I took last week off, so you get two (2!) reviews today. While you were all gorging yourselves on turkey, I was looking deep into the heart and soul of America. Pay attention, supervillains, because I discovered two things that this country really, really loves: Abraham Lincoln and old, crappy video games (which you will…
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…
Yeah, that took a while. Sorry.
Happy Halloween, ya turkeys! Halloween (1978): The Plot: Fifteen years after killing his teenage, not-a-virgin sister when he was six, Michael Myers (Austin Powers, The Love Guru) escapes from a mental institution and returns to his hometown so he can hunt down some baby sitters, because, uh…well, one girl totally keeps having sex with her…
It’s been said before that a good horror movie is contingent upon having a group of idiots making idiotic decisions repeatedly, ultimately resulting in their demise. If we consider The Shrine, a 2010 film centered around an over-ambitious journalist, it should be noted that in some cases, only one of the characters needs to be…
Rooster Illusion 