Recent viewings

[Flick James]

The Fighter (2010): I watched it over the weekend and I was quite impressed. Christian Bale deserved every award he won. Fantastic performance. Great performances all around. The boxing scenes were very well done. They didn't have that ridiculously unrealistic boxing that you see in the Rocky movies, for example. Not that I don't love the Rocky movies. Compelling, great performances, well directed and edited, just a fine film overall. Definately recommended.

4.9/5

[Flick James]

Dark House (2010): Wow, this movie was BAAAAAAAD! My wife actually put this piece of crap on a couple of nights ago while flipping through channels. Right from the very first frames, we both knew this was going to be worth a few laughs. The fake blood being spattered onto dolls in the opening sequence was so unbelievably fake looking we were immediately drawn in.

The acting then took over. Bad, bad dialogue, horribly delivered. The lead actress, Meghan Ory (never seen her before) was like one of those community college actresses who overacts everything and thinks she's the next big thing. It was so bad. My wife and I actually debated over whether or not she even knew she was in a piece of crap. My wife argued that she had to have known she was in a piece of crap, while I'm not convinced.

The effects were so bad and cliched that I couldn't believe my eyes at some points.

Look, this was a very bad movie. I'm not sure if anybody would actually want to watch it, but it did produce some laughs and the acting was particularly humorous. I really wanted to see the lead actress die, but no dice. I'll rate it not on any entertainment I got out of it but on how truly bad a movie it is.

1.2/5

[retrorussell]

This and Justice League Unlimited are my favorite cartoon series of all time.  Better than Transformers, Animaniacs, Tiny Tunes and Looney Tunes, even.

[Jack]

I tried watching some more of Forbidden Zone: Alien Abduction last night - probably fast-forwarded through a half hour of it.  It's like some super cheesy Full Moon sci-fi movie (or Surrender Cinema or whatever), but it's got some soft-core porno elements to it - it basically combines the absence of plot of a porno with the absence of titillation like a crappy sci-fi movie.  So you're left with nothing but boring stupidity.   Some girls sit around a pool, one tells about how she was jogging and saw some guy and followed him back to his place (insert 5 minutes of footage of her following him back to his place), and then what happens?  Sex scene?  Nope, cut back to the pool and she tells the other girls she had multiple orgasms and they all giggle     It would take someone with a lot more willpower than I've got to make it to the end of this thing.

[lester1/2jr]

The China Syndrome (1979) - I was a little underwhelmed by this. I had been excited to see it because I really like both Jane Fonda and Michael Douglas and it's so apropos with what's going on in Japan. This is really little more than a typical late 70's conspiracy/ Jaws type movie.  It's decent but you can pretty much guess how its gonna go: there is a problem at the nuclear power plant, the idealistic scientist who is also kind of a company man wants to shut the thing down and take care of it, the owners are like stop worrying and don't care that the shark may come back I mean the plant might melt down (and burn all the way to china, hence the title).

They really could have shown Jane Fonda off a little more too. She is wearing a friggin pantsuit the entire time. Jack Lemmon is good.  3.75 /5

Boy A (2007) -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VaSQNUt9H4
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 British movie about a kid who committs a heinous murder as child, is reformed (it would appear) and now is trying to start a new life under an assumed name. He is determined to make it, but he's kind of a misfit because of his unusual childhood and he's always afraid that someone in the media or some watchdog group will expose his identity or his story will fall apart.

This was a really good movie. Two minor problems I had with it: I get that the kid might not be a social animal per say but alot of movies seem to have this character like Christian Slater in "pump up the volume" where they are both really aspergers ish and extremely good looking. It just seems a little too easy and I was happy that he seemed to kind of open up a little after a while. Also, I don't live in England but theres no way people are this f**king nice there. I mean the guy just immediately creates a stellar life for himself it's like, o-kay.

Again, minor complaints. I was drawn in right away and the general idea was interesting and relatively original. definately needed the subtitles though.

