Americans like Japanese stuff, but we seem to have weird aversion to the Japanese. It’s not that we don’t like them; we’re just uncomfortable with foreign concepts. It’s easier to ease an audience into a different culture through the filter of a thirty-to-forty-something white North American heterosexual male, or TTFSWNAHM. At least, this is what…
I realize it has been two months since I published. That’s a shocking period of time to have passed so quickly. My local movie theater in Canton, NY has been letting me down on recent horror films. I wasn’t able to see The Purge in theaters, though I hope to catch it on DVD release, and…
In a summer of unwilling heroes and cynical detachment, Guillermo Del Toro’s Mechs vs. Monsters movie is a breath of fresh air, a shot of adrenaline, and a hi-five from your inner child all at once. Pacific Rim (2013): The Plot: Fifteen years ago, Kaiju (Japanese for “giant beast” began emerging from an inter-dimensional rift…
Baddie – Once again, horny teenagers. Lesson – Twists are not the answer. As you may or may not know, a lot of the movies I watch for this blog come from Netflix. Some of them sit in my Instant Queue for a long time. This is one of those movies. “Fear Island” is unique…
I’ll mention the Previously this week only because it included something that we haven’t seen since the last few episodes of Season 2: the death of Harry Morgan. We already knew Harry had killed himself, but not quite why. When Dexter kills someone in Doakes’ presence, Doakes says, “Stay away from me.” Dexter’s heard someone say…
Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 Shakespeare! Always fun. Unsurprisingly, more of his plays have been adapted into film than the works of any other writers. Hundreds of movies site Shakespeare for the story. IMDb gives him 955 writing credits and counting. So…why do people keep going back to Shakespeare? It’s all been…
Baddie – Honestly, a huge shark. Lesson – Australian movies hold no hope. I’m in a shark kinda mood. So I picked out a movie to watch – Blue Steel. Then I re-read the synopsis and realized I’ve already seen it. So I resorted to my second choice, The Reef, because who doesn’t want to watch the ‘scariest…
Rooster Illusion 