(1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

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Sleep Dealer is a Spanish movie set in the near future where people can plug into a network (think The Matrix) and use it for a variety of things. The main use for this network is to provide jobs for people. In this particular case, Mexico employs people as Sleep Dealers to work in America as construction works, nanny’s, etc without the people actually being there. Robots taking the place of them.

It is about a kid who accidentally gets his father killed and travels to the city to get money for his family by working as a Sleep Dealer.

It seemed like a very low budget indie movie, maybe a little heavy on the special effects which were a little subpar. I think the movie didn’t go deep enough, I think it focused too much on unimportant stuff. The acting was ok, I’m not too familiar with Spanish cinema, but it looks like even they are putting out better stuff than Hollywood.

Overall the movie was decent, if a little slow. I had watched Avatar the same day so I was in a sci-fi mood when I watched it. If you’re a sci-fi cinema geek definitely check it out, otherwise you might not like it.

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Sleep Dealer

Maya Entertainment 2008, DVD, $9.45

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Sleep Dealer [Blu-ray]

Maya Home Ent 2008, Blu-ray, $11.78

(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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I know I haven’t been keeping up to date with this, and I need to do a better job. But anyway, today’s review is about a movie based on some short stories by author J.T. LeRoy. The  film is about the life of a child who is taken away from his foster family from his mother. He doesn’t want to be with her because of her lifestyle of drugs and general child abuse.

His mom takes him and moves from place to place with a new father it seems every year. The kid goes through a lot as well as anyone around him. One of his fathers even rapes him. Pretty heartbreaking story, if you have a heart.

It’s got some good acting: Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, and Jeremy Renner (you’ll probably recognize him from The Hurt Locker) to name a few.

It’s a decent movie, I’d totally recommend seeing it.

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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Asia Argento (Writer). Palm Pictures (Home Entertainment) 2004, DVD, $16.09

(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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I hadn’t heard of this Johnny Depp movie, but I’m a huge Depp fan, so I gave it a shot.

The movie is about an accountant from Cleveland heading out west because he was promised a job. Well, it took him two months to get there and the job was already filled. Distressed from having used all his money to travel and get that job, he goes to the saloon and buys a drink. Eventually meets a lady and goes to her place. Now to make a long story short, he kills the woman’s ex-boyfriend and is on the run from the law where he meets an Indian.

The movie might be a little slow, but it’s a typical Jim Jarmusch movie. Which is good, because I love his movies (Coffee and Cigarettes, Ghost Dog, Broken Flowers, etc). Filmed in black and white gave it the old western style look.

It’s a very good movie if you like Depp (there’s some other big names in it as well Gary Farmer, John Hurt, Billy Bob Thornton to name a few). It almost reminded me of a Tarantino movie a bit. I’d recommend this movie if you like either Jarmusch or Tarantino’s works.

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Dead Man

Robby Müller (Cinematographer). Miramax 1996, DVD, $7.69

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Dead Man (1996) [Blu-ray]

2009, Blu-ray, $44.49

(1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

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This is not the Crash that came out in 2004. This is the one that  came out in 1996 with James Spader, Holly Hunter, etc.

Directed by David Cronenberg, it is nutty. Most certainly a WTF movie. The overall premise is that there is a group of people that get off on getting in car crashes and to some degree blood and death.

There’s quite a bit of mature content in this film, I would keep your kids away from it, probably. I wasn’t sure what was going on during the film, but it eventually made sense. The ending was awesome.

The movie starts out with a married (I think) couple that have an open relationship. They eventually find this underground group of people that remind me of the book Rant (where they go around smashing cars, sort of). In the movie like to go around and smash cars and get cut up, it’s their sexual release.  I won’t go any further into it because it is enjoyable and don’t want to give any more spoilers out. I do recommend it.

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Crash

New Line Home Video 1997, DVD, $10.09