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Review: 'Essential Killing' An Intense, Provocative & Slightly Absurd Survival Tale

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 31, 2011 2:19 AM
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The name Vincent Gallo is a fairly divisive one. Just the very mention of it usually follows with an impassioned argument for or against the actor and certainly, he's done himself no favors. After breaking out in a big way with "Buffalo '66" the writer/actor/director/musician/sperm entrepreneur wasted no time in using any interview opportunity to slag off pretty much anyone and everyone. He followed up his gritty little indie with the infamous "The Brown Bunny," a road trip movie about a guy on a quest for a resentment filled blowjob. It was savaged by critics at Cannes and when it eventually arrived in a new edit, not even a climatic scene of explicit oral sex could get anyone to care.
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Watch: New Trailers For 'Cave Of Forgotten Dreams' & 'Essential Killing' Land

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 16, 2011 4:53 AM
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Even though we're now in March -- the new tentpole month -- there are still things happening at your local arthouse, so just remember that you do have options before plunking down $12 for "Battle: Los Angeles." A couple of trailers have arrived for some films that will certainly be much healthier alternatives in the weeks to come, so let's get right to it.
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More: Foreign Films, The Cave Of Forgotten Dreams, Essential Killing

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