Ninja Assassin is a follow up film for James McTeigue to the superb V for Vendetta and he has successfully burned the majority of his street cred with this awful mess. Based around a rouge assassin from a secret society of ninja clans we get a two pronged tale that eventually runs into each other. […]
Read more "Review: Ninja Assassin"Yeah… I must have been too distracted by the holiday food to notice anything of interest to pass along. But to keep from being lame, here is my suggestion to you, inspired by my experience with Harper’s Island: If there was ever a TV show (or movie, game, book, etc) that you ended up missing […]
Read more "Suggestion Box (Nov. 23 – 29)"Harper’s Island may choose to wade through the waters of TV’s tamer horror genre rather than create major ripples with a cannonball into the deep end, but for me it still manages to be a welcome allusion to the campier horror films I grew up with. It follows Henry Dunn (Christopher Gorham), Trish Wellington (Katie […]
Read more "TV Review – Harper’s Island: The Complete Series"A couple of years ago, we learned with the Da Vinci Code that maybe some books just shouldn’t be changed into a movie because they lose some of their magic. Sure, they can be fun, but you can tell that something is missing. Now I won’t say that the film version of Angels and Demons […]
Read more "Rental Review – Angels and Demons"Wes Anderson returns to the screen with a film that fits into his little world only this time with a bunch of talking animals from the wonderful fable by Roald Dahl. Mr. Fox was always a daring individual, and stole live stock for a living before he met Mrs. Fox and was planning on having […]
Read more "Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox"John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post apocalyptic The Road is executed extremely well, but the lack of great ability in one of the films leads holds it back from being truly magnificent. Viggo Mortensen is not the lead in question and turns in another marvelous performance to add to his resume of superb work […]
Read more "Review: The Road"Assassin’s Creed 2 Launch Trailer – I just finished this game (review coming soon) and can now officially feel good about pushing it. If for some reason you are still unsure as to whether or not you want it, check out the trailer here. How to Train Your Dragon Trailer – A new 3D adventure […]
Read more "Suggestion Box (Nov. 16 – 22)"Precious has been lauded with praise since its debut at Sundance this year and considered a front runner for Best Picture for a while now, and while I don’t quite agree with that assessment the film is still a well made drama about overcoming your obstacles in life no matter how hard they come. Precious […]
Read more "Review: Precious"The Twilight Saga returns with a new director, a new set of monsters, and a New Moon, but the film feels rather rehashed and far to similar to previous film instead this time it is girl meets wolf; compare to girl meets vampire. Everything starts off alright, in fact it was making me feel quite […]
Read more "Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon"The Blind Side is exactly what it is selling itself as, a heartfelt and emotionally inspiring story that avoids sap and stereotypes for the most part to create a film that deserves our emotional response. Following the high school years of Michael Oher an at risk student who gets a second lease on life when […]
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