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DARK CITY : MIND MATTERS

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March 20, 2013

DARK CITY directed by Alex Proyas (USA, 1998)

The strangers in Dark Star

My favourite ever episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer is ‘Hush’ where a ghoulish group known as The Gentlemen invade Sunnyville and steal everyone’s voices so selected victims can’t scream as their hearts are cut out.

These scary figures look similar to the pallid hairless aliens known as ‘the strangers’ in Dark City and move the same way; floating rather than walking to seek out their prey.

This movie is a neo-noir fantasy sci-fi horror mystery by the director of The Crow. It shares the bleak underworld vibe of his earlier cult classic without the same killer soundtrack. It looks very stylish but lacks any real sense of menace – more like a weird dream than a horrific nightmare.

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SOUTHLAND TALES

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November 10, 2008

Before seeing it on the shelf in Blockbuster, I had heard nothing about  Richard Kelly’s film ‘Southland Tales’. Curious, I thought, considering that he was the brains behind the sublime Donnie Darko, one of those cult word of mouth successes that actually lived up to the hype.

Surely, this film should be good or at the very least interesting.

Wrong and wrong.  

Unfortunately, no news turned out to be bad news.

The film is really a shambles from start to finish. It never really decides if it wants to be a futuristic farce or apocalyptic nightmare . Continue reading →

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