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Film: “The Babadook”

By filmfestsalonJanuary 14, 2015Domestic, Film Review Blog, Uncategorizedaliens, film, horror, movies

Two Spoilers: 1. The cute little dog gets killed. 2. First one cockroach, then……UGH!! Having gotten those out of the way, let me say that they are the only times I felt this invigorating film threw in the overused clichés of this genre. Australian Writer-director Jennifer Kent has a sure sense of pacing and […]

Review: “Under The Skin”

By igpresApril 15, 2014Uncategorizedfeminist, genre, Jonathan Hazard, movies, Scarlett Johansson, sci fi

Would you pay to see a film that was called an allegory about the sexual repression of women in a male-dominated culture? I wouldn’t. But if, instead, you were shown a near naked Scarlett Johansson as an alien creature luring men to death during sex, you just might. Welcome to a growing genre I will […]