After Robert Ford (Casey Affleck, in an Oscar-nominated role) joins the most notorious gang in the West, he grows tired of the charismatic Jesse James (Brad Pitt) and begins to resent his fame. But by hatching a scheme to gun down James, Ford risks forever being branded a coward. Sam Shepard, Sam Rockwell, Mary-Louise Parker and Michael Parks also star in director Andrew Dominik's riveting Wild West drama adapted from Ron Hansen's acclaimed novel.
amazingly shot, amazingly acted, this one should be getting the hype that 3:10. the cinematographer is the same guy from the Coen brothers stuff. Why can't ben affleck be half of his brother?
8.5/10
City Of the Living Dead (Lucio Fulci)
After a priest's suicide in the church's cemetery, the gates of Hell open and the dead begin to rise. Peter (Christopher George), a New York City reporter, and Mary (Catriona MacColl), a young psychic, race to close the gates of Hell before All Saint's Day passes. If they fail, an onslaught of zombies will rise to feast upon the flesh of the living.
this movie is a pile of farts, except like three awesome gore scenes. i guess i can give the priest that can kill you with mind bullets some props as well. met expectations.
4/10
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Duma Key (stephen king)
n bestseller King's well-crafted tale of possession and redemption, Edgar Freemantle, a successful Minnesota contractor, barely survives after the Dodge Ram he's driving collides with a 12-story crane on a job site. While Freemantle suffers the loss of an arm and a fractured skull, among other serious injuries, he makes impressive gains in rehabilitation. Personality changes that include uncontrollable rages, however, hasten the end of his 20-year-plus marriage. On his psychiatrist's advice, Freemantle decides to start anew on a remote island in the Florida Keys. To his astonishment, he becomes consumed with making art—first pencil sketches, then paintings—that soon earns him a devoted following. Freemantle's artwork has the power both to destroy life and to cure ailments, but soon the Lovecraftian menace that haunts Duma Key begins to assert itself and torment those dear to him. The transition from the initial psychological suspense to the supernatural may disappoint some, but even those few who haven't read King (Lisey's Story) should appreciate his ability to create fully realized characters and conjure horrors that are purely manmade.
the first 3/4 of this book is pretty much a divorce/single man story, with not to much on the "horror" side of things, but the end twist stuff definitely is stephen king territory. One of my favorites of his i have read in a long time. For fans of hearts in atlantis and the like.
7.5/10
FUP (jim dodge)
A story about a duck, named Fup, who lives on a farm with an old man who believes he is immortal due to the homemade whiskey he drinks. The recipe for the whiskey, also known as "Old Death Whisper", was bestowed upon him by a dying Indian.
basically an easy version of a Brautigan novel. can be read in like an hour. Still very awesome. Im not too sure on the target audience of this book. It made me want to drink whiskey though.
7.5/10
31/300 movies
4/30 books
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