Month: September 2009

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[Pre-Oscar Season] Top 20 Films of 2009

The calm before the pending Oscar storm is trembling in front of us. Here at TFS we asked each writer to give their Top 20 so far. I then gave 1 point to their ...
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[Review] 9

9 is produced by two highly imaginative directors, Timur Bekmambetov and the creative goth genius Tim Burton. They have both delivered visual ecstasy to the...
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Cage Won’t Be Going Green

Back in July it was reported that Nicolas Cage was in talks to play the villian in the upcoming film adaptation of The Green Hornet. Well according to THR t...
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[Review] Gamer

Lionsgate | USA | 95 minutes With a depiction of a distant future that seems all too possible and enough explosions and mayhem to make even Michael Bay blu...
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[Review] Extract

Miramax Films | USA | 91 minutes WARNING: This review contains SPOILERS. Extract comes from the comedic genius mind of Mike Judge; the man behind the ...
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The Cinema as Judge and Jury: Justice With a Baseball Bat, Film Stock

The Film Stage contributor Miles Trahan discusses (at length) the merits of Quentin Tarantino's new film Inglourious Basterds, specifically where it stands in the filmmaker's wider filmography and how it best functions compared to other films of its ilk. Note: This is not a review so much as a think-piece [...]...