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‘Black Rock’ falls back on disappointingly familiar ingredients

Black Rock Directed by Katie Aselton Screenplay by Mark Duplass Story by Katie Aselton 2012, USA Three best friends on a wilderness excursion find themselves in grave danger after an unfortunate encounter with a trio of x-war vets, on a hunting trip. Sound familiar? This indie, female-centric take on Deliverance features a great cast (Lake Bell, …

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Go Film It On the Mountain: The Appalachian Mountains in Film

Film locations are rarely given much screen time. They are seen in a moment, establishing where the action takes place. They are no more than a beautiful backdrop, and the actual location may not be remembered. Yet there are some locations that become characters themselves on film. Countless films have been shot on location in …

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‘Inbred’ Movie Review – an ever-escalating series of gore, gore and more gore

Inbred Directed by Alex Chandon Written by Alex Chandon and Paul Shrimpton UK/Germany, 2011 If you’re acquainted with Karl Pilkington, the most idiosyncratic and avant-garde thinker of the 21st century, then you’ll know that Northerners are “a bit weird, innit?” In the United Kingdom, Northerners are the equivalent to American Southerners (or, if you’re Canadian, …

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