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The Entity: Touched By A Demon
April 2, 2011 – 2:24 PM | 5 Comments
<I>The Entity</I>: Touched By A Demon

Despite a whiffy premise that put me in mind of Christine, and not in a good way, I wanted to like The Entity more than I did. It just isn’t scary enough.
The entity in question …

Black Swan
January 31, 2011 – 6:49 PM | 31 Comments
<I>Black Swan</I>

Death Race 38, Sarah 18; 1 of 24 categories completed
I didn’t know what to make of Black Swan during the movie, and I still don’t. It’s laughably obvious, ambiguous, sentimental, frustrating, dark, sharply observed, and …