The visceral thrill of a film is very important when concerning actions, thrillers, horror movies, westerns, etc. Almost any genre, you will find that visceral experience like no other. Whether it be head turning in The Exorcist, mind blowing like in The Dark Knight, a whirling feeling only experienced when running like in Casino Royale, [...]
Questions for Death: “The Final Destination” in 3D Review
The Final Destination 3D Review
Instead of my typical review, I will present questions concerning the new horror film The Final Destination in 3D. It’s about people trying to cheat death and trying to find creative ways to kill twetysomething bimbos. Without further ado, here are my questions:
Why is each character so incredibly underdeveloped or even [...]
Torture Worn: Review for “Saw V”
Putting moral messages is a messy and dangerous job. You want to make your point but you don’t want to rub it in your audiences’ faces. Subtlety is an art. However just because your message is subtle doesn’t mean it ends being a good movie. Witness: The Most Violent Morality Tale! It’s Saw! The first [...]
Love’s Labour’s Lost: Review for “Quantum of Solace”
It’s kind of strange, but global warming is affecting everything. Even TV shows and movies. One day you have David Schwimmer freaking Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) out on 30 Rock and the next day you have James Bond chasing down a villain who runs a conservation company called Greene Planet. But global warming is not [...]
You Know His Name: Review for “Casino Royale: Collector’s Edition” DVD
It really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that those money hounding fiends who market the 007 merchandise that we die hard fans crave have released a new Casino Royale DVD to coincide with the release of Quantum of Solace. But this is actually a blessing. The last DVD featured very little, for lack [...]
“Dark” Victory: Review for “The Dark Knight”
Personally, I don’t care for comic book films. I didn’t rush to the theater to see Spider-Man, Iron Man, Superman, or any other Man. I did see them, but I didn’t hype them anymore then they already had. I think films in that genre tend to be too formulaic. But I think this film kind [...]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
It has been almost twenty years since we last joined Dr. Jones (Harrison Ford) on an exciting adventure. This adventure is one of the fastest paced and strangest adventures in the series. We begin in Nevada, where Dr. Jones, played by Ford laboriously and quite excellently, has been kidnapped by KGB agents looking for an [...]
"Saw" It Be"4": Review for Saw IV
The first film of the gore happy Saw series was relatively good. The second was disappointing. The third, hopeful yet seriously flawed. The fourth one, well…it may be the worst film of the series. Jigsaw “returns” to play more games with more victims. The very beginning of the film starts with Jigsaw’s dead body in [...]
"Live" and Let "Die Hard": Review for "Live Free or Die Hard"
Having not seen the previous Die Hard films will make this review different. I will not be comparing the John Mclanes now and then. This film was very well made. It is about Thomas Gabriel sinking the government system via his computer. One of the compelling features of this film is that it tackles terrorism. [...]
Cross an "Ocean": Reveiw for "Ocean’s Thirteen"
I remember seeing Ocean’s Twelve on DVD. It was really bad. I remember all the commercials praising the film. It was not funny. It was not well written. It was arrogant. The sequel to the hit remake of the Rat Pack film, Ocean’s Eleven, was a disappointment. Then I saw the trailers for Ocean’s Thirteen [...]
