Up (2009)
By Devon Gilbert
Up is one of those movies that makes me wonder how I was ever able to watch hand drawn cartoons. I feel bad for saying that considering hand drawn animation is still very difficult to achieve and has made for many great films/TV shows, but CGI animation blows [...]
Turkey Shoot (aka Escape 2000) (1982)
By Devon Gilbert
I decided to view this old ozploitation movie (meaning Australian exploitation flick) because it looked like one of the better movies on the excellent Not Quite Hollywood documentary. Turkey Shoot is more or less what I expected from the clips, which is to say [...]
The Hangover (2009)
I didn’t expect much from The Hangover. Of course the premise, about three guys who wake up after a crazy Las Vegas bachelor party with no memory of the prior night yet must find the missing groom in time for his wedding, had lots of potential to be hilarious. It’s just [...]
The Crazies
The Crazies gave me a little hope in the American horror film. Not a lot, but a little. The Crazies could be called an American horror masterpiece. I’m not going to go that far, but it was definitely a masterful execution of the American horror formula.
It follows Sheriff Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) and Judy Dutton [...]
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus almost didn’t get made due to Heath Ledger’s death midway through production. Ledgers death was unfortunate, but Gilliam should thank his lucky stars that he was making a movie that could adjust to such an occurrence. Unfortunately, the film is a failure. Most people won’t enjoy it, [...]
2012
Let me first say how much I respected the trailer for 2012. The trailer that was shown in theaters at least. It had very little talking and gave very little information, aside from the fact that Earth would be destroyed in many ways. The trailer for 2012 was practically just a montage [...]