In Time (2011)
In Time (2011) – I had a lot of reasons to root for this movie. The main one was that I am big fan of Andrew Niccol’s previous film Gattaca (as well as The Truman Show, which he wrote but did not direct). I even liked his lesser movies Simone and Lord of War. So … Continue reading
Doomsday (2008)
Doomsday (2008) — This is a stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid movie… and I fucking dig the hell out of it. Neil Marshall, director of the very good The Descent, basically opted to take Mad Max, 28 Days Later, Escape From New York, Excalibur, The Omega … Continue reading
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) — This movie just about is the unwatchable piece of dogshit it’s made out to be. Alien Vs. Predator was a flawed and mediocre movie but every flaw it had seems to have been overcorrected here in the opposite direction to the point where it sucks even worse. In Alien … Continue reading
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Alien Vs. Predator (2004) — This movie isn’t quite the unwatchable dogshit some have made it out to be, but it is profoundly mediocre at almost every turn. The combination of the two franchises is one highly anticipated by geeks ever since that alien skull donned the hunter’s trophy wall in Predator 2. This movie … Continue reading
Predator 2 (1990)
Predator 2 (1990) — You know I remember liking this movie a lot more when I was 8… which isn’t to say that it’s too god-awful, but its problems are a lot more apparent. Set in the distant future of 1997, Los Angeles has become consumed by a gang war between the Columbians and Jamaicans … Continue reading
Predator (1987)
Predator (1987) — Just before going on to direct the gold standard of all action movies (Die Hard) John McTiernan gave us this rumble in the jungle. This film starts out as a “men on a mission” story and then gradually transitions to the alien horror subgenre. Arnold Schwarzenegger does what he does best in … Continue reading
The Book of Eli (2010)
The Book of Eli (2010) — So I thought the previews looked stupid. And they did. They did look oh-so-stupid. What got me to see it was my old credo of “I will see any movie with Tom Waits in it, no matter how small his part is.” [pretty small part, too]. All in all, … Continue reading
Daybreakers (2010)
Daybreakers (2010) — So I saw this yesterday and I dug it. It has that future-noir look of a much darker Gattaca and a nifty little allegory about overconsumption of natural resources. But first and foremost: it’s a blood-drenched vampire movie where they are NOT sparkling douchebags who just want to cuddle, but rather are … Continue reading
They Live (1988)
They Live (1988) — Motivated by Rowdy Roddy Piper’s appearance on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia the other day I decided to finally sit down and watch this movie [Sidenote: FearNet OnDemand sucks, they plaster the screen with ads and inserted a commercial about thirty minutes in. Plus my usual OnDemand complaint of having the … Continue reading
Surrogates (2009)
Surrogates (2009) — So my most-stated rule of reviewing adaptations is try to review the movie on its own and don’t compare it the source material. I also break the rule pretty much every time I mention it. As for Surrogates, on its own it’s a pretty decent movie. Not great. Maybe not even memorable, … Continue reading
Persistence of Vision 