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Sharknado (2013)
DVD
86 minutes
the directing: Anthony Ferrante
the writing: Thunder Levin
the acting: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Jaason Simmons, Cassie Scerbo
So this happened.
I’ve given myself a few hours to think this one over. Still, much difficulty comes in formulating words of any sufficient worthiness. Let me be clear, there […]
Evading the public’s all too evasive eye is a skill often showering a breezy fog of failure upon the proponderance of films, especially when said skill is applied to films of a resolutely tantalizing nature, which (and getting to the point) Gravity can indubitably check off the “yeah, I got that” list. Big spectacle, big spectacle, big […]
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Blu-ray
133 minutes
the directing: J.J. Abrams
the writing: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof
the acting: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch
For those few, those highly unhappy few, who have not yet seen Star Trek Into Darkness at all or in its entirety, you have […]
Now You See Me (2013)
Blu-ray
115 minutes
the directing: Louis Leterrier
the writing: Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
the acting: Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Morgan Freeman
Every year there are a plethora of films I would perhaps maybe possibly go see in theaters, but nobody else […]
Bullet to the Head (2013)
Blu-ray
91 minutes
the directing: Walter Hill
the writing: Alessandro Camon
the acting: Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa
If this year’s barrage of high octane action films have taught me anything, it would be to not expect much. I skipped this one when it was […]
Trance (2013)
Blu-ray
101 minutes
the directing: Danny Boyle
the writing: Joe Ahearne, John Hodge
the acting: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel
Predictability can sometimes be a death sentence for any type of film. Whether this is the job of the writer, director, or editor to avoid is certainly up to the individual, but […]
Reunions with old friends can be something of a double-edged sword. Go in with no expectations and chances are you’ll feel like not a day has gone by since you last saw each other, the bond and chemistry still wonderfully intact. If however you get hooked on nostalgia and try too hard to recreate fond […]
Only God Forgives is a hypnotic, surreal, and dream-like film. Much like Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Only God Forgives moves at a slow pace with steady camera work and engrossing imagery. Refn’s previous film, Drive (2011), is an art film that is more accessible to the casual film goer. However, it should be […]
For those frivolous few that have not witnessed the utterly magnificent masterpiece that is Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day, I will break it down for you short and sweet:
Will Smith punches an alien, Jeff Goldblum once punched the future president “in the head,” the now president punches the now vice president’s manhood, a dog punches […]
Superman can be a tricky character to nail. Noble, handsome and omnipotent to the point of being near flawless, the character harks back to a time (1938, to be precise) when superheroes were the stuff of novelty and comic book readers would lap up pedestrian displays of superhuman strength and pompous monologues ripe with selfless […]
