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... Read More

A Simple Plan

‘Sometimes good people do evil things.’ In this case, evil people do evil things.  And it’s wickedly entertaining watching them do it.  A Simple Plan was released in 1998, and should be seen by everyone. Directed by Sam Raimi (The Grudge 2, The Messengers), this film is uncharacteristically good, coming from someone with his precedence.  The story follows Hank (Bill ‘pick up the paycheck’ Paxton), his semi-retarded... Read More

The Gift

Cate Blanchett tricked me into watching this film. It wasn’t very nice of her. It’s not that this film was horrible, but when I see Blanchett’s face, I think: Babel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, or Notes on a Scandal. If I had taken the time to look up the director, I wouldn’t have had my expectations so high. The Gift was released in 2001 and was directed by Sam Raimi.  Since then, Raimi has disappointed us with films like... Read More