Category: Movie Review

Dimitri shares his thoughts on the new movies opening in theatres as well as new DVD releases, long forgotten classics, and hidden gems from the vault.

Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 1.5

10 Things I Hate about You (1999)

Please find below ten things I hate about 10 Things I Hate about You. One: the hype. Quite why 10 Things I Hate about…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 2.0

47 Ronin (2013)

I can just imagine the Hollywood meeting that led to Carl Rinsch’s 47 Ronin: Rinsch: Boy, Mr Movie Producer, have I got a project…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 0.5

A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)

I didn’t think one could do much worse than Another Cinderella Story (2008), the abysmally redundant sequel to A Cinderella Story (2004), but now…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 5.0

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

I owe my love of horror to A Nightmare on Elm Street. Often credited for introducing the fantastic to slasher cinema, Wes Craven’s 1984…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 2.5

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

The question isn’t if the new A Nightmare on Elm Street lives up to the original. Of course, it doesn’t. At the time of…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 3.5

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors served as my introduction to the franchise. I was just a boy at the time, too…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 3.0

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

Ah, yes, the one with the eighties “lock and load” montage. By 1988, Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) had gained such popularity, even in the…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 3.5

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

Fans of the series often criticise A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge for sticking out like a sore thumb, but I…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 4.0

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)

Scary movies went through an odd phase in the late eighties. With horror cinema teetering on the edge of mainstream, producers became so eager…

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Posted in Movie Review Verdict: 5.0

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

When critiquing a remake, people often make the mistake of setting it against the original, forgetting that the whole point of retelling a story…

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