The Purge: Anarchy Is A Marked Improvement Over The Original, But There Is So Much Farther That It Could Have Gone What bothered me most about James DeMonaco‘s 2013 movie The Purge was that after introducing viewers to a United States that had brought record reductions in crime though a once-a-year catharsis known as the Purge […]
The trailer for Dark Space actually looks pretty good, especially for an independent film (made without the backing of a major studio). There’s a dash of Predator here, a hint of Outland there, and a whole lot of Pitch Black, that really works. That being said, if I could mention one thing to the producers: If you’re looking to […]
“There Is A Devil, Of This There Is No Doubt. But Is He Trying To Get In, Or Trying To Get Out?” One of of the worst horror films that I can recall was 1978’s Cruise Into Terror. It’s been awhile, but I remember that it starred George Kennedy (going about things in his typically mildly-befuddled fashion) as the […]
“Fascinating In Its Own Way, Though Its Relentless And Nihilistic Tone May Turn Viewers Off” For years people have been scared by the likes of Freddy Krueger, Norman Bates and Jason Vorhees, but let’s be honest: What they are are cartoon characters. Sure, somewhat violent cartoons, but cartoons nonetheless. After all, imagine if someone were coming at you wearing […]
Did you see 2002’s Kurt Wimmer movie, Equilibrium? In adverts it looked like it a copy of the The Matrix (and in some reviews as well, which never quite made sense to me), which I though was a bit unfair. It wasn’t as innovative–from a special effects standpoint at least–but was pretty engaging in its own right. Looking at […]
Have you ever seen a movie that should be funny, one that seemingly has all the elements, like good comedic actors, an engaging premise and plenty of awkward situations, yet for some reason just isn’t? That’s the way I felt about the first Horrible Bosses (and The Heat, but that’s another matter) It wasn’t a terrible movie, but […]
With Marvel Studios’ Guardians Of The Galaxy coming August 1st, there’s a lot of speculation as to what other characters they will bring to the big screen. That combined with Marvel being interested in working with Aaron Eckhart on an unnamed project, I wonder if it’s a relaunch of the Punisher. It’s important to notice that […]
I have to admit that when I heard of the central idea behind Gary Shore‘s Dracula Untold–essentially the story of Vlad Tepes before he became Dracula–the first thing that crossed my mind was: “Who cares? People don’t watch Dracula movies for what he was before he became a vampire!” Then again, Vlad Tepes isn’t just anyone. What we know […]
Community Season 1 Trailer Though that’s not to imply that I didn’t try. When there’s so much buzz around a show you think that if you don’t at least check it out, you’re be missing something. Which is a normal feeling. I honestly think that a lot of the reason behind the success of HBO’s Game Of Thrones and AMC’s […]
“Part 1?” I think that that refers to the fact that the movie is being broken into a ‘Part 1’ and ‘Part 2.’ What I like about is that there’s an undeniable fascist (a word used way too often, mostly by people with either no idea what it means, or with the intent do bring about […]
