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...anticipation?and it's not for the party's black, 250-km/h centerpiece. Suddenly, amid a mob of paparazzi, two women prance in wearing body-clinging leopard-print dresses. As the crowd shrieks, Kyoko Kano, the elder of the slinky duo, dismisses the dancing girls with a flick of her green contact-lensed eyes. "They're the kittens," she purrs, "and we're the big cats...
Following a decade of poorly executed slasher flick franchises, the recent Scream trilogy managed to restore an interest in the teen thriller genre, only to be followed once again by a slew of pitiful imitators. Desensitized audiences no longer feel the same fear when a suspenseful silence is broken by a cold, metallic telephone ring. The film Joyride attempts to revive this tired cliché by moving its potential victims from an old creaky house to a car in the rural Midwest. Unfortunately, even with this unconventional twist, there is no novelty to Joyride. Director John Dahl (Rounders) is good...
Despite Dahl’s rejection of his film’s status as another teen horror flick, it is certainly being marketed as one. Among other things, the promotional trailer promises its potential audience members a film that will terrify and drive them over the edge. While some scenes of suspense may bring people to the edge of their chairs, the film is unable to terrify with its trite scare tactics. and the film’s open ending leaves the possibility for a new franchise. Joyride 2. Now that’s frightening...
With Nesberg’s foul, Harvard was awarded the second penalty stroke of the day. Junior back Katie Scott sent a flick just wide of the top right corner of the goal, leaving the score tied with nine minutes left in the game...
While I appreciate the prominent mention of my website, the Flick Filosopher, in your article about reviewers whose critiques appear online [CULTURE, Aug. 27], I am sorry that you questioned my integrity as a film critic without giving me the opportunity to respond. One of the joys of producing a labor-of-love site like mine is that I do not have an editor or a publisher pressuring me to give a film a good review. The editorial freedom I have allows me to blast any and all films that deserve it--something I have to do with alarming frequency...