Posted in Action, Review on June 28, 2009 | 9 Comments »
“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
– Macbeth, Act V, Scene V
Good old William Shakespeare wasn’t referring to Michael Bay flicks, naturally, but rather life. The above quote is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and overused quotes but I could think of none other that so [...]
Posted in Hot Old Men, Movies In General on June 24, 2009 | 16 Comments »
I also think there might be some men saying that too:
Via the incredibly awesome Den of Geek.
Sherlock Holmes might be the first movie I’ve ever seen on Christmas Day. That’s the power of RDJ, people.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Yo, Quentin Tarantino Week will be August 17-21 here on the blog. I’ll be reviewing all Tarantino movies plus movies Tarantino has reportedly used for inspiration, wrapping up with Inglourious Basterds on the 21st. Oh. Yeah.
Reminder: You still have time to get your submissions in for Reader’s Choice: Guilty Pleasures.
June’s giveaway is [...]
Posted in Horror, Review on June 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Mr. Raimi, I missed you.
I saw the Evil Dead series somewhere around the age of 17 or so and ever since then I’ve been in cinematic love with Sam Raimi. In the past few years, however, this adoration had dulled over the plethora of Spiderman movies that had come or are to come; I [...]
Posted in Movies In General on June 16, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Feel free to guess the movie in the comments.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2009 | 16 Comments »
I was supposed to do a movie review tonight and then things didn’t work out as planned. I sat down to review it anyways and now I’m just staring at a blank screen.
For the past month or so I’ve been feeling unnaturally hindered by something, I’m really not sure what, but writer’s block has struck [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2009 | 33 Comments »
Yes, the new Reader’s Choice is here, but we’re doing this one a little differently. The theme is guilty pleasure flicks – those flicks you love irrationally. Think of it as movie crack Reader’s Choice!
You can comment here with your choices (as many as you like) and on July 1st I’ll put up a poll [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2009 | 8 Comments »
The remake is a much maligned property among film geeks these days. Tommy over at Pluck You Too had a recent post on how to kill remakes; Den of Geek has one along the same lines.
To say the remake is popular amongst studios is an understatement. You can see here (thanks to Tommy for the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2009 | 26 Comments »
Paul Rudd, you saucy knave, you!
What girl my age didn’t grow up with Rudd as Josh in Clueless? Moreover, could anyone of us blame Cher for falling head-over-heels for him, even if it was kind of ooky and creepy if you stopped to think about the fact that he was technically her step-brother?
Then I grew [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2009 | 7 Comments »
J.D.!
In the interests of fairness, I wrote all your names down on some attractive AND charming hot-pink Post-Its, folded them up, threw them in a bowl and swirled them all together. Then I let Younger Sister draw.
She drew J.D., so he wins the copy of Taken.
(Younger Sister to me: “Tell that dude he owes me [...]
