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Filmgoers may be fed up with sadistic gore

by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[22.Jun.07] :. Are we sick of being scared, or just scared of being sick? That’s the question posed by the mild box office returns for “Hostel: Part II,” which may be the most repellent horror...

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Film Review

Hostel II (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Jun.07] :. At first, the girls in Hostel II don't look as eager to be victims as did the boys in Hostel.

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Short Ends and Leader

The Front Page: Hostel-ity (Part 1)

by Bill Gibron

[11.Jun.07] :. I’m sure he expected vitriol. Maybe he even welcomed a little of it. Controversy sure spins the turnstiles. But nothing could have prepared Eli Roth for the advanced word on his recently...

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The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview Feature

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview

 

Film DVD Review

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[28.Sep.06] :. Fabulous! might have been more accurately titled, "Assimilate! The Mainstream Commercial Success of Gay and Lesbian Cinema."

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Film DVD Review

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Dec.04] :. 'When you do a love story as part of your film, you need to do a lot of love scenes, so we can see the lovers together,' explains Garry Marshall.

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The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.Aug.04] :. Even as it so loudly declares its interest in girls' independence, thoughtfulness, and generosity, Royal Engagement is disappointingly derivative, slapdash, and small-minded.

 

The Princess Diaries: Special Edition (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Aug.04] :. 'You know, sometimes you use a relative,' says Garry Marshall. 'I heard that nepotism is legal, so I made it an art form.'"

 

Sorority Boys (2002)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[21.Mar.02] :. If there is a movie that might make me agree with conservative pundits assailing the 'vulgarity' and gross-out humor of contemporary U.S. culture and much recent Hollywood teen fare, 'Sorority Boys' would be it.

 

The Princess Diaries (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[In 'The Princess Diaries'], among the many habits Mia must change is her too-teenish tendency to bob her head along with music on the radio ('You're not a doggie on a dashboard!' cries her alarmed grandma).