Feature Length films produced by big studios are the main stay of modern Hollywood. These are their reviews. *Dun Dun*
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The future. Many of us wonder what is in store for us all years from now. What if you knew something horrible was going to happen, not only to you, but to the entire human race, and you knew that you would have to change it. Well when that time comes for many of us, we are uncertain as to what we have to do. What we expect doesn’t always turn out the way it should, Just like in the 2009 release of McG’s “Terminator Salvation.”
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When a strange alien robot lands in San Francisco, it’s up to a top secret government organization to deploy its captured monsters to subdue the robot. It ends up being a shallow victory when the mother ship arrives with a full invasion force. So the question stands: Who will win in the ultimate battle-monsters, or aliens?
You’ll have to watch to find out!
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Now being a director myself I have A LOT of projects in development, production, and ideas just floating around in the old noggin! A lot of these involve death, killing, and brutal acts against the human body, and there have been many times where I questioned where this macabre personality comes from; and furthermore if it is possible for these devastating thoughts to possibly overtake my mentality? Like in the 1990 release of Lucio Fulci’s "A Cat in the Brain."
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Life is full of filth that you can never get rid of. whether it be a crooked boss, a backstabbing friend, or a guy who just likes to start crap. One word comes to mind when I think of all the "filth" I’ve dealt with throughout my life, rat. Rats have no purpose but to steal our food, infest our homes, AND take our lives like in the 1990 release of Stephen King’s "Graveyard Shift."
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I first heard about Burn After Reading via a commercial for the DVD. I couldn’t believed I had missed this film in theaters. Two of my favorite actors, George Clooney and Brad Pitt, star in this spy comedy that will surely have you laughing on the floor.
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A trend that tends to reoccur every few decades is the cycling of film genre popularity. The 80s and 90s had an emphasis on action films while monster/Sci-Fi films dominated the 50s and 60s.
A particular genre that I happen to like a lot seems to be making a slight comeback – the exploitation films of the 70s. Frank Henenlotter has strived to bring back this unique type of film in the modern age. It’s good to see other people helping the cause, with the 2007 release of Gone The Way Of Flesh being a prime example.
This is a guest review from Jeffrey Rule. Thanks for the submission!
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This movie is based off of the Sue Monk Kidd book “The Secret Life Of Bees”, which I had read just a couple of months before the movie came out. It is a story of the hard life of a child whose mother is dead and father who shows no love. Lily killed her mother completely by accident when she was little. She is now 14 and has little recollection of her mother. All she remembers of her mother is what T. Ray, her cruel and unloving father, has told her. It seems the only person who loves Lily would be the family servant, Rosaleen. The setting of the movie is right in the center of the civil rights movement in South Carolina.
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When your confused but lovable coworker/friend gets his fingers chopped off in a tragic lawnmower accident, and there’s no insurance to cover the surgery, what do you do? Well, I would call my shady uncle and mastermind the perfect plan to grab some easy cash – rigging the Special Olympics!
Even if you didn’t win the cash though, you may come out of the scam in a squad car, or possibly with some new appreciation of people for who they are.
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It’s been twenty five years since a horror film has been released in 3-D, and it’s been LONG overdue. Who knew the film that was being given the 3D treatment, surprise surprise, would be a remake. So you think, OK, what will it be? a Friday the 13th, or A Nightmare on Elm Street remake in 3-D? Nope, it’s a little cult film from 1981 called My Bloody Valentine. Over the past year there has a lot of hype for this film, and needless to say I was very happy to see the 2009 release of Patrick Lussier’s My Bloody Valentine.
Acting:
The acting had its high and lows to me. Jensen Ackles (Smallville, Supernatural) was one that was about 50/50 in this. There were times which he shined the brightest on the screen, but then again there were times when he seemed to be confused and even lost in what he was portraying. The actor I was most excited was Tom Atkins. This was his return to the horror genre after a eight year absence, and boy did he return with a bang. He seemed not to lose a step in the classic acting that we all know and love from films such as Halloween 3: The Season of the Witch and Night of the Creeps. Jaime King was another actor that semi-shined. She seemed to do such a great job when she had very emotional scenes, but seemed to fizzle out when in minor dialogue.
Plot:
The plot was almost a exact copy of the original, with a few name changes. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the original, but I still vaguely remember the general plot. Now with a MUCH bigger budget I was hoping for a little reason for the killings; a motive, a backstory, something to help connect the original killer with the copycat, but that was not present. This bothered me some and I thought the movie would have been better off if it was included.
Music:
Composed by Michael Wandmacher, the music, was REALLY catchy to me and I often found myself tapping my fingers along with the score. It helped the film pace at a decent speed. I enjoyed it a lot.
Overall:
Overall everyone should go see this film in 3-D as its a historic event in horror. Is it the best film is years? No, but will you be entertained with the 3-D aspect; HELL YES. So for the 3-D and full frontal nudity, AND the epic return of Tom Atkins, Check it out.
3/5 Reels
Squid Rating
See it before it’s Gone!
Trailer:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsRbqpiqkKU
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When a lovable but rugged wanderer is discovered by a local radio talk show host in a Los Angeles radio station, his story becomes an instant hit. Going by the name of Joe Dirt, he shares every aspect of his life. From the day his parents left him at the Grand Canyon at the age of eight to his days as a janitor for a school in Louisiana, Joe travels across the entire United States searching for his parents, meeting new friends (and some enemies) along the way.
It takes the interview to make Joe realize that he had been happy after all, but his tireless search and goal prevented him from seeing it originally. Can Joe go back, or is it too late?