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• 15 Alien Review

  Each film in the Alien quadrilogy has differed from each other. It has helped that they each had a distinctive and imaginative director. Ridley Scott created a slow, tension filled science fiction epic. James Cameron pumped it full of adrenaline and made an action packed masterpiece. David Fincher cut his teeth on the Alien3 by turning the action into a dark, mostly muddled mess. Jean-Pierre Jeunet tried to rescue the franchise, but had no story to work with. Like the Star Wars movies what we're left with is a couple of top notch flicks and a few others that while showing a few moments of visual brilliance leave ultimately leave the series limp.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 25, 2005

• 14 A Hard Days Night Review

  A Hard Days Night is an excellent glimpse of the Beatles on the cusp of World Stardom. This was before the summer of love, drugs, and the sitar where the Beatles were just trying to be the best band in the world and writing songs that made them so. It is a joy to see them cutting up and being their goofy, hilarious selves. I dare you not to sing and dance along as you watch it.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 22, 2005

• 13 A Hole in the Head Review

  The film is the second to last picture ever made by Capra and was the beginning of an attempted comeback from a few years break from making Hollywood pictures. But instead of a comeback this film serves only to remind us of what Capra used to be.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 18, 2005

• 12 To Catch a Thief Review

  Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 film To Catch a Thief is a big, gooey picture that differs in content over much of the suspense master's other pictures. Cary Grant stars as a former thief, and patriot of the French Resistence, who is currently suspected of a new series of crimes. Grace Kelly plays the beautiful daughter of a rich American woman who is high on the list of possible victims of the new cat burglar.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• 11 Saw Review

  I knew very little about Saw before I watched it yesterday. It came out during the time I was too busy moving out of my house and preparing to leave for France to pay much attention to upcoming movies. In France I heard a little buzz on the internet about it being a very captivating and scary thriller. I tried not to pay much more attention than that because there is nothing worse than learning too much about a scary movie before you go see it.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• 10 The Poseidon Adventure Review

  There are a few movies I remember being surprised at as a child. These were movies that I saw on television or Beta/VHS that were made before my time and not meant as children's stories. Some of them were genuine classics like To Kill a Mockingbird that instilled in me a sense that beauty and art can be found in a film. Others were like the Poseidon Adventure that while not particularly masterful films still showed me that there were many other films out there besides the "family" films being churned out at the local cineplex. These films eventually opened up to me the world of cinema.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• 9 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a pretty by the books MGM musical. It is based on a book entitled The Sobbin' Women which is in turn based on a Roman story titled The Rape of the Sabine Women. Which, like the title implies is about the kidnapping and rape of several young women who eventually come to 'love' their captors. How someone decided to make a musical out of this one wonders.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• 8 Frida Review

  When Frida was released into theatres I had absolutely no desire to see it. I'm neither a fan of Salma Hayek, biopics in general, and biopics about artists especially. Add to that my zero knowledge about the artist Frida herself and the movies fate was sealed into never being seen by the likes of me.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• 7 Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  This movie is pure joy to me. This makes it rather difficult for me to actually review the movie and not just give it praise.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005

• 6 Blue Velvet Review

  Blue Velvet is dark, scary, freaky, and really good. Which is how you could describe most of David Lynch's films.

  in Video — by Mat Brewster — on Jan 17, 2005