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The Host

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Anna

125 minutes. 2013. Rated PG-13.

Kiss me like you want to get slapped.

The Host begins post-Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Well, kind of. Unsurprisingly, the aliens have done a much better job at being human than the humans:violence is a thing of the past, the environment is back on track,
and poverty doesn’t exist–in fact, money doesn’t exist. Earth is a spotless suburban heaven populated by very polite non-people. The only hitch is the dwindling human insurgency, which objects to being mindless hosts for the parasitic aliens.

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Posted in Reviews | Tagged alien invasion, Aliens, Anna Call, Host, Stephanie Meyer | Leave a comment

Oz the Great and Powerful

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Anna

2013. 130 minutes Rated PG.

Quote: I am Oz, the great and powerful!

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Posted in Reviews | Tagged James Franco, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Oz, Rachel Weisz, Sam Raimi | 1 Comment

Itty Bitty Titty Committee

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Anna

2007. 87 minutes. Unrated.

Oo, another baby dyke trying to save the world.

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Posted in Reviews | Tagged Anna Call, Clea DuVall, Jamie Babbit, LGBT, Melanie Diaz, Melanie Mayron, Nicole Vicius | 2 Comments

Warm Bodies

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Anna

2013. 97 minutes. Rated PG-13.

“He’s different. He’s alive and he’s learning what it’s like to be human.”

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Posted in Reviews | Tagged Anna Call, horror, John Malkovitch, Nicholas Hoult, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Romeo and Juliet, Teresa Palmer, zombies | Leave a comment

The Mephisto Waltz

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Anna

1971. 115 min. Unrated.

People should be born at the age of 70 and live their life backwards.

The plot of The Mephisto Waltz is a little complicated.

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Posted in Reviews | Tagged Alan Alda, Anna Call, Barbara Parkins, Curd Jurgens, horror, Jaqueline Bisset, occult, satanism, The Mephisto Waltz | Leave a comment

Groundhog Day

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Anna

1993. 101 min. Rated PG.

“Well, maybe the real God uses tricks, you know? Maybe he’s not omnipotent. He’s just been around so long he knows everything.”

If you haven’t seen Groundhog Day, now is an excellent time. It’s a legitimate American classic and your education is not complete without it.

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Posted in Reviews | Tagged Andie MacDowell, Anna Call, Bill Murray, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis | Leave a comment

Elvis and Madona

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Anna

Elvis and Madona together, live in color.

2010. 105 min. Unrated.

Elvis and Madona is the glossiest of modern queer cinema: the tale of a very odd but lovable couple from Brazilian director Marcelo Lafitte. Elvis (Simone Spoladore) is a butch lesbian woman with a motorcycle. Madona (Igor Cotrim) is a femme gay man who wears dresses and makeup. After a series of unhappy relationships, they find one another and, against all odds, fall deeply in love. But problems complicate their relationship, including Madona’s abusive ex-boyfriend and history in gay porn. When Elvis becomes pregnant with Madona’s child, their lives merge with dramatic consequences.

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Posted in Reviews | Tagged campy, Elvis, gay, Igor Cotrim, lesbian, LGBT, Madona, Marcelo LaFitte, queer, relatinoships, Simone Spoladore | Leave a comment

Rants & Raves: Dredd

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Anna

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Posted in Rants and Raves, Reviews | Tagged Anna Call, DREDD, Karl Urban, Lena Headey, Olivia Thirlby, Rants and Raves, Reviews | 1 Comment

Bernie

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Anna

2011. 104 minutes. Rated PG-13.

“There are people in town, honey, that woulda shot her for five dollars”.

In 1996, a well-liked undertaker named Bernie Tiede shot his wealthy 81-year old companion, Marjorie Nugent, to death with a rifle. After hiding her body in a freezer, he proceeded to convince the residents of their home town of Carthage, Texas that Marjorie was alive and well in seclusion. Her reputation was so bad and Bernie was so popular that nobody questioned her absence for nine months.

Fifteen years later, they made a movie about it.

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