‘Pacific Rim’ Effects Video

The visuals of this clip are provided by Mirada Studios, about the making of the prologue from Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim.  Those effects are pretty impressive, though what seems to be lost amongst all that visual wizardry is the music behind the trailer, which is provided by Ramin Djawadi (pronounced Java-dee). The track is […]

‘Penny Dreadful’ (2006) Review

If there’s one thing I cannot stand, it’s learned helplessness.  Some movies run on the stuff, and it’s frustrating to watch.  Unfortunately, it also reminds me of Richard Brandes’ 2006 film, “Penny Dreadful,” part of After Dark’s Horrorfest. Penny Deerborn’s (Rachel Miner) parents died in a car crash, which she witnessed. This caused her to […]

Diablo III Is Different On Consoles

Diablo III was recently released for consoles like the XBox and Playstation 3, and I wanted to find some information on how well they translated to gaming consoles.  Graphically, the games may have lost something in translation, though the greatest change is probably due to how the game sounds. I haven’t owned a video game […]

‘The Double’ Trailer

Recently Richard Ayoade’s “The Double” premiered at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival). The trailer has recently been released, and I don’t know what to make of it. It stars Jessie Eisenberg, who I generally like watching (despite the fact that his last film, “Can You See Me,” I will always believe was less a heist […]

‘Snowpiercer’ Under The Knife

Snowpiercer, the latest film by Bong Joon-ho, is soon to be released domestically, after premiering to enthusiastic crowds in South Korea and opening bigger than any other film in that country’s history. Now, my question is:  Wouldn’t you want to see this film as the director intended, as opposed to it being cut especially for […]

‘The Hamiltons’ Review

Major spoilers below. Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores’ (otherwise known as The Butcher Brothers) “The Hamiltons,” while essentially a vampire film, is a post-modern take – vampirism is treated as a disease that you are born with, and can be spread by no other means.  It shares more in common with films like “Near Dark” […]

‘RoboCop’ Trailer

That was quick.  Thanks to Rafael Dominguez Estrada, who found this on Youtube, despite me having looked for it earlier.  The trailer in and of itself looks OK, but the major league actors (Samuel Jackson and Gary Oldman) that look to be playing somewhat “minor” roles reminds me of Christopher Nolan’s casting of Michael Caine […]

Link To ‘RoboCop’ Trailer

I would post the latest trailer for José Padilha’s “RoboCop,” reboot, but it’s in Yahooese, which means that WordPress doesn’t play well with it.  I’ll post it here as soon as it’s available via Youtube. The trailer itself is OK, and looks different enough from the original that at least it appears that they’re only […]