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FAULTS (2014)

The top to bottom roster of exceptional talent shines brighter than the wobbled rhythm, giving “Faults” at least one undeniable asset that no reviewer could criticize.

March 23, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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HONEYMOON (2014)

Despite the miscues on social commentary and a slow-rolling first half, “Honeymoon” still manages to strike a sickly tone of eeriness.

March 21, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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HOUSEBOUND (2014)

Gerard Johnstone crafts a smart and fun slice of frightful suspense that finds just the right formula for making screams and laughs blend together effortlessly.

March 20, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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OPEN WINDOWS (2014)

(With "Open Windows," writer/director Nacho Vigalondo) emulates classic Hitchcockian tropes like mistaken identity and refrigerator logic to create a bullet train ride through imaginative insanity.

March 19, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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LATE PHASES (2014)

“Late Phases” ends up making a place for itself at the top of the list of werewolf movies least desirable for a repeat viewing.

March 18, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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[REC]3: GENESIS (2012 - Spanish)

Thumbs up to Paco Plaza and the [REC] team for putting all their chips behind the line with an aim to reinvent their series before it goes stale. Too bad they rolled a seven.

March 16, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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[REC]2 (2009 - Spanish)

“[REC]2” does not have the sustained intensity of the original, but it occasionally finds ways to shake the senses in spite of its muddled concept.

March 16, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE BIRDS (1963)

“The Birds” might have benefitted from a notch or two of belt tightening, but (it) can still affect the most fearless viewer, even if it is more than half a century later.

March 16, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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FULL TILT BOOGIE (1997)

“Full Tilt Boogie” won’t teach anyone anything about how movies are made.  More specifically, it won’t teach anyone anything about how “From Dusk Till Dawn” was made.

March 16, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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FRIDAY THE 13th: A NEW BEGINNING (1985)

In choosing a random “Friday the 13th” movie to watch, no one ever says, “hey, let’s do Part V!”  Unless the person making the suggestion wants to hear a confused response of, “isn’t that the one without Jason?”

March 16, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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STARRY EYES (2014)

"Starry Eyes" makes wise use of the Hollywood dream premise to deliver a frightening fable about compromising one's character in a wayward effort to create a new personality based on presumption.

March 13, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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CREEP (2014)

Simply conceived and executed with precision, "Creep" gives its audience a much-needed excuse to remember how "found footage" can be effective when presented through a personal perspective.

March 10, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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PREDESTINATION (2014)

Where it succeeds most is in building a time travel scenario that the audience can trust, and "Predestination" pays back that trust with a devilish twist, satisfying suspense, and highly clever intrigue.

March 10, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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EXISTS (2014)

Even if "The Blair Witch Project" got to you, or gave you a boarding ticket for the "found footage" format before subsequently falling off, "Exists" is not the movie that is going to reignite that flame.

March 9, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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VERONICA MARS (2014)

"Veronica Mars" delivers a final product that respects the franchise, respects the fans, and gives everyone the movie that they both wanted and that they deserved.

March 8, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (1996)

The crime thriller appeals to one sensibility, the mindless vampire violence appeals to another, and the whole shebang appeals to anyone with no preference towards either one of the two.

March 8, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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HOUSE OF GOOD AND EVIL (2013)

“House of Good and Evil” is a psychological thriller about one woman’s slow descent into madness that emphasizes the slow while forgetting about the thriller.

March 7, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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CABIN FEVER: PATIENT ZERO (2014)

The changeup from fright flick tinted by dark comedy to straight horror ... begs the question, what makes this a “Cabin Fever” movie other than the title?

March 6, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE HUMAN RACE (2013)

A bigger budget and a more developed design could have made “The Human Race” a devious take on the kill or be killed scenario, but the final product is instead a case of could’ve, should’ve, didn’t.

March 5, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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A FIELD IN ENGLAND (2013)

“A Field in England” involves five men engaging in dream fantasies inspired by the consumption of hallucinogenic mushrooms and I suspect that full appreciation of what Ben Wheatley means to accomplish might require an audience to do the same.

March 4, 2014 by Ian Sedensky.
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