Audio Reviews - The Raven - Audio Review

When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.

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  June 01, 2012 at 1:12 AM, VJtheVigilante said ...

  http://youtu.be/v57cDPH1108

• May 26, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Salty the Beast said ...

  My reviüü: http://saltythebeastblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/movie-review-raven.html

  
  
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  May 03, 2012 at 3:12 PM, said ...

  this first picture actually made it look cool http://i.huffpost.com/gen/227413/THE-RAVEN.jpg

• May 03, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Shane Clark said ...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CFk...1&feature=plcp

  
  
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  May 03, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Matthew Dowling said ...

  Griswold's "Memoir"

  The day Edgar Allan Poe was buried, a long obituary appeared in the New York Tribune signed "Ludwig". It was soon published throughout the country. The piece began, "Edgar Allan Poe is dead. He died in Baltimore the day before yesterday. This announcement will startle many, but few will be grieved by it."^[73] "Ludwig" was soon identified as Rufus Wilmot Griswold, an editor, critic and anthologist who had borne a grudge against Poe since 1842. Griswold somehow became Poe's literary executor and attempted to destroy his enemy's reputation after his death.^[74]

  Rufus Griswold wrote a biographical article of Poe called "Memoir of the Author", which he included in an 1850 volume of the collected works. Griswold depicted Poe as a depraved, drunk, drug-addled madman and included Poe's letters as evidence.^[74] Many of his claims were either lies or distorted half-truths. For example, it is now known that Poe was not a drug addict.^[75] Griswold's book was denounced by those who knew Poe well,^[76] but it became a popularly accepted one. This occurred in part because it was the only full biography available and was widely reprinted and in part because readers thrilled at the thought of reading works by an "evil" man.^[77] Letters that Griswold presented as proof of this depiction of Poe were later revealed as forgeries.^[

• May 03, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Denny said ...

  @Davril Chroster

  And even if he did, come on. It's Sherlock Holmes 3 staring John Cusack as someone who isn't even remotely like the real life Edgar Allen Poe that we all learned about in freakin high school. This shit was so transparent from the very first trailer.

  
  
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  May 03, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Kevin Ho said ...

  Agreed, I mean only thing he spoiled was that the villain is male. I don't think that such a big surprise. This whole Spoiler persona is only fun when he actually does it, not when we're reaching for it.

• May 03, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Davril Chorster said ...

  Why is everyone talking about The Spoiler?  I listened to the audio review and Leon doesn't reveal a single thing.  He mentions that it boils down to two people but we won't know who until we watch the film.  No spoilers mentioned in this audio review.  Also note, no one else on the podcast mentioned spoilers.

  
  
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  May 03, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Davril Chorster said ...

  Edgar Allan Poe was born and raised in Virginia and had a Virginian accent.  Cusack doesn't seem to have any accent in the trailer, but whatever.
  
  And Poe was always broke and an alcoholic.  He was popular in his town but he wasn't famous until way after his death.  Everyone in his life died around him of tuberculosis and he was always in a depressed rut.

• May 03, 2012 at 2:00 AM, said ...

  Poe is such an interesting person I hope someone gets this right one day. And by the way, this review made me want to hear a discussion about Se7en from you guys. I love that movie.

  
  
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  May 03, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Hunter Longley said ...

  Couldn't he call up Alan Moore and ask for pointers? Noooooooo. Alan Moore doesn't appreciate the movie version of V for Vendetta, or any movie version of his works for that matter. C'mon Leon, you know this...

• May 02, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Jon said ...

  I barely remember the trailer for this

  this is like Season of the Witch all over again

  thankfully I didn't see that either

  
  
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  May 02, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Ryan Togioka said ...

  RE; Luke Evans in the Hobbit

  "Bard" is one of the most important hero characters in the second half of the Hobbit (e.g. he won't appear until the second movie, which comes out in Christmas 2013). He does something that would be incredibly spoiler-y if I revealed it here.

• May 02, 2012 at 9:58 PM, April said ...

  I've read countless times that Ezra Miller like to play edgar allan poe and I could better believe this movie would draw in more attention..and more energy, if we cast a younger actor!

  
  
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  May 02, 2012 at 9:23 PM, said ...

  EDGER ALAN POE 
  
  SUPERHERO!!!!! 

• May 02, 2012 at 9:21 PM, said ...

  I would like to see a H.P.Lovecraft movie too, either biopic or thriller.

  
  
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  May 02, 2012 at 8:50 PM, said ...

  Don't forget Jeffrey Combs' many appearances in Star Trek.  He could play Edgar Allen Poe in his Weyoun outfit.  I'd watch it.

• May 02, 2012 at 8:37 PM, said ...

  I was so excited when I heard of this movie because I thought this was an actual biopic of the author, which I would really love to have seen.  It's too bad this movie went the high-concept action route.  At least for me.

  
  
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  May 02, 2012 at 7:24 PM, said ...

  There needs to be a supernatural thriller with Jeffrey Combs as HP Lovecraft 

• May 02, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Issac Valdmir Kojiro said ...

  Leon EMBRACE THE SPOILER! you're slowly slipping so just embrace it!

  First spoiling the huge plot point of God bless America NOW THIS!.

  
  
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  May 02, 2012 at 7:06 PM, said ...

  There's a great old Corman version of "The Raven," which has nothing to do w/ Poe's "The Raven," w/ Vincent Price & Boris Karloff (& one of Jack Nicholson's first roles)

• May 02, 2012 at 6:19 PM, said ...

  Poor Edgar deserves better considering the enormous impact he's had on our culture.  I've only seen one good adaption of any of his works and it's this:

  
  
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  May 02, 2012 at 6:09 PM, C.H. Gorog said ...

  Spoiler strikes again at 10:30!  I'm worried about Leon, he doesn't even seem to know he's doing it.

• May 02, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Jef said ...

  i always say it and i will say it again NO ONE BUT Jeffrey Combs should be allowed to play Edgar Allan Poe. I completely agree with co-host, he was phenomenal in Nevermore: An evening with Edgar Allan Poe and now he's the only man i can picture playing Poe.

  
  
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  May 02, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Stringer Bell said ...

  Bard aka The archer who kills Smaug in The Hobbit

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