5/5

[major jay]

GODZILLA, MOTHRA AND KING GIDORAH (ALL OUT MONSTER ATTACK).

It made me feel worse for Japan than I already do.

[crackers]

I just watched Ghost Lake and thought it was dreadfully good. Maybe it was because it only cost me 50p but I laughed out loud quite a few times.

[SpringZhang]

Shakespeare in Love
Benjamin Button

Really appreciate them.

[Jack]

Lost Tribe (2010) - some people are out on a yacht and it sinks, so they're stranded on a tropical island.  Turns out there's some nasty critters on the island too.  This started out okay, the characters weren't very sympathetic but at least it seemed like the film makers were actually trying.  Then we get to the middle part of the movie and it's just a blatant ripoff of Predator.  We get POV shots where the creatures see with thermal vision;  they also run around in the tree tops exactly like a Predator.  And you know how you can become invisible by covering yourself in mud?  In this movie it's the juice of some berries.  Probably because they didn't want their female lead covered in mud.  The last act was actually quite good, definitely the best part of the movie.  And then there's the non-ending.  But there's just no way you can overlook the laughable ripoff that comprises the middle of the movie.  2.5/5.

[RD]

I saw Rango Yesterday. Great animation and hilarious bits of surreal humor. It's like the muppets wound up in a John Ford movie.

[claws]

Lost Tribe (2010) - some people are out on a yacht and it sinks, so they're stranded on a tropical island.  Turns out there's some nasty critters on the island too.  This started out okay, the characters weren't very sympathetic but at least it seemed like the film makers were actually trying.  Then we get to the middle part of the movie and it's just a blatant ripoff of Predator.  We get POV shots where the creatures see with thermal vision;  they also run around in the tree tops exactly like a Predator.  And you know how you can become invisible by covering yourself in mud?  In this movie it's the juice of some berries.  Probably because they didn't want their female lead covered in mud.  The last act was actually quite good, definitely the best part of the movie.  And then there's the non-ending.  But there's just no way you can overlook the laughable ripoff that comprises the middle of the movie.  2.5/5.

The Lost Tribe (2010) a.k.a. Primal (in some Countries) is suppose to be a remake (!) of The Forgotten Ones a.k.a. The Tribe (2009), the movie I watched the other day. Adding to the confusion is Primal (2010) which seems semi-related, but looks more like a The Ruins knock off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pah2u9AXsHU
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[Rev. Powell]

KEEP MY GRAVE OPEN (1976): A female Norman Bates kills off yokels with a samurai sword.  No surprises, no suspense, no reason to watch.  1/5.

[Flick James]

Also, I don't live in England but theres no way people are this f**king nice there.

Sure they are. Haven't you ever seen European Vacation?

[lester1/2jr]

yeah maybe they are.

[Jack]

Lost Tribe (2010) - some people are out on a yacht and it sinks, so they're stranded on a tropical island.  Turns out there's some nasty critters on the island too.  This started out okay, the characters weren't very sympathetic but at least it seemed like the film makers were actually trying.  Then we get to the middle part of the movie and it's just a blatant ripoff of Predator.  We get POV shots where the creatures see with thermal vision;  they also run around in the tree tops exactly like a Predator.  And you know how you can become invisible by covering yourself in mud?  In this movie it's the juice of some berries.  Probably because they didn't want their female lead covered in mud.  The last act was actually quite good, definitely the best part of the movie.  And then there's the non-ending.  But there's just no way you can overlook the laughable ripoff that comprises the middle of the movie.  2.5/5.

The Lost Tribe (2010) a.k.a. Primal (in some Countries) is suppose to be a remake (!) of The Forgotten Ones a.k.a. The Tribe (2009), the movie I watched the other day. Adding to the confusion is Primal (2010) which seems semi-related, but looks more like a The Ruins knock off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pah2u9AXsHU

That looks pretty good, I'll definitely check it out one of these days.