Category: Movies
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Paranormal Activity 5: The Marked Ones
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Read more: Paranormal Activity 5: The Marked OnesThis film’s a ‘ghetto’ rebranding, but more respectful of the inhabitants the barrio than Leprechaun in the Hood.
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 Ben Stiller version)
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Read more: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 Ben Stiller version)Cheer up sad sack! All you need to become the actualized person you were meant to be is an unlimited travel budget and lots of money! Good looks help too!
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American Hustle (2013)
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Read more: American Hustle (2013)If opening scenes are trying to grab your attention, this one certainly succeeds as we see a clownishly attired Christian Bale orchestrate a really bad hairdo for something like 5 minutes. Equally as shocking is his physique as the formerly ripped Batman has put on 43 pounds of mostly paunch. The plot of this film…
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Junior
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Read more: JuniorFather, why hast thou forsaken me?
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Anchorman 2: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
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Read more: Anchorman 2: The Legend of Ron BurgundyUltimately, the film feels more like the Ron Burgundy sketch show than a comedy film. But overall, it’s too disorganized, a grunting stream of non sequiturs thrown out in a desperate chase to dig every vein of comedy gold that can be found.
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The Hobbit 2: The Smaugening
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Read more: The Hobbit 2: The SmaugeningOne of the textbooks symptoms of a bad sequel is one that tries to merely repeat what you liked about the film, while jostling you sharply in the ribs to remind you of what you once enjoyed.
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Ju-On
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Read more: Ju-OnThis is a film about Absolute Hate, a hate so strong and so pure that it spirals ever outward, unfulfilled, all-devouring. The idea of pure human misanthropy being given infinite power- the only constraint being a pure spiteful sadism that insists on tormenting and toying with each individual before dispatching them.
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Vanishing Point (1971)
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Read more: Vanishing Point (1971)Heading Out to the Highway.
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A Christmas Carol (2009)
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Read more: A Christmas Carol (2009)I usually don’t care for animation very much,no matter how compelling, but I watched this movie when it first came out and thought it was pretty good. Upon re-watching, Ive changed my mind The movie is not only good, it is mind-blowingly fantastic. This version of the Dickens classic is directed by Robert Zemeckis, the…
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12 Years a Slave- Film Review
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Read more: 12 Years a Slave- Film ReviewRape of wimpering woman in mid-night, the men forced to stand mute witness. Children forced screaming from mothers. Beatings until the bat breaks. Giant red rents festering on black backs as the cotton-worms crawl. That old Dixie charm, y’all.