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Category: Featured Films

Feature Length films produced by big studios are the main stay of modern Hollywood. These are their reviews. *Dun Dun*

  • Disturbia

    Disturbia

    Note: This is Ricky Holdman’s first review as an official SquidFlicks author. You may have read his guest submission, a review of Transformers, which also starred Shia LaBeouf!

    Intro:

    The teenage mind is one of the most confusing objects known to man. What the mind does under pressure, dealing with hormones, and what the mind does under mass amounts of boredom have long been under speculation. Well, we get a pretty accurate view of answers to these questions through the eyes of Director D.J. Caruso (Smallville, The Shield) in his 2007 release “Disturbia”.

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  • Body Bags

    Intro:

    One of my biggest fears is death. Untimely death, of course, but death itself is a terrible thing, and to know that I won’t be here someday is hard to swallow. I must say however, I will embrace death more openly if I know I would be able to hang out with my favorite director, John Carpenter, like the lucky stiffs in the 1993 release of John Carpenter’s “Body Bags.” (more…)

  • The Ruins

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    Intro:

    Countries have to have taken a beating from a decline of tourism over the past five or six years. With all these films depicting awful incidents happening in popular vacation spots, its no wonder this has happened. Films like “Ritual”, “Hostel”, and “Turistas” are all films which will make you want to stay a little closer to home come next vacation time. Mexico is the latest location to be attacked by this type of film, in the 2008 release of Carter Smith’s “The Ruins.”

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  • Horton Hears a Who!

    Horton Hears a Who!

    Intro

    What do you get when you add an elephant, a tiny world comprised of a speck of dust, a giant fictitious jungle, and some zany animals? Well, one might say that you had entered the wonderful and strange mind of Dr. Seuss!

    Horton the elephant is just another peaceful (and slightly strange) resident of a bizzare jungle, and Horton is quickly ousted for his odd behavior involving a speck that “is an entire world.”

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  • Transformers

    Transformers

    This is a review by a Guest Author – Ricky Holdman

    Intro

    When you hear the word “Transformers” you probably think about the children’s toy, or fanboys with their bellies hanging over their belts, glasses, and a Transformers shirt which is about 2 sizes too small. Well, both of these are correct, but this 2007 movie Directed by Michael Bay and Produced by Steven Spielberg, holds a whole lot more meaning than those two things.

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  • Leprechaun 3

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    St. Patrick’s Day 2008 with SquidFlicks 

    Intro

    What happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas. Unless that happens to be a piece of the Lep’s gold you have! Warwick Davis return as the evil Lep as he hunts down his ole gold in sin city in this 1995 release of Brian Trenchard Smith’s “Leprechaun 3.”

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  • Leprechaun 2

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    St. Patrick’s Day 2008 with SquidFlicks

    Intro

    Slapstick humor has existed throughout. Humor that is witty, punny and well, annoying is what slapstick is. No one says it better than our good ole friend, The Leprechaun like in the 1994 release of Rodman Flender’s “Leprechaun 2.”

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  • Leprechaun 4: In Space

     

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    St. Patrick’s Day 2008 with SquidFlicks

    Intro

    You can figure out that the death of a film series has truly happened when they are launched in space. It’s happened in “Critters 4”, “Jason X”, and was even talked about for a Halloween sequel as well. It’s no exception either in the 1997 direct to video release of Brian Trenchard Smith’s “Leprechaun 4: In Space.”

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  • The Thing

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    Intro

    Who Goes There? A simple question. As it can also be a sign of fear that trembles through your body. Not knowing who is friend and who is foe is a great fear, like in the 1982 release of John Carpenter’s “The Thing.”

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  • In the Mouth of Madness

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    Intro:

    As Americans we tend to overly obsess about things too easily. A recent of  example of the trend is Harry Potter. Tons of people everywhere get into Harry Potter WAY too much, but is hasn’t reached an unhealthy point…..yet. Evenually obsession could be the end of us, like in the 1995 release of  John Carpenter’s “In the Mouth of Madness.”

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