Category: Reviews
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Maniac (2012)
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Read more: Maniac (2012)Luckily, the film arrives at last the proverbial fireworks factory and ends on the same high note that Lustig and Savini hit three decades ago…
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Assault on Wall Street
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Read more: Assault on Wall StreetUwe Boll, ladies and gentlemen.
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2 Guns: A Movie About 2 Guns
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Read more: 2 Guns: A Movie About 2 GunsWell, yes, the title characters each carry a gun, and so there are 2 guns total carried by the protagonists. Or you could go with the figurative gun, in which case…
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The Village
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Read more: The VillageI will never know for certain how I would have reacted to this film had I remained ignorant of its payoff, but having the information allowed me to understand exactly why it failed.
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The Smurfs 2
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Read more: The Smurfs 2One scene where Jokey Smurf delivers a bomb package to a room full of schoolchildren, remarking that the ‘war for Christian purity is about to begin’ was kind of over the top. Still, the theater could not help but burst into applause when Papa Smurf called Treblinka a ‘Zionist lie’.
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The Wolverine (2013)
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Read more: The Wolverine (2013)126 Minutes, PG-13 for atomic devastation, seppukku, miscellaneous Japanese persons getting disemboweled. Fair Value Rating of The Wolverine: $11.50. Wolverine’s the best at what he does- and what he does is stabbing a lot of people. Director James Mangold’s first superhero flick manages an entertaining midsummer adventure with Disney’s favorite mutant cyborg, Wolverine. By casting…
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Spring Breakers
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Read more: Spring Breakers“Why y’all actin’ ‘spicious?”
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Red 2 Movie Review – Welcome to the Age of Geriatric Action
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Read more: Red 2 Movie Review – Welcome to the Age of Geriatric ActionIf The Expendables was the final roar of a withered Tyrannosaurus Rex, Red 2 is more like a soft heave of breath as the dinosaur lays dying. Welcome to the decade of 100 male versions of Norma Desmond, all shot in bullet time. Welcome to the decade of geri-action.
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Jack Reacher: Action Review
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Read more: Jack Reacher: Action ReviewWhile he was doing memory exercises and push ups at the same time, we were watching football and masturbating at the same time. Now we join him in enjoying the fruits of his labor.
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Pacific Rim
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Read more: Pacific RimDo people even watch the movies they review anymore?