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Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Suspense/ Comedy/ Horror
Director: Robin Hardy
Year: 1973
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TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
The Wicker Man is endlessly fascinating. Screenwriter Anthony Shaffer uses a mystery structure as an excuse to imagine what a modern version of a pagan society might look like, contrasting it with the character of Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward, in a pathetic, amusing, […]
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Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Suspense/ Comedy/ Horror/ Satire
Director: Christopher Smith
Year: 2006
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The first laugh in Severance comes within seconds. The first thing we hear is elevator music. Then we get a visual: two terrified twenty-something bimbos running through the forest as if they’re being chased by a maniac, which they are.
I don’t think […]
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Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Drama/ Comedy
Director: Mike Leigh
Year: 2008
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
You could be forgiven for thinking that Poppy (Sally Hawkins), the hero of writer/director Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, is a blithering idiot. She goes around with a goofy smile on her face, giving a cheery hello to everyone, chats up glum strangers even when it […]
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Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Edgar Wright
Year: 2007
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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
It may seem like Hot Fuzz is shooting fish in a barrel by making fun of action movies, but that doesn’t make it any less fun.
Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg), a hotshot London cop, has been transferred to the sleepy hamlet of Sandford. His new […]
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Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Action/Drama/Comedy
Director: Martin McDonagh
Year: 2008
Rating:
COOL MOVIES CRITICS DISRESPECT
Let’s see: funny hitmen - check; conversations about topics that have nothing to do with killing people - check; graphic violence - check; lots of cursing - check; must be a Tarantino knockoff. That’s the lazy and reductive reasoning many critics used to arrive at […]
