Posted by moviegeek916 on July 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Pain & Gain (2013) – I would just like to point out, before venturing into any sort of valid critique, that this is the only movie about which one can say and be grammatically correct “from the director of and starring The Rock.” Had to get that out of the way… Let us consider the … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Worst · Tagged with 2013, Adrian Doorbal, Anthony Mackie, Armageddon, Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, Coen Brothers, Daniel Lugo, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Ed Harris, Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz, Ken Jeong, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Bay, Pain & Gain, Pearl Harbor, Peter Stormare, Rebel Wilson, Rob Corddry, The Island, The Rock, Tony Shalhoub, Transformers, Transformers: Age of Extinction, true story, Tuan "Tommy" Vu
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Batman & Robin (1997) – Sigh… so in the past couple years I have revisited a couple movies that I remember hating and finding out they weren’t quite as awful as they were in my memory (The Phantom Menace was by far the most surprising of these). So I have to admit I went into this … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Worst · Tagged with 1997, A Beautiful Mind, Adam West, Akiva Goldsman, Alicia Silverstone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Batman, Batman & Robin, Batman Forever, Chris O'Donnell, Christopher Nolan, Dick Sprang, Doug Hutchison, Eli Wallach, Elle Macpherson, George Clooney, George Saunders, Joel Schumacher, John Glover, Michael Gough, Michael Reid McKay, Otto Preminger, Pat Hingle, Robert "Jeep" Swenson, sequel, Star Wars, The Lost Boys, The Phantom Menace, The Phantom of the Opera, Tim Burton, Uma Thurman, Vendela K. Thommessen
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Planet of the Apes (2001) – Sigh… so one of the benefits of having the rather excellent Rise of the Planet of the Apes come out last year was that it would wipe the stain of this ill-conceived remake from our cultural memory. Not so much. It was on cable a little while back and my … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Worst · Tagged with 2001, Alice in Wonderland, Alien, Big Fish, Charlton Heston, Dark Shadows, Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands, Estella Warren, H.R. Giger, Helena Bonham Carter, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, Planet of the Apes, remake, Rick Baker, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Rod Serling, Sweeney Todd, Tim Burton, Tim Roth
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Sorority House Massacre (1986) – There is a man some of you may have heard of named Roger Corman. He makes cheap movies. He has for over fifty years. Said cheap movies have given starts to stars like jack Nicholson. Some of them launched the careers of directors like Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese, … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Worst · Tagged with 1986, Angela O'Neill, Carol Frank, Death Race 2000, Dinocroc vs. Supergator, Francis Ford Coppola, Friday the 13th, James Cameron, Joe Dante, Joe Nassi, John C. Russell, Jonathan Demme, Marcus Vaughter, Martin Scorsese, Nicole Rio, Pamela Ross, Peter Bogdanovich, Piranha, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Sorority House Massacre, Syfy Channel, The Little Shop of Horrors, Vinnie Bilancio, Wendy Martel
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Spider-Man 3 (2007) – Sigh… I said I was going to revisit the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films… and unfortunately that means watching this one again. I can’t believe I even own it (it came with my Playstation 3). Completist that I am however I just had to hold onto it and watch it during my … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Worst · Tagged with 2007, Anne Hathaway, Bill Nunn, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cliff Robertson, Elizabeth Banks, fuckin' spiders, J.K. Simmons, James Cromwell, James Franco, John Malkovich, Kirsten Dunst, Michael Papajohn, Robert Rodriguez, Rosemary Harris, Sam Raimi, sequel, Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Ted Raimi, Thomas Haden Church, Tobey Maguire, Topher Grace, Willem Dafoe
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) – So… um… right… so when I first saw Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter in the bookstore I had what I assumed was the appropriate reaction: I laughed. It’s a movie about the Great Emancipator hunting and killing imaginary undead bloodsucking fiends. That’s comedy, right? Right? Surely such … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Worst · Tagged with 2012, 3D, Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Alan Tudyk, Benjamin Walker, Caleb Deschanel, Dominic Cooper, Ed Wood, Jimmi Simpson, Joshua Speed, Liam Neeson, Marton Csokas, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Mary Todd Lincoln, Robin McLeavy, Rufus Sewell, Seth Grahame-Smith, Stephen Douglas, Timur Bekmambetov, Wanted
Posted by moviegeek916 on June 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) – This review is going to be pretty short because I don’t have much in the way of thoughts about this movie. The film is about the often tumultuous relationship between war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman) and famed novelist Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen). They go to Spain during Franco’s takeover … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Worst, TV · Tagged with 2012, Chiang Kai-shek, Clive Owen, Corey Stoll, David Straithairn, Ernest Hemingway, Francisco Franco, HBO, Hemingway & Gellhorn, Lars Ulrich, Mao Zedong, Martha Gellhorn, Metallica, Midnight in Paris, Nicole Kidman, Philip Kaufman, Robert Duvall, Rodrigo Santoro, Tony Shalhoub, true story
Posted by moviegeek916 on June 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Rock of Ages (2012) – The vast majority of my reviews tend to be positive, in case you hadn’t noticed. Or rather they range from lukewarm appreciation to outright enthusiastic. Some bad ones slip in but overall they’re favorable. I do indeed like most movies I see. That’s usually because if a movie looks like … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Worst · Tagged with 2012, Adam Shankman, Alec Baldwin, Britney Spears, Bryan Cranston, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diego Boneta, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, Glee, jukebox musical, Julianne Hough, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, musical, Paul Giamatti, Rock of Ages, Russell Brand, T.J. Miller, Tom Cruise
Posted by moviegeek916 on March 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Take Me Home Tonight (2011) – This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 4 March 2011. I frequently see commercials, or rather public service announcements, preaching the importance of the first five years of a child’s life. Apparently they are the most influential in a human being’s development. Well, the first five years of … Continue reading →
Category Film, Old 12 Ft Dwende Articles, The Worst · Tagged with 2011, Alex Cox, aliens, American Graffiti, Anna Faris, Balls of Fury, Brokeback Mountain, Chris Pratt, Dan Fogler, Dazed and Confused, Falvor Flav, Fanboys, George Lucas, Good Luck Chuck, I Am Number Four, Idiocracy, Jim Jarmusch, John Hughes, Knocked Up, Lost in Translation, Michael Biehn, Michael Dowse, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mike Judge, Rango, Richard Linklater, Seth Rogen, Take Me Home Tonight, Teresa Palmer, That 70s Show, The Adjustment Bureau, The Terminator, Topher Grace
Posted by moviegeek916 on December 24, 2011 · 1 Comment
Swamp Thing (1982) – I am a fan of the Swamp Thing comics. I’m not just talking about Alan Moore’s acclaimed run on Saga of the Swamp Thing back in the 1980s. I’m not just talking about the awesome work Scott Snyder is doing on the title for DC’s New 52 relaunch. I’m talking about … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Worst · Tagged with 1982, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Adrienne Barbeau, Alan Moore, based on comic, Bernie Wrightson, DC Comics, Joel Silver, Len Wein, Louis Jourdan, New 52, Ray Wise, Saga of the Swamp Thing, Scott Snyder, Swamp Thing, The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House on the Left, Wes Craven
Persistence of Vision 