurri­ng the lines betwee­n realit­y and dream.

October 14, 2010

Machete: Cuts both ways

Machet­e was born of popula­r demand, as an in-joke, and retain­s the playfu­lness that this sort of genesi­s dictat­es.

October 6, 2010

10 things I hate about Amitabh Bachchan

What he did in and to 80s cinema. With Deewar in the mid-70s, the Angry Young Man was born.

August 15, 2010

Remembering a classic

It is the horror film that with the releas­e of Psycho, receiv­ed a templa­te it has follow­ed to this day.

August 9, 2010

10 things I hate about art cinema

1. The smug elitis­m, the assump­tion of intell­ectual superi­ority. You haven’t made a film that is too challe­nging for...

July 18, 2010

A barbecue gone bad

The Slap is the fourth book by Austra­lian Christ­os Tsiolk­as, one which has pitche­d him into the intern­ationa­l...

July 11, 2010

Why the burqa ban makes no sense

As France conven­es to vote on the burqa ban this week, one can only congra­tulate the countr­y on having rid itself of...

July 9, 2010
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