Wow. So much better and uplifting and horrifying than I expected. This is the true story of the hiker who got trapped under a rock for 127 (derp) hours and how he survived. Not for the weak-stomached – the director … Continue reading
Monsters is a super-low-budget ($15,000) movie filmed on digital with consumer-grade FX. It’s about the results of a space probe that crashes in Mexico and the giant squid-monsters that appear after. The US and Mexican government have quarantined part of … Continue reading
Let Me In is the American remake of the very interesting Swedish vampire movie Let the Right One In. This remake was ok but suffered from a few flaws… mainly in not getting the mood quite right. The Swedish version … Continue reading
To my surprise, the remake of the Karate Kid is pretty good. It’s basically a direct remake only with younger kids, an old guy who can do actual kung-fu (unlike Mr. Miyagi’s stunt double), and a change in setting (China). … Continue reading
If we’re talking borrowing from other post apocalyptic franchises, Book of Eli is more Fallout than Road Warrior – it’s about scrounging out a life, looting, searching, surviving – encounters with waste wanderers and small craphole towns trying to create … Continue reading
This movie is a freaky deaky, audience-eating, gleeful, mad-ass, freak-out trash and it knows and revels in it. It takes pigs-blood baths in how much fun it’s having at being just pure unadulterated, unapologetic b-movie trash. But a B movie … Continue reading
Up is a seriously wonderful, wonderful, charming and sad movie. There hasn’t been anything – including in this movie – that has made me happier than the first 10 minutes. It’s a virtuoso sequence told through music – it’s everything … Continue reading
The rebooted Star Trek is certainly a good movie. Worth seeing. Good movie. Kind of wish it was better though – but as far as Trek goes, it’s probably the 3rd best (behind 2 and 4). Excellent casting all around … Continue reading
I Love You, Man is a movie I wasn’t expecting much from until it got surprisingly good reviews from major outlets. And, what do you know, it was really funny. It’s about a guy who proposes to his gal and … Continue reading
Knowing stars Nicolas Cage as a guy who discovers a series of > numbers that foretell disasters and how he has to deal with this knowledge. It’s directed by Alex Proyas – the guy behind Dark City and I, Robot. … Continue reading