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Serial, Super Serial: Tomorrow Never Dies
by Grisly Gunnar

Super Serial aims to dissect series of pop art — be it a filmography, discography or run of comics — by looking at its individual components. In my review of Octopussy, I noted that a James Bond film cannot be satisfying without compelling villains and Bond Girls — that even a pretty good mission plot will  read more

Serial, Super Serial: GoldenEye
by Grisly Gunnar

Super Serial aims to dissect series of pop art — be it a filmography, discography or run of comics — by looking at its individual components. Perhaps best known for the N64 game that single-handedly lead to massive multi-shooter parties in dorm rooms across the country, Martin Campbell’s 1995 GoldenEye is the seventeenth official James Bond release,  read more

The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia
by Grisly Gunnar

If you want to know absolutely everything there is to know about the renowned comedy team the Marx Brothers, don’t waste your time anywhere other than Glenn Mitchell’s revised and expanded new edition of “The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia.” To say this volume is extensive doesn’t quite do it justice. The author touches upon everything you’d  read more

Serial, Super Serial: License to Kill
by Grisly Gunnar

Super Serial aims to dissect series of pop art — be it a filmography, discography or run of comics — by looking at its individual components. Bond’s filmmakers must have decided they liked the direction of The Living Daylights, because they ran with it for License to Kill. Cut out most of the humor and a  read more

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Chronicle
by Grisly Gunnar

Over the past few years, there have been three subgenres and film styles that have been becoming increasingly popular: the fake-doc found footage film, the origin story and the super-hero existing in the real world film. Josh Trank’s Chronicle attempts to meld all three of these film subgenres together, and, for the most part, the  read more

Movie Quick Hits: Reviews of Blitz, The Debt, Dream House & more
by Grisly Gunnar

We can’t write 500 words on everything, so here are bite-sized portions of recently seen independent and foreign releases, as well as films new to DVD. Even though they slipped through the cracks, these films still warrant your attention. Blitz (dir. Elliott Lester; starring Jason Statham) As a police procedural, it doesn’t do anything new  read more

Warrior
by Grisly Gunnar

There’s nothing that makes grown men cry like a good sports movie. It might be the love of the competition or a nostalgic recapturing of the dreams most young boys have of being a giant sports star with ultimate glory in sight. Boxing films, in particular, have been some of the most successfully tear-jerking films  read more

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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
by Grisly Gunnar

I first heard about Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark from its success at various film festivals in 2010. Written and produced by Guillermo del Toro, updating a highly respected made-for-TV horror film, I knew that this was definitely a film to keep my eye on. I was even excited enough to save the film  read more

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