Horror
Let the Right One In - Movie Review
As much as I love horror (even awesomely-bad horror), I’ve never really developed much of an affinity for vampire movies. Most of the time they are too cliched and ridiculous for even my forgiving tastes. Even so, I couldn’t resist checking out the unbelievably well-received Swedish vampire flick, Let the Right One In.
Set in 1982 [...]
Funny Games - Movie Review
MetaCritic Score: 41
On MetaCritic, Funny Games received seven ratings of 80 or higher (which is really good), and six ratings of 20 or lower (really bad). It’s very rare to see critics as polarized as they were about German writer/director Michael Haneke’s remake of his own 1998 film by the same name. Now, what kind [...]
Four Mini Movie Reviews
So, I’ve seen several movies recently, but have been way too busy to do reviews of all of them. Here are four brief reviews of films from four different genres, there is something for everyone in this post so be sure to keep reading after the jump.
The Strangers
I, along with most other moderately serious [...]
The Last Winter - Movie Review
MetaCritic score: 69
An Inconvenient Truth won two Oscars. Some people may even have found the implications of its message to be frightening. Even still, the consequences of our actions that are outlined in Gore’s film seem abstract because they don’t threaten our immediate future and may not necessarily affect each of us individually. The Last [...]
El Orfanato (The Orphanage) - Movie Review
MetaCritic Score: 74
I’m going to start with a mini-rant here, but bear with me.
One pet peeve of mine is when studios put tags like “*Generic Big Name Director* Presents…” on the poster/box for a new movie when they served as a producer, but didn’t direct the movie themselves. Usually the director whose coattails they [...]
Rob Zombie’s Halloween - Movie Review
MetaCritic: 47
I love great horror movies, but I’m also a big fan of the cheesy ones. I own at least five different Friday the 13th movies, two Halloween sequels, various zombie flicks, and assorted other gems from the $1 bin at the Record Exchange. I’m not exactly sure whether that means I have high or [...]
Cloverfield - Movie Review
MetaCritic Score: 64
I normally reserve my final judgment on movies until the end of the review, but I’m just going to state right now that Cloverfield is definitely worth the trip to the store. The reason I’m telling you this up front is so you know to pop a couple Advil right before you head [...]
Vacancy - Movie Review
Do not rent this movie, it is horrible. Luke Wilson is a terrible actor whose thespian peak probably came in Old School. Kate Beckinsale is usually decent, but this script didn’t give her anything to work with.
The best thing about this movie is that you can save yourself the hassle of wasting an hour and [...]
The Mist - Movie Review
MetaCritic Score: 58
Unlike most movies you’ll see me review for this site, I really had no intention of seeing The Mist. In fact, the only reason I did end up seeing it was that I was presented with the choice of either going to see The Ruins in theaters or watching The Mist on DVD [...]
The Host - Movie Review
I’m not normally big on monster movies. This may surprise some people because I’m normally a huge fan of horror movies in general. Serial killers? Sure. Zombies? Why not? Murderous ghosts? I’ll give it a shot. For some reason, however, monster/creature movies have always struck me as being a little too over the top and [...]
