Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Deep Blue Sea (1999) — This article was originally published on 12ftdwende.com on 2 September 2011. Today the film Shark Night 3D opens. I mentioned last week that I was pretty stoked about this, mostly because I remember how much fun last year’s Piranha 3D was. More 3D boobs and blood (or tits and teeth, … Continue reading
Hung – “Don’t Give Up on Detroit; Hung Like a Horse”
Hung – “Don’t Give Up on Detroit; Hung Like a Horse” Hung has always been a tonally odd show. It is nominally a comedy and to be sure there is a lot of humor in it. All that humor comes out of a sort of desperate place, though. Both Hung and Breaking Bad are about … Continue reading
Boogie Nights (1997)
Boogie Nights (1997) — This is a story, basically, of losers bottoming out yet it doesn’t ever get as depressing as that summary would imply (maybe because banding together as a surrogate family helps them cope). I think Paul Thomas Anderson ascended to that Robert Altman level of directed large ensemble casts for epic-in-scale movies … Continue reading
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) — I saw this movie in 1992 at the tender young age of 7. It ranks alongside Encino Man and Adventures in Babysitting as a movie I will always love no matter how silly or dated it may seem. Yeah, I know nerd god Joss Whedon had his script heavily … Continue reading
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Punisher: War Zone (2008) — You know when just about everyone from the not-great-but-okay previous Punisher film (the 2004 one, not the 1989 one) jumped ship I decided not to get my hopes up for this pseudo-sequel/possible reboot. But really if you shut your brain off and just go with it… then this movie still … Continue reading
Persistence of Vision 