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Directors We Love: Sam Raimi
10/11/09 Drag Me to Hell is currently one of my favorite movies of 2009, and I like it for some of the same reasons I like Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy. | Cinematical.com -
Brit director Edgar Wright brings movie influences to Toronto rep theatre
07/24/09 British director Edgar Wright takes over a downtown repertory theatre this weekend to present two of his favourite films with cinematographer Bill Pope. The shaggy-haired auteur of the indie hits "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz," has been in the city for the past four months shooting "Scott Pilgrim Versus the World" with Michael Cera. But he puts the spotlight on some of his more obscure cinematic influences in the next instalment of a screening series he calls The Wright Stuff at the Bloor Cinema. | JAM! Showbiz -
Toronto Readers! Edgar Wright Presents A Bill Pope Double Feature At The Bloor Cinema!
07/13/09 ARMY OF DARKNESS and TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE. | Ain't It Cool News -
Film: The New Cult Canon: Darkman
07/01/09 In the summer of 1990, that was a question not on anyone's lips, despite Universal's best efforts to sell Sam Raimi's original antihero on the cheap in the dregs of late August. | The A.V. Club -
Discuss: Underrated Raimi
05/30/09 Moviefone Raimi's ode to the old-school western is an addictively entertaining mixture of A) a great ensemble, B) tons of nifty visuals, and C) tongue-in-cheek affection for the old-fashioned western tales. | Cinematical.com -
RT on DVD: Taken Exclusive; Underworld 3, Trek Blu-ray Set!
05/11/09 This week on DVD, Liam Neeson (you know, the veteran Irish actor who your grandmother thinks looks nice) opens a can of whoop ass on unsuspecting kidnappers, much to our delight ( Taken ), while Michael Sheen (you know, the esteemed Welsh star of such Oscar contenders as The Queen and Frost/Nixon ) plays a medieval werewolf in love in a fantasy-action prequel ( Underworld: Rise of the Lycans ). | Rotten Tomatoes