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FINISTERRAE

By | July 2011

2011 PHILADELPHIA DANGER AFTER DARK FEATURE! With absurdism relying on comical irony, the film has its share of legit jokes, though we soon expect far more than the film can deliver…

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FINISTERRAE

To some, film is an extension of the stage, where human actions have been depicted for centuries before cine started flickering. After all, many of the...

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To be honest, I wasn’t sure I’d like Kevin Smith’s Red State. I liked the trailer, but nothing else about it spoke to me. Movies about religion tend...

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