Rich man’s Tucker and Dale vs Evil: This is a horror movie that’s not really about horror. Where Tucker and Dale use humor to pervert the horror genre, Let The Right One In uses drama. ★★★★☆ BOO! It’s Halloween! In honor of this holiday of candy and costumes, I was forced to watch Let The […]

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Rich Man’s 21–both a story about winning big and going for broke, but Tom Cruise is way more charismatic than Jim Sturgess (sorry Jim!). ★★★☆☆ Risky Business (as if you already didn’t know), is the 1983 dramedy that help jumpstart the career of one Thomas Cruise Mapother IV — better known as Tom Cruise. It’s […]

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Poor man’s Do The Right Thing: while American History X is definitely more shocking, I felt that Do The Right Thing does a better job of showing the motivations of the characters, even though I really don’t like Do The Right Thing. ★★★☆☆ American History X has been on my radar for a long, long […]

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Poor Man’s The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. Soaked in Bleach is just missing that stunning bit of luck that turned the ending of The Jinx into a phenomenon ★★★★☆ The year was 2001. The place was suburban Washington. The more specific place was a middle school hallway during 2nd lunch period. […]

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