Jordan Riefe

Review: The Best Tricks in 'Straw Dogs' Are the Old Ones

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 September 16, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

Nobody needed to remake the Sam Peckinpah classic, but this potboiler offers a few sleazy thrills

  

Review: John Landis' Gravedigger Comedy 'Burke and Hare' Arrives D.O.A.

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 September 8, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

Even winning performances from Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis can't breathe life into this moribund farce

  

In 'Apollo 18,' It's Not Just the Moon That's Made of Cheese

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 September 2, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

Fake documentary wants to be "Paranormal Activity" on the moon, but the scares are lost in space

  

Review: 'Brighton Rock' a Stylishly Nasty Noir Update

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 August 25, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

Rowan Joffe updates the Graham Greene story to the 1960s but keeps the twisted characters and murky morality

  

'Conan the Barbarian': Ahnuld, Where Are You Now That the Remake Needs You?

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 August 18, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

This reboot of the Arnold Schwarzenegger hit is swords, sorcery and stupidity

  

'Final Destination 5': You Can Cheat Death, But You Can't Escape the Writing or Acting

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 August 11, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

The good news: The 3D, by James Cameron cohort Steve Quale, is way better than average

  

Review: Heartsick Redneck on a Fiery Rampage in Wonderfully Weird 'Bellflower'

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 August 4, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

Evan Glodell proves he's a filmmaker to watch with this wonderfully weird first feature

  

'The Guard': A Crime Fighter With a Pint of Ale and Brass Balls

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 July 28, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

First-time director John Michael McDonagh may be slightly out of his depth, but the strong performances by Brendon Gleeson and Don Cheadle save this Irish cop tale

  

Review: Deadheads, Bible-Thumpers Collide in a Bewildered 'Salvation Boulevard'

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 July 14, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

Mocking extremists is about as easy as finding a needle in a needlestack, so why isn't this Greg Kinnear vehicle funnier?

  

Review: John Carpenter's 'The Ward' Scares Up Other Director's Tricks

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 July 7, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 1 year ago

You’d never guess that this was the same guy who shocked and suprised us in “Halloween”

  

From 'A.I.' to 'Taxi Driver,' the Week's New Blu-rays

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 April 6, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 2 years ago

A look at the week's new hi-def disc bounty, which also includes "Babe" and "Fiddler on the Roof"

  

'White Irish Drinkers' Feels Washed Away in Clichés and Cheap Sentiment

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 March 29, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 2 years ago

As good as Nick Thurston is, he’s not enough to save the film from director John Gray

  

'Sucker Punch': A Movie That Plays Like a Videogame

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 March 23, 2011 By Jordan Riefe 2 years ago

Zack Snyder's film is a hybrid: call it a "goovie" or a "mame"; judging by the title, I’d go with the latter

  
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