Avatar

As I continue to try to catch up on stuff I wanted to review over the holidays, I come to the biggest movie of the winter, Avatar. There isn’t a lot I can say about it now that hasn’t already been said, but at the same time, this is a great movie that I wanted [...]

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within: Second Thoughts

In 2001, Square released a major motion picture, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. The results were nothing short of disastrous for the company. The movie cost north of 130 million to make and barely made 30 million in the United States. It essentially killed Square’s movie division, Square Pictures, who only went on to create [...]

Where The Wild Things Are

From the moment I saw the first preview of this movie, I knew I was probably going to like it. An acoustic version of Arcade Fire’s “Wake Up” in the trailer mixed with brilliant and surreal imagery by director Spike Jonze all but sealed it for me. Still, an excellent trailer and a good movie [...]

My Name Is Bruce

My Name Is Bruce is a interesting movie that ultimately falls a little short of its conceived idea. The movie centers around Bruce Campbell, playing himself, and a town that is beset by an ancient Chinese guardian known as Guan-Di after a group of teenage kids disturb a mine in the town of Gold Lick [...]

Zombieland

I really liked Zombieland. It’s a fun movie that exists in a world that’s essentially gone to hell with a good cast of characters and good action. It’s also just an enjoyable funny zombie movie, something that really wasn’t approached more after the success of Shaun of the Dead. And for all the love that [...]

Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino has created one of his finest films. He has a way of creating strong personalities that resonate well after the film has ended. Inglourious Basterds continues this trend. Many of the characters have memorable roles and each has at least one scene to shine. The main strength behind each character in this film [...]

District 9

Political movies that have an obvious message about the struggles of a person or group of people fighting against another are a dime a dozen. They can be intriguing, but in the end they lack any wow factor because they are often based on real events. That’s probably why most movies based around political happenings [...]

1968 Tunnel Rats: A Very Special Good-Evil Review

1968 Tunnel Rats is the latest release from genius filmmaker Uwe Boll, the mastermind behind such past gems as Postal and In The Name Of The King. As has become customary for any new Boll release, we held a Bollfest to celebrate. This time, we packed up on the 40’s and assorted beers and began [...]

Let The Right One In

I was beginning to think that people had lost their mind, and vampires were forevermore doomed to be gay/poorly thought out/wooden. Then along came “Let The Right One In”. Based off of a novel by the name “Låt den rätte komma in”, LTROI (heh, Lt. Roy…) is a movie about a young bullied [...]

Land of the Lost

This review is only about a month late since it came out in theaters, but regardless, it’s notable perhaps due to its failure more than anything. The movie isn’t particularly good, and the idea feels about 5 years too late, but it isn’t a terrible movie. It is a confusing movie however, as the original [...]