I was living in Tallahassee, Florida when Hurricane Katrina hit.

2005 was a pretty big year for storms - I had lived through four or five major threats in South Florida that got me out of at least two weeks of high school, but I was still never really afraid of hurricanes. Yes, I understood they were fearsome and unpredictable, but they always ( Read more... )

In March of this year, I wrote a review on A Dangerous Method - review-spoiler alert: I was not a fan, and here's a direct quote for you...

"Cronenberg seems to be mellowing with age... and I wonder if he is losing the vigour that used to make his movies so haunting. But then again, he has always been hit and miss."

Boy, I think it's safe to say I ( Read more... )

This is a tricky one, because almost all my favourite moments are major spoilers - but don't worry, kids, I will do my best to keep them out of this.

The plot of The Cabin in the Woods reads like a pretty typical horror flick - five teens journey to a mysterious, isolated cabin for a weekend of partying, making-out and general young-person-good- ( Read more... )

When you've got thirty years of manic fans obsessing over your franchise, it will be next to impossible to live up to anyone's standards. See: the Star Wars prequels; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; and enter, Prometheus.

I'm not saying Prometheus is anywhere near as bad as Crystal Skull, but why any filmmaker would even dare ( Read more... )

1997. Dolly the sheep was a thing. Princess Diana died in a car accident. The dog next door had puppies. And I was in grade 5 - I loved the Spice Girls and wanted to be a zoologist. And damnit, when Will Smith told me to slide in the Men In Black music video, I would slide my heart out.

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It was a pretty great time for me, and a pretty great time for ( Read more... )

Tim Burton’s career started out like a dream.

Sponsored by Disney to learn animation, he moved on to make his own small animated films when he worked out that his style did not suit Disney’s big features like The Fox and the Hound or Tron. No kidding - Tim Burton worked on the original Tron movie as an animator! Is that something to be proud of? I ( Read more... )

Alright, before we get started, I'm going to lay my cards flat on the table...

I'm a big fan of Ali G Indahouse: The Movie.

BEFORE you get all judgey and turn your nose up at me - I was young, I watched it with my friends and we quoted it so often that it became a part of our vernacular. Have you ever experienced that phenomenon where you say a ( Read more... )

I have always been fascinated by David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel, Dune. With my love of the Kyle Maclachlan/Lynch working relationship and its reputation as a horrible film - I just needed to know.

I finally got around to watching it - and tweeted my experience. What fun!

So, if you plan to watch the movie, follow along!

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Well, it can't be easy rehashing an ancient TV cop show that is best known as the career launching point for Johnny Depp (at least, that's what anyone born past 1985 thinks of it).

And lord knows we don't need anymore remakes or adaptations or sequels in Hollywood... but goddamnit! They did this one well.

Yes, I admit it. And it actually surprised me ( Read more... )

Oh my god - Ciaran Hinds in an emperor/king role! And who is this?! James Purefoy in a helper/general role?! ROME REUNION, yay!!! Oh man, this is going to be awesome - Caesar and Marc Antony back together at last!

And that dog-lizard thing is really cute and well animated!

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*snores*

John Carter was co-written and  directed by Andrew Stanton ( Read more... )