Monthly Archives: September 2015
Anytime I see Michael Bay’s name attached to something, I instantly start lowering any expectations I might have. I have reached a point where disappointment is near impossible. In a case like the updated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Bay put it in the hands of another director, Jonathan Liebesman (Darkness Falls, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: the Beginning, Wrath of the Titans). This did not bode entirely well, as I have made multiple attempts… Read More
So, Ridley Scott announced the title to the sequel to Prometheus. And I was a bit surprised they caved this early. I was one of the few who at least generally liked Prometheus. It had some problems, such as the whole “what I choose to believe” thing was never grounded tightly enough to make sense as a solid philosophy and the final act is pretty crazy messy to the point of confusion. Adding… Read More
Zack Snyder has commented that in his mind, Batman V Superman is actually the Man of Steel Sequel. There is a Man of Steel 2 on the Warner Brothers slate-with talk of George Miller directing (which would be exciting)-but Zak really feels this is the true follow-up. And this feels like it is becoming an issue with both Marvel and DC films. In the early days, the Marvel stand alone films were… Read More
I had high hopes of this being a clever teen comedy in the 10 Things I Hate About You Vein. It starred Emma Stone, who seems to be able to brighten up the lamest of films. It was a fresh take on a dusty classic. And there are things I found in the film to be praiseworthy. It’s likable cast, for instance. Everyone does well, even though some character roles are terribly… Read More
You know when the opening moments of a film pay homage to Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Wrong Turn, it will either be good fun or go terribly awry. As we are introduced to the college kids driving into the Appalachian hills for a weekend of debauchery, it is a little uncertain. These are very cartoonish and seemingly vapid characters. As they are driving, they almost collide with a beat up old pickup… Read More
You remember that movie Kick Ass? You know, the one where the loser kid wonders why nobody ever fights crime in a costume-so he decides to do it? And teams up with a precocious ten year old girl who kills people and swears a lot? And how it was all seen as good something sane people would do? James Gunn (writer director of Slither and Guardians of the Galaxy) thought that film… Read More
I happened to see the Golden Globes Best Picture Drama winner Boyhood this weekend. While it was a nominee of course. The film has a neat gimmick, it was filmed across a twelve year span. The young boy at the film’s start is the same college age actor we see at the end. The same goes for his sister and friends. So, as the characters age, they are not suddenly a new actor… Read More
So, if you told me a movie about a guy in a car trying to get a cement foundation poured within the next twenty four hours would be a super compelling watch? I would have walked away thinking you were nuts. And yet, somehow, Director Steven Knight manages to make a car ride with only Tom Hardy very tense and powerful. Usually, with a gimmick where you have one guy in a… Read More
3 Geezers has the following synopsis: Follow actor J Kimball as he researches what it’s like to be old for a role in an upcoming movie. When he meets the residents at The Coconuts convalescent home, he quickly discovers that his perceptions of the elderly may be off from today’s reality. After being on the wrong end of some pranks, J enlists the help of his Hollywood friends to turn the tides…. Read More
Since my earliest childhood, I loved monsters. Whether horror or sci-fi or fantasy…stories with monsters were exciting to me. This resulted in my not finding horror movies so much as scary…but exciting. My parents did not let me watch horror movies in general, mainly to avoid me having nightmares I suppose. In high school, I started to get more access to horror movies I saw a Nightmare on Elm Street. I did… Read More
