Movie
A tag for Noah’s Barks pages relating to movies, films, etc.
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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
‘El Camino’ is a dressed-up but empty continuation of ‘Breaking Bad’s’ lesser material. Unwilling to change the canon, the suspense falls flat. (read more)
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Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness
The sequel movie to mecha parody series ‘Martian Successor Nadesico’ flirts with tragedy, but only succeeds insofar as being a tragic misunderstanding of what made the original series so effective. (read more)
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Mazinger Z: Infinity
Both a celebration and sendoff of the ‘Mazinger’ franchise, ‘Infinity’ is a joyous watch full of explosive animation that brings ‘Mazinger’ iconography more to life than ever before. (read more)
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The Amityville Horror
‘The Amityville Horror’ is a surprisingly subtle capturing of gradual domestic violence and its associated dread, ultimately succumbing to its sensationalist origins. (read more)
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Buried
Your mileage may vary, since the concept of being buried alive terrifies me. As far as I’m concerned, ‘Buried’ does a fine job of narrowing in on that sense of helplessness. (read more)
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[Rec] 2
‘[Rec] 2’ wastes no time showing it understands nothing about what made the original work, with irrational characters and a senseless plot. (read more)
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The Blair Witch Project
I didn’t watch this until I was 25. I thought it was engaging and tense. Feel free to use this anecdote if anyone claims ‘The Blair Witch Project’ didn’t age well or is only a product of nostalgia. (read more)
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Don’t Breathe
‘Don’t Breathe’ is an exercise in how to earn your false resolutions, jump scares, and all the stock tricks in the horror book that we’ve been accustomed to groaning about. (read more)
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Village of the Damned
‘Village of the Damned’ is some solid stuff. Feels of its time in a way that makes it feel like a long ‘Twilight Zone’ episode. I’m a fan. (read more)
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The Mist
‘The Mist’ is incredibly dumb. The social commentary is overly contrived with its forced, quick pacing and is on-the-nose to the point of losing all actual relevance to the real world. (read more)