Drag Me To Hell

I’ll make it clear right now that I don’t know much about horror or Sam Raimi. I have seen The Gift, the first two Spidermans, and A Simple Plan. I thought all of those were good (A Simple Plan was great).  But not being familiar with his horror films, I went into the Drag Me To Hell expecting something much different.  I didn’t like what I saw. If you’ve seen the trailer, you get the plot.  Pretty blonde girl with a good life gets cursed by an evil... Read More

Library Loot and the end of Cannes

It’s time for Library Loot again. It’s been a while since I was on vacation the last week. While I was there (in Portland, Oregon), I found the most amazing art house theater. I know other cities have stuff like this, but a theater with a full service bar, full service Mexican restaurant, and couches to sit on instead of theater chairs is an unheard of luxury where I actually live. I may move there just for the theaters. As for the last library loot, Elephant Man... Read More

Nature is Satan’s Church

The reviews aren’t that great (check out the RottenTomatoes page here), but I love Lars Von Trier, and this trailer is scary as shit.  I hope it’s released soon.  Read More

Tokyo!

Tokyo! seems like it would be a sprawling love letter to the vast metropolis of the city by the same name.  It’s anything but this however, and the three directors that contributed to the project made no qualms about it.  The last collections of short films we saw that garnered in sort of respectable attention was 2006′s Paris, je t’aime.  But don’t think the two are similar.  Not even in the least.  Tokyo! will require patience, sometimes more than... Read More

Library Loot

I’m fortunate enough to live near a library that’s extremely well-stocked.  In fact, it boasts to hold over 22,000 DVDs and videos.  I go there a lot because I can find tons of stuff that I would have to get through NetFlix.  So I’ve borrowed this theme from the book blogging world (thanks to thebluestockings.com) just to let you know exactly what I’m watching.  This works out well since I’m mostly embarrassed by what I rent at Blockbuster,... Read More

The long awaited trailer for the Road – and it’s bad.

Some of us have been waiting to see a trailer for The Road for a year now.  The dumbass Weinsteins chose to push it’s release back and focus their Oscar- promoting funds on The Reader (good call Weinsteins).  From all accounts, the film is supposed to be utterly devestating, and fantastic.  The script is one of the best adaptations I’ve read.  Ever.  If you haven’t read the Pultizer Prize winning book by Cormac McCarthy yet, you should be ashamed, then go... Read More

Mom’s Favorite Films

Madhatter’s weekly ‘Top 5′ feature this week focused on the five favorite films of his mom. Pretty much I’m going to do the same thing. My mom is pretty bitchin’. And I say that not just looking for an excuse to use the word bitchin’. Here is the list she’s created: Life is Beautiful – The movie is shot beautifully, and the sense of humor shown all throughout – during the Holocaust nonetheless – is is inspiring! It makes... Read More

Really?

Really Jon Harris?  Do you really want to bastardize one of the best horror films to come out in the last few years?  Just because you were given an editor credit on The Descent (not named part one, making the sequel’s name The Descent Part 2 a little annoying) does not mean you get to do this.  Neil Marshall’s name is attached to this project only under producer, even though several of the original cast are participating.  The Descent Part 2 hits UK theaters in... Read More

12

It takes a pretty be pair to remake a classic film like Sydney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men.  A pair this big can be found on Nikita Mikhailov who updated the film favorite and adapted it to the complicated relations between Russia and Chechnya.  Mikhailov won critical acclaim with his 1996 film Burnt by the Sun. The plot of 12 is vastly similar to it’s predecessor (which was released in 1957), but also manages to be different enough to make it’s own mark on the cinematic... Read More

Sin Nombre

It’s refreshing to watch a film that deals with gangs and illegal immigration that doesn’t have a cute little boy who’s separated (Under the Same Moon makes me want to throw up).  But Sin Nombre avoids those cliches and makes for one great film. The film is written and directed by Cary Fukunaga (I’m not familiar with her other work).  The big names attached to the project would be the executive producers, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna.  It made it’s... Read More