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A Guide For Surviving Human Centipede II

A Guide For Surviving Human Centipede II

Outside of being Ryan Gosling, there’s nothing sexier than an adventurous personality. So how do you let your date know you live life on the edge? There was a time when ordering the fatal blowfish sushi was considered dangerous, but we live in a post-Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern world. It’s going to take more than a little risky eating to assert yourself as a thrillseeker. My suggestion? Successfully make it through a screening of Human Centipede II. More »

After The Rape Scene In Straw Dogs, You’ll Never Look At Alexander Skarsgard The Same Way

After The Rape Scene In Straw Dogs, You'll Never Look At Alexander Skarsgard The Same Way

Alexander Skarsgard may play a blood thirsty vampire on True Blood, but his character’s violence on HBO is nothing compared to the horrible attack that he inflicts on Kate Bosworth‘s character in the new movie Straw Dogs. (Spoiler Alert? This movie is famous for its horrific rape scene.) This remake may not be as emotionally conflicted as Sam Peckinpah‘s 1970s film of the same name, but after all the intense violence that happens on screen, you may never be able to look at Alexander Skarsgard the same way again. At least I won’t be able to. More »

‘Cars 2′ Is the First Pixar Film to Get a Rotten Rating on Rotten Tomatoes

'Cars 2' Is the First Pixar Film to Get a Rotten Rating on Rotten Tomatoes

Since Pixar’s films consistently rank above 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, it was bound to happen that one of them would fall short of the group. But it’s shocking just how much of a divide there is: Cars 2 is currently at 37%, the lowest score ever for a Pixar movie and the studio’s first rotten rating. The most baffling part is that audiences seemed to like it well enough, and director John Lasseter approached the movie with genuine enthusiasm even though it was a sequel. More »

Virgin Viewing: ‘The Godfather’

Virgin Viewing: 'The Godfather'

I love pop culture, but my favorite medium is definitely TV. If there were an entire 24/7 Simpsons rerun channel, I might never leave my apartment. But there’s a dark side to my obsessive television watching: it means I have missed out on a whole lot of movies, including some of the most famous flicks in history. Each week, I’ll be watching a different classic film that has previously escaped me and writing a review here on Crushable. First up? The Godfather. Apparently it was a spinoff of The Sopranos or something? More »

More “Stay Cool” Reviews

More "Stay Cool" Reviews

After the Tribeca Film Festival premiere for Stay Cool, reviews have been slowly building up in addition to those I already posted. Variety calls Stay Cool “rather likable”, saying of most main characters (Hilary included) that they ended up being … More »

“What Goes Up” Updates

"What Goes Up" Updates

What Goes Up recently held its world premiere at the Buffalo Niagra Film Festival. IFC has recently included the film in their Summer Movie Preview list, and an interview with the Buffalo News, the filmmakers talked about how the film … More »