Much like this years Mama, a respectable enough little thriller thats not great but decent enough.
B-
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Mini Review: "Girls Against Boys"
A rape and revenge story where the protagonist is so ...blank...it makes the original I Spit on Your Grave a masterpiece by comparison.
F
F
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Mini Review: "The Helpers"
A dull, predictable thriller that mistakes loud noises for suspense. Terrible.
F
F
Monday, February 25, 2013
Mini Review: "Playing For Keeps"
A totally predictable yet harmless rom-com where the highlight for me was finding the lead character had played for my beloved Liverpool Football Club (as well as Celtic FC, who I have a very fond spot for) in his past.
B-
B-
So, we move on..
Now that the Oscars have been handed out, whats next here on the site? Well, reviews of course! We've got the top choices still to see and add to, and you should expect the following reviews over the next week:
Girls Against Boys
Sinister
The Helpers
Chained
Playing for Keeps
A Good Day to Die Hard
So stay tuned!
Girls Against Boys
Sinister
The Helpers
Chained
Playing for Keeps
A Good Day to Die Hard
So stay tuned!
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Academy Awards
7:30 CST: Seth Macfarlane opens with a Tommy Lee Jones joke.
7:34 CST: Seth comes in with an uncomfortable bit regarding slavery and Chris Brown
7:36 CST: Shatner as Kirk!!
7:42 CST: Flight with sock puppets is awesome!
7:51 CST: Best Supporting Actor goes to Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained
7:59 CST: Best Animated Short goes to Paperman
8:00 CST: Best Animated Feature goes to Brave
8:08 CST: Best Cinematography goes to Life of Pi
8:10 CST: Best Visual Effects goes to Life of Pi
8:18 CST: Best Costume Design goes to Anna Karenina
8:21 CST: Best Makeup and Hairsyling goes to Les Miserables
8:34 CST: Best Short Film, Live Action goes to Curfew
8:36 CST: Best Documentary, Short goes to Inocente
8:45 CST: Best Documentary, Feature goes to Searching for Sugar Man
8:51 CST: Best Foreign Film goes to Amour
9:12 CST: Best Sound Mixing goes to Les Miserables
9:15 CST: Best Sound Editing goes to Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall
9:23 CST: Best Supporting Actress goes to Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables
9:34 CST: Best Film Editing goes to Argo
9:44 CST: Nicole Kidman with an oopsie rushing her lines. Handled it like a pro though.
9:50 CST: Best Production Design goes to Lincoln
10:11 CST: Best Original Score goes to Life of Pi
10:15 CST: Best Original Song goes to Skyfall
10:25 CST: Best Adapted Screenplay goes to Argo
10:26 CST: Best Original Screenplay goes to Django Unchained
10:35 CST: Best Director goes to Ang Lee for Life of Pi
10:43 CST: Best Actress goes to Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook
10:48 CST: Best Actor goes to Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln
10:56 CST: Best Picture goes to Argo
That's it folks, been a wonderful year and this year promises to be just as interesting. See you at the box office!
7:34 CST: Seth comes in with an uncomfortable bit regarding slavery and Chris Brown
7:36 CST: Shatner as Kirk!!
7:42 CST: Flight with sock puppets is awesome!
7:51 CST: Best Supporting Actor goes to Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained
7:59 CST: Best Animated Short goes to Paperman
8:00 CST: Best Animated Feature goes to Brave
8:08 CST: Best Cinematography goes to Life of Pi
8:10 CST: Best Visual Effects goes to Life of Pi
8:18 CST: Best Costume Design goes to Anna Karenina
8:21 CST: Best Makeup and Hairsyling goes to Les Miserables
8:34 CST: Best Short Film, Live Action goes to Curfew
8:36 CST: Best Documentary, Short goes to Inocente
8:45 CST: Best Documentary, Feature goes to Searching for Sugar Man
8:51 CST: Best Foreign Film goes to Amour
9:12 CST: Best Sound Mixing goes to Les Miserables
9:15 CST: Best Sound Editing goes to Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall
9:23 CST: Best Supporting Actress goes to Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables
9:34 CST: Best Film Editing goes to Argo
9:44 CST: Nicole Kidman with an oopsie rushing her lines. Handled it like a pro though.
9:50 CST: Best Production Design goes to Lincoln
10:11 CST: Best Original Score goes to Life of Pi
10:15 CST: Best Original Song goes to Skyfall
10:25 CST: Best Adapted Screenplay goes to Argo
10:26 CST: Best Original Screenplay goes to Django Unchained
10:35 CST: Best Director goes to Ang Lee for Life of Pi
10:43 CST: Best Actress goes to Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook
10:48 CST: Best Actor goes to Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln
10:56 CST: Best Picture goes to Argo
That's it folks, been a wonderful year and this year promises to be just as interesting. See you at the box office!
