Title: Alpha Dog
Tagline: One crime. 38 Witnesses. No way back.
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Year: 2006
Cast: Bruce Willis, Justin Timberlake, Sharon Stone, Alex Kingston
Genre: Crime/Drama
Rated: R for drug use, strong language, sexuality, nudity and violence
Julia’s Verdict: ***** (5/5 stars)
Though Alpha Dog starts off roughly and somewhat vague, its message is strong and will get you thinking, feeling - [...]

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As you may have noticed, I’m always searching for the perfect horror film. Last weekend I saw four horrors that were all very different from eachother. The first one was Pulse.

Pulse, directed by Jim Sonzero, had such potential. The concept of the film is utterly frightening; blood thirsty ghosts infiltrating our world through the networks [...]

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It wasn’t filmed yesterday, but worth one last review nonetheless. “Six Shooter” is the short film that won writer/director Martin McDonagh his Academy Award for “Best Short Film”. I dare say that dispite its Academy Award and it having been released over two years ago, relatively few people have seen Six Shooter. Simply because not [...]

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Title: Disturbia
Tagline: Every killer lives next door to someone.
Year: 2007
Genre: Thriller
Director: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Carrie-Anne Moss, Sarah Roemer, Shia LeBoeuf, David Morse
Rated: PG-13 for terror, violence and some sensuality
It has been debated many times what is thriller and what is horror. Horror is supernatural, thriller has suspense, horror is just guts and blood, thriller has a [...]

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