I’m going to make this short and sweet. One–I think Elysium is going to be good. Not great, but good. Its director, Neill Blomkamp, was the force behind District 9, a very engaging sci-fi film with sociopolitical (smart person word!) overtones. Elysium sounds exactly like D9 except, instead of becoming […]
The logic behind comic book movies is rather insidious. People are drawn to the familiar, especially things that excited them as a kid. It’s why Joe Camel was so effective at sucking in smokers once they turned 18 and the reason your childhood affinity for playing in a ball pit […]
Pacific Rim is going to be a good movie. Maybe even great. But at least good. It’s that simple. Why? Because directors make a film, and Pacific Rim was directed by Guillermo del Toro, whose track record includes Blade II, Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy, all of which pass the “I […]
Before we begin, I must mention that the name The Heat is a travesty. There is only film by the name Heat and it is the greatest piece of cinema that ever was and ever will be. No other movie should be permitted to include the word “heat” in its […]
People need death in their life. That’s all I can attribute the appeal of zombies to. Man spent his entire history watching members of his tribe perish left and right on a daily basis, like he was solving a level of Lemmings. Even a mere 100 years ago, we were […]
“I’d rather watch my parents fuck than sit through Man of Steel.” -Gandhi Let me reacquaint you with a film. It was going to reboot the Superman franchise into the modern superhero movie era. It was directed by a guy who had previously done great work with adapting a comic […]
I’m going to take a different approach to today’s review (and be funny for once) and go through This Is the End‘s Wikipedia entry line by line, commenting the choice bits. This Is the End is an upcoming apocalyptic comedy film… This is not a real genre. I know Shaun […]
I’m confused by the fact that The Great Gatsby is getting mauled over at Rotten Tomatoes, because, in theory, it sounds like a great movie. In my youth, I enjoyed the frenetic, colorful direction of Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge, both of which are Baz Luhrmann joints as we […]
I found the first two Iron Man films overrated, and not just because I get off on hating things that other people like: I genuinely didn’t get the fuss. Jon Favreau’s direction was good but nothing fresh. Robert Downey Jr. acting like a manic poonhound for two hours wore thin […]