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Kurt Gardner January 4, 2024 action, exploitation, road movie, roadkill, twisted

Film Review: Exploitation Lives in ‘Roadkill’

If you don’t delve too deep. ‘Roadkill’ is a fun ’70s-style actioner.

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Kurt Gardner January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 action, Hero Twins, Magik Theatre, parkour, Ramon Esquivel, Ricky Araiza, social themes, Wes De La Rosa

‘The Hero Twins: Blood Race’ Opens Saturday at the Magik

‘The Hero Twins: Blood Race’ incorporates societal themes into action-packed adventures.

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Kurt Gardner June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 0 Comments action, computer, future, Leigh Whannell, robots, Saw, sci-fi, thriller, upgrade

Movie Review: Leigh Whannell’s Computer-Powered Actioner ‘Upgrade’

The writer/director draws on classic exploitation tropes to create a bleak vision of the future that is both funny and frightening.

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Kurt Gardner March 4, 2018March 8, 2018 0 Comments action, drama, independent, Joe Anderson, Lin Shaye, Rory Culkin, Sean Brosnan, SXSW, Thomas Dekker

SXSW 2016 Film Reviews: ‘Jack Goes Home’ and ‘My Father Die’

Intense films by Thomas Dekker and Sean Brosnan made their debuts at SXSW 2016.