Subtle Bluntness

Okay, so maybe 7 didn’t eat 9, but I did go see 9, the new animated sci-fi stitchpunk post-apocalyptic action-thriller adjectives-filled feast for the eyes from executive producers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov.  Oh, also director/writer/animator Shane Acker, but nobody knows who he is so let’s mention the people involved with paying for the movie [...]

Well, I saw Halloween II last weekend, and I had quite a bit to say about it.  You can check out my official review here, if you are so inclined. For once, I don’t have anything I feel compelled to add to the official review in my writer’s commentary within the self-promotional blog post.  It’s [...]

Well, I saw The Goods this weekend.  Basically, it’s another starmaking vehicle for Jeremy Piven (who already had one in the underrated PCU) where he plays a guy who… well, let’s be honest here.  Jeremy Piven is basically playing Jeremy Piven here.  Or some version of Jeremy Piven, at least.  Here’s the review, for those [...]

When looking for a Feel Good Friday theme today, my first thoughts went to my reunion.  Hell, 10 years ago about this time I was starting my freshman year of college.  I had a quick look at the charts, then came to realize that 1999 was an absolutely horrible year for music.  I mean, it [...]

Gonna do something a little different today, gang.  I wrote a nice review of Funny People for Den of Geek (number one at the box office, and number one in our hearts), but not only was it a little long, it was a little inappropriate for the audience involved.  Mostly because people couldn’t care less [...]

I’ve got a big weekend of watching (and reviewing) things ahead of me.  Sadly, I’m a little bit behind, but what else is new?  I’ll catch up ASAP.  Among the things I’ll be watching are the detectives of Watchmen, as I picked up the Director’s Cut DVD for myself this week (along with the full [...]

I reviewed Orphan for Den of Geek this weekend.  In the process of writing about the disappointing film, I stumbled across a vaguely interesting question.  What’s better for a movie? To start off legitimately interesting and to devolve into a series of dumb clichés, or to just be a series of dumb clichés without teasing [...]

I saw Year One last weekend.  Not many other people did.  The crowd was sparse, as were the laughs. Here’s the review. It’s hard to believe Jack Black has gone from High Fidelity and Tenacious D to doing dreck like this.  It’s even harder to believe that Harold Ramis was associated with the project (though [...]

So thanks to Kiwibox I got to see the best picture of 2008, Slumdog Millionaire.  I don’t know if it’s the best picture, but it definitely is a hellaciously entertaining movie with a timeless plot energized by its location and the obvious directing talents of one of my favorites, Danny Boyle.  Check out my DVD [...]

See that up there?  That’s Samuel L. Jackson in a Nazi uniform.  Kind of crazy, isn’t it? Well, that’s actually one of the most sane things about The Spirit, which I reviewed on Special 2-Disc DVD.  I was eagerly awaiting the movie when I heard it was going to be released, as I wanted to [...]