Dexter: Season One
Mixing drama, comedy and horror, Dexter’s first season presents itself an unforgettable and highly addicting look inside the mind of the world’s most sympathetic psychopath.
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Mixing drama, comedy and horror, Dexter’s first season presents itself an unforgettable and highly addicting look inside the mind of the world’s most sympathetic psychopath.
At its simplest, it’s a gorgeous film with beautiful period costumes and intricate set designs. However, something tells me that’s not the level director Saul Dibb wanted to achieve greatest on.
The issues it tackles are just as relevant now (if not more so) than they were when the film was first released theatrically back in 1997.
A delightful comedy with an edge of romance that is taken down a notch from its utterly drippy ending.
Demonstrates that you can modify something for current audiences while respecting the original source material.
Attempting to tap into the public’s collective fears and suspicions comes D.J. Caruso’s preposterous Eagle Eye, an action film with plenty of thrills but I have no idea what alternate reality it’s set in.
American Teen presents itself as getting inside the lives of America’s current youth culture. But the very idea of individuality is lost because it doesn’t go deep enough into the lives of its subjects to fully convey the idea.
Paul W.S. Anderson’s outer space horror Event Horizon is an example of a potentially great and complex idea given a simplistic and ultimately ridiculous execution.
Films: D · Racing Movies · Reviews: D
When it’s on the racetrack, it’s thrills abound as the big sound and fast-moving cars make for sensory overload. However, when the action fades and it’s time to give the characters some meat.
Basketball Movies · Films: C · Reviews: C
While the film is over the top at times, Coach Carter has a big heart that doesn’t shy away from challenging the American education system.