Razzies winners!
Worst Picture 2012:
Twilight Saga:
Breaking Dawn Part 2
Worst Actor 2012:
Adam Sandler: That's My Boy!
Worst Actress 2012:
Kristen Stewart: Snow White and the Huntsman & Twilight
S.B.D. #2
Worst Supporting Actor 2012:
Taylor Lautner: Twilight S.B.D. #2
Worst Supporting Actress 2012:
Rihanna: Battleship
Worst Screen Ensemble 2012:
The Entire Cast of Twilight
Saga Breaking Dawn, Part 2
Worst Director 2012:
Bill Condon: TWILIGHT S.B.D. #2
Worst Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel 2012:
Twilight Saga:
Breaking Dawn Part 2
Worst Screen Couple 2012:
Mackenzie Foy as "Little Renesmee" ,Taylor Lautner
TWILIGHT: S.B.D. #2
Worst Screenplay 2012:
That's My Boy!
Written by David Caspe
Friday, February 22, 2013
Here we go...round 1, Golden Schmoes winners!
Starts with this one today, sometime tomorrow or possibly Sunday morning we'll have the Razzies and Sunday of course, we'll have our abbreviated Oscars blog. As always, my choices are bold.
FAVORITE MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Django Unchained
WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Twilight Saga:
Breaking Dawn (Part 2)
BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Ben Affleck – Argo
BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Django Unchained
MOST OVERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Hunger Games
MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Cabin in the Woods
TRIPPIEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Cabin in the Woods
BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR
21 Jump Street
BEST HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Cabin in the Woods
BEST ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Wreck-it-Ralph
BEST SCI-FI MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Looper
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE YEAR
The Avengers
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR
Prometheus
BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR
21 Jump Street
BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Dane DeHaan – Chronicle
FAVORITE CELEBRITY OF THE YEAR
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
COOLEST CHARACTER OF THE YEAR
Bane
BEST MUSIC IN A MOVIE
Django Unchained
FAVORITE MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR
The Dark Knight Rises
BEST TRAILER OF THE YEAR
The Dark Knight Rises
BEST DVD OF THE YEAR
The Avengers
BEST ACTION SEQUENCE OF THE YEAR
Final NY City battle - The
Avengers
MOST MEMORABLE SCENE IN A MOVIE
Hulk smashes Loki - The
Avengers
BEST T&A OF THE YEAR
Scarlett Johansson - The
Avengers
BEST LINE OF THE YEAR
"Argo f*ck
yourself" - Argo
Monday, February 18, 2013
Mini Review: "Warm Bodies"
Much more than the "Twilight" with zombies as it's been mocked, "Warm Bodies" is a fun, and even touching tale of how love and memories can cure the world...even its zombies.
A
A
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Mini Reviews!!!
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome: Hell of a nice try, but with ideas stolen (very blatantly I might add) from Top Gun, Pitch Black and others, this one wasnt up to the standards set by its namesake. It was, however, better than Caprica. F
The ABC's of Death: You only need one....F ...for failure. The film was absolute garbage. F
Coming Soon: Warm Bodies, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, American Mary, Girls Against Boys and Sinister.
The ABC's of Death: You only need one....F ...for failure. The film was absolute garbage. F
Coming Soon: Warm Bodies, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, American Mary, Girls Against Boys and Sinister.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Oscar catchup is over so....
Expect to start seeing more reviews in the coming days. We'll have several coming up, including the following around this weekend:
American Mary
Warm Bodies
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
The ABC's of Death
and....
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.
Plus many more, hoping to get a showing in next week of A Good Day to Die Hard.
So stay tuned friends!
American Mary
Warm Bodies
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
The ABC's of Death
and....
Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.
Plus many more, hoping to get a showing in next week of A Good Day to Die Hard.
So stay tuned friends!
Golden Schmoe Awards Picks!
This is the official ballot I'm submitting for the joblo.com Golden Schmoe Awards. My picks are in bold.
