“Live and die on this day” The Grey is a swift kick in the gut
I’m kind of reeling right now. Typically, I don’t write a review for a movie right after I’ve seen it. It takes some time for me to gather my thoughts on the film and decide not how much I did or didn’t like it, but what I think resonated the most for me about it. When … Read more
Pieces of the Great Comic Book Movie assemble in The Avengers
Hollywood has been trying to make films and franchises based on comic book characters and stories for decades now with varying degrees of success. The best (The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 2) were creative benchmarks for the genre based on the ways they treated the characters and stories. However, while still being good movies, they never really … Read more
Movie Minute – Bridesmaids
Tell me this movie is a chick flick. Go ahead. Bridesmaids follows the same style as movies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, etc. (all produced or directed by Judd Apatow, by the way). It’s R-rated, smart comedy that just happens to put the females at the center of attention. Kristen Wiig is a comedic genius … Read more
The Cabin in the Woods isn’t just awesome, it’s important
The Cabin in the Woods is an incredibly difficult movie to review. It’s not because I’m on the fence about it and it’s not because it’s a tough movie to write about. Writing a standard review for this movie would be a disservice to anyone who hasn’t yet seen it. There are no The 6th Sense style twists … Read more
Why “Game of Thrones” is the epitome of Groovy
For the uninitiated, HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is an ongoing show based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy series entitled A Song of Ice and Fire. This isn’t a review, really… a regular review wouldn’t get me anywhere with drawing people to this series. So here’s why you need to pay attention: 1. The most important reason: … Read more
The Hunger Games- A satisfying meal
I am a latecomer to this phenomenon. I don’t really remember hearing much about Suzanne Collins’s book series as they were released, except that they were supposed to be quality young adult literature. I paid more attention to the details surrounding the film adaptation that was forming because it involved the media I focus heavily … Read more
John Carter is classic adventure
It took 79 years of development to get a film adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ seminal novel A Princess of Marsto the big screen. On top of that, 2012 marks the centennial anniversary of the story’s initial publication. But to say that we haven’t seen aspects of this work before would be false. Burrough’s Barsoom … Read more
Bellflower, that order of Pain, or why I’m going to own a ’72 Buick Skylark
I’m glad that I waited a couple of days before writing this post… As anyone who follows me on Facebook/this blog/Twitter knows, I watched the movie BELLFLOWER for the first time on Friday and have watched it two and a half more times since that first viewing. I came off of that initial viewing so … Read more
Want to get uncomfortably familiar with Bad Boys II?
Do you like Bad Boys II? If you’re answer to that question is either “No” or “What’s that?”, we may have issues. I kid, but I have a profound love for the film as it was an important step in the types of action cinema I would choose to watch after its release and because … Read more
Notting Hill and the order of Pain that comes with your Love Sandwich
The other night my friend and housemate Aaron and I found ourselves aimlessly searching through Netflix when we came upon the 1999 film Notting Hill. I immediately flashed back to a time when Julia Roberts was the largest female actress on the planet (which is exactly the character she plays in the film) and I had … Read more
