Let me just say first off that I had to watch this twice before I felt competent to review it. There is a great deal to absorb here and it really rewards a second viewing. Then, let me say that this is a relentlessly grim movie and you would do well to think twice before taking your children to see it, as I've seen so many parents doing.
Alright, ( Read more... )

This, apparently, is what happens when I start reviewing DVDs- I'll wind up posting every other day. I think it'll be interesting to see just how many new movies I see in the course of a given year though ( Read more... )

One of the many movies owned by my roommate. Amazingly enough, sometimes I get bored with my own DVDs, in which case he throws one of his at me. And, oddly enough, it's another action movie ( Read more... )

This is the original Japanese we're talking about here, not the remake. As I've noted before in my review of Shutter, I've got an interest in j-horror movies, mostly because they have something different to offer from American horror. There's (overall) definitely less reliance on jump scares and more interest in just telling a spooky story- which, ( Read more... )

This was kind of an odd choice for me; as my good friend Justify pointed out, I do not usually take an interest in martial arts movies, so there must have been more to it. I think what grabbed me was the implication of the modern-day warrior living by an outdated code of honor more than any of the action or whatnot. This was done already in Ghost ( Read more... )

First off, the opening card of the movie which claims that it is based on true events is a lie. Or rather, it's not based off any particular events as it implies. Instead, it's a prototypical example of thrill-killing incidents that pop up in all sorts of places. Keeping that in mind, let's proceed.
The Strangers, in brief, is about a couple who ( Read more... )

Ha! It wasn't 21! I'm just that wild and unpredictable. So unpredictable, in fact, that I'm posting this like 3 weeks late. Incredible ( Read more... )

Yeah, I'm kind of behind, and I realize that. So, here's me catching up in one glorious mega-review of three movies I've seen recently. Let's get going, yeah?
First off, Street Kings. I mostly went to see this one because of the cast- Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, and Keanu Reeves (who is highly underrated, by the way)? I'm sold. Otherwise it didn't ( Read more... )

I've got to say, some of the best zombie movies I've ever seen are not done by Romero. Yeah, he pioneered the genre and created a vision no one had seen before with Night of the Living Dead- but that movie has not aged well at all. Much better was his '91 (or 92', I can never remember exactly) remake of NotLD, although that may be because it has a ( Read more... )

As many of you know, I have some sort of weird obsession with j-horror movies, originals and remakes both. Many of the originals are fairly quality (The Eye, Pulse, and Battle Royale- though that latter isn't really a horror movie- being fine examples). Most of the remakes, however, are fairly trashy (The Ring and The Grudge being notable ( Read more... )