FAVORITE MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Argo
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Skyfall
WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Battleship
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Piranha 3DD
That's
My Boy
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 2)
BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Ben Affleck - Argo
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight Rises
Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained
Joss Whedon - The Avengers
BEST SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR
Argo
The Cabin in the Woods
Django Unchained
Looper
Silver Linings Playbook
MOST OVERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hunger Games
Lincoln
Les Miserables
MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Cabin in the Woods
Cloud Atlas
Dredd 3D
The Grey
Seven Psychopaths
TRIPPIEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Cabin in the Woods
Cloud Atlas
Dredd 3D
Life of Pi
Looper
BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR
21 Jump Street
Moonrise Kingdom
Seven Psychopaths
Silver
Linings Playbook
Ted
BEST HORROR MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Cabin in the Woods
Prometheus
Sinister
V/H/S
The Woman in Black
BEST ANIMATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR
Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-it-Ralph
BEST SCI-FI MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
Dredd 3D
Looper
Prometheus
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS OF THE YEAR
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Prometheus
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Dark Knight Rises
Dark Shadows
The
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Prometheus
BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE YEAR
21 Jump Street
The Cabin in the Woods
Dredd 3D
The Grey
Looper
BEST ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Liam Neeson - The Grey
Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight
BEST ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem - Skyfall
Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour
Hoffman - The Master
Christoph Waltz - Django
Unchained
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - The Master
Emily Blunt - Looper
Judi Dench - Skyfall
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Gina Carano - Haywire
Dane DeHaan - Chronicle
Kara Hayward - Moonrise Kingdom
Suraj Sharma - Life of Pi
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the
Southern Wild
FAVORITE CELEBRITY OF THE YEAR
Ben Affleck
Christian Bale
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tom Hardy
Jennifer Lawrence
COOLEST CHARACTER OF THE YEAR
Bane
Django
Dr. King Shultz
The Hulk
Judge Dredd
BEST MUSIC IN A MOVIE
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Skyfall
FAVORITE MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR
The Cabin in the Woods
The
Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Looper
Prometheus
BEST TRAILER OF THE YEAR
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Prometheus
Skyfall
BEST DVD OF THE YEAR
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures
Jaws
Prometheus
BEST ACTION SEQUENCE OF THE YEAR
Final NY City battle
- The Avengers
Shootout at
Candie-Land - Django Unchained
Bane vs Batman
(breaks back) - The Dark Knight Rises
Entire opening
sequence - Skyfall
Bin Laden compound raid - Zero
Dark Thirty
MOST MEMORABLE SCENE IN A MOVIE
Airport escape - Argo
Hulk smashes Loki - The Avengers
The purge (unleash
the monsters) - The Cabin in the Woods
Alien
C-section/abortion - Prometheus
Silva's
introduction/entrance – Skyfall
BEST T&A OF THE YEAR
Jessica Chastain - Lawless
Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises
Scarlett Johansson - The Avengers
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Berenice Marlohe – Skyfall
BEST LINE OF THE YEAR
"Argo f*ck yourself" - Argo
"We have a
Hulk" - The Avengers
"The D is
silent" - Django Unchained
"I like the way
you die, boy" - Django Unchained
"I'm the
motherf*cker who found this place, sir!" - Zero Dark Thirty
Monday, February 11, 2013
2013's Updated Top Picks List!
As
always, those in bold indicate an absolute must see! Release dates may change
so check your local listings prior to heading out.
Zero Dark Thirty: A-
Mama: B-
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters: Review coming this weekend
John Dies at the End: A
Warm Bodies: Review coming this weekend
A Good Day to Die Hard: FEB. 14
Dark Skies: FEB. 22
The ABC's of Death: MAR. 8 (review coming this weekend)
Carrie: MAR. 15
The Heat: APR. 5
Evil Dead: APR. 5
Oblivion: APR. 19
Iron Man 3: MAY 3
Star Trek Into Darkness: MAY 17
World War Z: JUN. 21
Kick-Ass 2: JUN. 28
Pacific Rim: JUL. 12
R.I.P.D.: JUL. 19
Red 2: AUG. 2
Elysium: AUG. 9
We're the Millers: AUG. 9
Machete Kills: SEP. 13
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For: OCT. 4
The Worlds End: OCT. 25
Ender's Game: NOV. 1
Thor: The Dark World: NOV. 8
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: NOV. 22
Zero Dark Thirty: A-
Mama: B-
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters: Review coming this weekend
John Dies at the End: A
Warm Bodies: Review coming this weekend
A Good Day to Die Hard: FEB. 14
Dark Skies: FEB. 22
The ABC's of Death: MAR. 8 (review coming this weekend)
Carrie: MAR. 15
The Heat: APR. 5
Evil Dead: APR. 5
Oblivion: APR. 19
Iron Man 3: MAY 3
Star Trek Into Darkness: MAY 17
World War Z: JUN. 21
Kick-Ass 2: JUN. 28
Pacific Rim: JUL. 12
R.I.P.D.: JUL. 19
Red 2: AUG. 2
Elysium: AUG. 9
We're the Millers: AUG. 9
Machete Kills: SEP. 13
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For: OCT. 4
The Worlds End: OCT. 25
Ender's Game: NOV. 1
Thor: The Dark World: NOV. 8
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: NOV. 22
Mini Review: "Mama"
A surprisingly effective little thriller that is just good enough for what its doing.
B-
B-
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