Author: Devon Pack
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Riddick
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Read more: RiddickNever get into a fight with a character who has read more of the script than you have.
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The Grandmaster
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Read more: The GrandmasterIf you are making a biopic about the man famous for training Bruce Lee in the art of wing chun, could you possibly consider HAVING AT LEAST ONE FRICKING SCENE DEDICATED TO TRAINING THE GREATEST MARTIAL ARTIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY?
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The World’s End
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Read more: The World’s EndA fully networked, modular, information based panopticon that knows what’s best for you, and doesn’t really care for dissent or drunken hooligans. Am I talking about the current British government or the ink blooded robots that are the obstacles of Pegg and Frost’s comedy duo?
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Cat People (1942 Val Lewton)
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Read more: Cat People (1942 Val Lewton)Cat People was one of the biggest hits of 1942. It competed favorably with Casablanca in the box office. The reason in part is because Cat People is the anti-vamp film. A more realistic title for the film might be Fear of a War Bride.
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Kickass 2
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Read more: Kickass 2More violence, less fun. This film comes off like a script written by a third grader that believes that saying the word motherfucker 100 times will magically transform you into Quentin Tarantino.
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Planes (2013)
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Read more: Planes (2013)Rated G, 92 wasted minutes of your life Fair Value Rating of Planes: -$4.50. If I have to sit through a full-length recruitment ad for the US Navy, the least they can provide is either a dogfight or a homoerotic volleyball scene. This film had neither. I understand the purpose of Disney’s film Planes.…
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The Conjuring
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Read more: The ConjuringA greatest hits medley of ghost movie tropes, this may be the finest episode of R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps ever made.
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The Wolverine (2013)
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Read more: The Wolverine (2013)126 Minutes, PG-13 for atomic devastation, seppukku, miscellaneous Japanese persons getting disemboweled. Fair Value Rating of The Wolverine: $11.50. Wolverine’s the best at what he does- and what he does is stabbing a lot of people. Director James Mangold’s first superhero flick manages an entertaining midsummer adventure with Disney’s favorite mutant cyborg, Wolverine. By casting…
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Red 2 Movie Review – Welcome to the Age of Geriatric Action
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Read more: Red 2 Movie Review – Welcome to the Age of Geriatric ActionIf The Expendables was the final roar of a withered Tyrannosaurus Rex, Red 2 is more like a soft heave of breath as the dinosaur lays dying. Welcome to the decade of 100 male versions of Norma Desmond, all shot in bullet time. Welcome to the decade of geri-action.
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Cat People (1982 Schrader version)- Film Review
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Read more: Cat People (1982 Schrader version)- Film ReviewCat People (1982Schrader version) rated R for maiming, mauling, and oh so much nudity