Month: July 2014
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Sharknado 2
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Read more: Sharknado 2*Sharknado 1 review is here* I vividly remember a sweltering Saturday night in July of 1975 when my wife and I stood in line with a couple of thousand other people at the Park Theater in Memphis, Tn. We finally procured our tickets, found a couple of empty seats and I purchased two large Cokes…
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Rage (aka Tokarev)
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Read more: Rage (aka Tokarev)Nicolas Cage.
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Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
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Read more: Dawn Of The Planet Of The ApesMaybe I am taking a movie about monkeys riding horses too seriously, but even the original Planet of the Apes was pretty silly. The subtext was…
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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Read more: Dawn of the Planet of the ApesThe central theme of this film is that while assholes may not always triumph, they will always be present, and they will always do enough to ensure that there will be no lasting peace or understanding between the races.
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22 Jump Street
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Read more: 22 Jump Street22 Jump Street is not as clever as Hot Fuzz, but it’s not as slapstick and pun driven as the The Naked Gun franchise.
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Snowpiercer
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Read more: SnowpiercerI really like Korean Film (Thanks, Steen!). When I saw that Joon-Ho Bong was making a movie for us Americans, I was both thrilled and apprehensive, not knowing how badly things would be screwed up. Certainly unknown to most casual moviegoers, Joon-Ho Bong is a Master and is known for movies like Barking Dogs Never…
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Mile…Mile and a Half
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Read more: Mile…Mile and a HalfI don’t know if this was a documentary, an art exhibit, a magnificent display of some of the best cinematography ever, or just the very best of the human condition. Every once and a while in the wasteland of the Netflix click posters you find a real gem. This documentary is just one impossible bucket…
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You Won’t BELIEVE What A Piece Of Shit Transcendence Is!
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Read more: You Won’t BELIEVE What A Piece Of Shit Transcendence Is!Almost dumber than Gravity. Almost.
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Tammy
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Read more: TammyI snickered often but laughed rarely. It’s a Rule 63 version of a middling Chris Farley road comedy, lighter on the body humor and heavier on the empathy.