This thoroughly unnecessary sequel to the thoroughly unnecessary remake of the 1981 thoroughly unnecessary original is a passable time filler if one has any interest in its mythology or its movie stars. Some of the stars, like Liam Neeson and […]
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The Hunger Games (2012) ✰ ✰ ✰
As some of you may know I have been very conflicted about this movie, because it involves kids forced to kill other kids, a premise which, frankly, sickens me. I was seriously considering boycotting the film because of this, but […]
Continue reading »Act of Valor (2012) ✰ ✰
Act of Valor is a tribute to U.S. Navy SEALs, people who place themselves in harm’s way to protect us from foreign adversaries. It shows its men (no women) as hard-training, family-oriented warriors who kiss their loved ones goodbye prior to […]
Continue reading »John Carter (of Mars) (2012) ✰ ✰
This movie, because of its huge budget and lowly returns, will forever be known as one of the costliest flops in cinema history. Yet that doesn’t mean it’s a bad movie. Like most movies it’s fair to middling, with not […]
Continue reading »Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995) ✰
Jamie Strode, Michael Myers’ niece from the fourth and fifth entries in the series, has a baby at the beginning of the film. She then escapes a hospital, gets chased by her old nemesis Michael Myers, and is eventually murdered. […]
Continue reading »Mysterious Skin (2004) ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
Two young men, Neil McCormick (Joseph Gordon Levitt) and Brain Lackey (Brady Corbett), live in small town America and are both struggling to grow into adults. McCormick makes his living as a prostitute and sleeps with as many men as […]
Continue reading »Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) ✰ ✰
After the horrifying events of Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Myers returns to life after sleeping in a hermit’s hut for a year and begins the slaughter anew. His niece (Danielle Harris) is able to sense his presence […]
Continue reading »This Means War (2012) ✰ ✰ ✰
Back in the 1980s when director John Badham was working steadily, his projects were usually credited as “A John Badham Movie,” with the more casual “movie” replacing the more formal (and common) “film.” This Means War is exactly that same type […]
Continue reading »Big Miracle (2012) ✰ ✰ ✰
If you’ve seen the preview for Big Miracle, you know what to expect: an earnest, tear-jerking, heart-warming story of people coming together to save a trio of gray whales stranded in the Arctic. The movie delivers that much, and a […]
Continue reading »The Lost Weekend (1945) ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰
Billy Wilder’s first Academy Award wins came for directing and writing (with Charles Brackett) The Lost Weekend. The film concerns Don Birnam (Ray Milland), a writer living in New York and suffering from alcoholism. His brother (Phillip Terry) plans to […]
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