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Hostage

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 31, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Hostage opens with the kind of credit sequence that makes you think that maybe, just maybe it could be something different from the average “Bruce Willis Action” genre movie. And for a pristine forty minutes or so, it is. Helmed by video game director Florent Emilio Siri (yes, video games have directors too), Hostage is [...]

Assault on Precinct 13

By jelewis8 ⋅ January 26, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

When you stand in line and request a ticket for a movie like Assault on Precinct 13, hand your money over with a smile, and gleefully stroll down that long dark hallway to Theatre 7, odds are you aren’t there for David Mametesque dialogue or scintillating drama, the pathos of a humanity-laden, emotionally charged period [...]

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