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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_darkshadows.htm> Dark Shadows
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Based on the 1966-1971 soap opera by Dan Curtis, this long-in-
the-works big-screen adaptation is fittingly lavish and tongue-in-cheek
without, as the misleading trailers would have a viewer believe, turning
the material into a joke. Hodgepodge or not, the nostalgia-laced "Dark
Shadows" is as imaginatively eccentric as it is blithely ghoulish.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/12_godblessamerica.htm> God Bless
America
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities and VOD - An unblinking rally cry for humanity in a pop-
culture-laden media landscape that makes its fortune out of exploitation
and humiliation. Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait casts a cynical eye at
the place we all live and makes good enough points for his cinematic
diatribe to remain timely and worthwhile.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/12_road.htm> The Road
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - Heavy on atmosphere but light on substance. While some of
writer-director Yam Laranas' bag of genre tricks are effective for such a
clearly low-budget effort, his tendency to cut to black before the payoff
becomes more frustrating than fun. "The Road" leaves one wishing for more
than it offers.
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