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Boyz n the Hood (1991)

7.8 (6 Ratings) Rate It

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BOYZ N THE HOOD is the critically acclaimed story of three friends growing up in a South Central Los...

LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) in Movies

Dec 21, 2020

I've reviewed a few musicals here and there, and always feel I need to make a comment about how I don't really like musicals in general... The Rocky Horror Picture Show is of course a huge tight wearing exception to this stubborn rule of thumb I have.

TRHPS is just a blast from start to finish. Richard O'brien's song writing is top notch - it's clever, catchy, cheesy when it needs to be, funny, and classy.
Pretty much every character is iconic, none more so than Tim Curry's Frank-N-Furter, easily the most sympathetic, enthralling, occasionally psychopathic mad transvestite scientist to ever grace a cinema screen - definitely in my top 10 movie characters of all time.
Beneath all of the absurdity is a solid narrative, that is equal parts weird and tragic, and manages to meld together B-Movie schlock, Universal Monsters vibes, dark comedy, rock n' roll, and cheesy horror, and does it all phenomenally well. It's a joy to watch all these years later.

Rocky Horror was ahead of its time in many ways, and is the ultimate cult movie. It's a damn masterpiece.

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Josh Huitt (29 KP) rated Freaks (1932) in Movies

Jul 4, 2019

Freaks (1932)

1932 | Drama, Horror

8.2

(16 Ratings)

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Following up Dracula, we get this bout an hour drama, with a slight horror twist at the end. Made with actual side show performers, the main 'horror' at the time was people outside the norm.... who actually are the compassionate centerpiece of the movie. Kinda boring really, but I though Dracula was too.... and don t get me wrong, I love some old black n whites. A good watch for cinema history, but not something you're gonna rewatch a lot.

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Scotland as Science Fiction

John Corbett, Caroline McCracken-Flesher, Cairns Craig and Ian Duncan

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Scots like Iain N. Banks and Ken MacLeod lead in a futuristic tradition, for from MacDonald, Barrie,...

Corre, Chico!

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Run, Chuck! Be fast and download now! Then you can play with Chuck Billy ‘n’ Folks! Winning...

Bruce Springsteen

Peter Ames Carlin and Ryan White

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For over forty years Bruce Springsteen has stood astride the rock 'n' roll stage like a musical...

Hazel (2934 KP) rated Man Made Murder (Blood Road Trilogy, #1) in Books

Jan 12, 2018

This is the 3rd book I have read by this author; the 1st book I read is Suckers which is not only a pretty good horror novel but an excellently written story about friendship; the 2nd is Insylum which is much more than it first appears. All 3 I have enjoyed as once again, Z Rider writes a great story with interesting characters whose stories weave together with ease.

Full review at my blog <a href="http://readingstuffnthings.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/man-made-murder-book-one-of-blood-road.html">Reading Stuff 'n' Things</a>