Baddie – An actual gosh darned monster. Lesson – Anthropologists are CRAZY. (You know who you are) While everyone else is slacking off and enjoying turduckens and whatevs, I got involuntarily stuck working my real life job this week, so GUESS WHAT. SciFridays. It’ll never let you down. Except that week I went on surprise…
Different films offer different things for the viewer to take away from their experience. Some are for purely entertainment purposes, some have greater messages to send. However some films, and Good Neighbors fall into this category, are more about teaching a variety of smaller life lessons to live by. I enjoyed this film, not because…
Baddie – Stupid teenagers. Lesson – Nature will f*** you up. “Grizzly Rage”. Oh…oh “Grizzly Rage”. What can I say. Well, I got all ambitious this week and watched a movie that didn’t involve scales. And I have to say, it was quite the foray into the furry. …That sounded better in my head.
In this case, “shit” means that it’s good. Kids, amirite? Skyfall (2012): The Plot: When a mission goes wrong and James Bond (Daniel Craig) takes a rifle round to the chest—at M’s (Judi Dench) order, no less—the superspy is declared dead. For him, this means not shaving and drinking Heineken instead of martinis. A terrorist…
As I rapidly approach Thanksgiving break, the homework load [read: stress level] is mounting steadily. That gives important context to this week’s review, why I haven’t been to the movies in a while, and why I haven’t eaten vegetables in a while. So yeah, I’ll review a pleasantly low-key movie. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012, as far…
An original story of men of action versus men of contemplation, Ontario-made The Man on the Train strikes a chord with me and might well for many others appreciative of a slow-moving drama. The film stars Donald Sutherland and Larry Mullen Jr. Perhaps it is my love of movies that are 95% conversationally based, perhaps it…
Hey all you crazy SciFi loving kids – last week I took a vacation, but I totally watched a movie intending on writing about it. I swear. SO instead we’re gonna have ourselves a good old fashioned Double Feature. Enjoy. “Megapiranha” Baddie – Huge piranhas. Lesson – Don’t skip science class, no matter how boring…
Rooster Illusion 