Recent viewings

[bladerunnerblues]

Raggedy Ann and Andy Movie is one of the 3 animated films that my Parents took me to see way back when,and I have been wanting to see all of them again ever since.The other 2 are Winds of Change and A Mouse And His Son.

[Doggett]

Terminator 3
2.5/5
This film so so middle of the road it's scary.
The first T was an 18*, T2 was a 15, and this is a 12...doesn't that tell you everything.




*Earned a 15 when released on DVD a few years back.

[indianasmith]

FEAR THE FOREST - worst Bigfoot movie since SUBURBAN SASQUATCH.  Fake monster costume, bad acting, no boobies, totally unscary serial killer posing as monster . . . DUMBER THAN A BRAIN DAMAGE FILM!!!

[Rev. Powell]

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE (1996):  From the cult TV series, a man and his two robots trapped in space mock one of the worst movies ever made--only in the one-off feature version the film is THIS ISLAND EARTH, a colorful sci-fi film that isn't close to the laughable fare the show usually covered. The feature film offers very few extras for fans, won't covert anyone new to the cause, and would have been considered an average to below average episode if it had aired on TV.  It's annoying that they weren't limited to a 2 hour timeslot this time, but ended up with a film only 75 minutes longer, shorter than a TV episode, because they edited THIS ISLAND EARTH' down to 55 minutes from 87 minutes.  What was THAT about? 2.5/5. 

[Joe the Destroyer]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine- Better than I expected.  Better, anyway, than X-Men: The Last Stand.  However, not as good as the first two films.  I actually enjoyed Ryan Renolds as Deadpool, but felt that they introduced so many characters that they all had to take a backseat.  In a way, the film feels like a miniature MK:A, only better.  In short, it's decent.   

[Jack]

Bottom Feeder (2006) - Some lizard-looking guy hires a scientist to find a cure for his condition.  He's rather disappointed when the scientist doesn't conduct any human trials, so he has the scientist injected with the serum and left in some underground tunnels to see what happens to him.  He turns into a rat monster or something.  Meanwhile, a maintenance crew happens to be wandering around down in the tunnels, and of course they come across the monster and spend the rest of the movie trying to escape.  I liked this, it didn't take itself very seriously and the characters were rather likable.  Not a very interesting plot, but oh well.  We don't expect much from the Saturday Night Sci-Fi Channel Feature.  3.5/5.

[Joe the Destroyer]

Bottom Feeder (2006) - Some lizard-looking guy hires a scientist to find a cure for his condition.  He's rather disappointed when the scientist doesn't conduct any human trials, so he has the scientist injected with the serum and left in some underground tunnels to see what happens to him.  He turns into a rat monster or something.  Meanwhile, a maintenance crew happens to be wandering around down in the tunnels, and of course they come across the monster and spend the rest of the movie trying to escape.  I liked this, it didn't take itself very seriously and the characters were rather likable.  Not a very interesting plot, but oh well.  We don't expect much from the Saturday Night Sci-Fi Channel Feature.  3.5/5.

That sounds like it has potential to be awesomely bad.  I may catch it some time.

[InformationGeek]

Poltergeist

I just watched this movie last night.  Very scary and very visually impressive for the time (Visuals were done by Lucasarts I think).  I think the one of the question everybody has about the movie is what kind of parent buys a freaky clown doll like that one?!  Anyways, good film and it might be interesting for me to review it later...

[Rev. Powell]

GUMMO (1997): A largely plotless, impressionistic and depressing tour of the hopeless white trash residents of Xenia, OH. A lot like what would result if someone took home videos of that embarassing welfare-addicted branch of the family no one likes to talk about and mixed them in a blender with experimental shorts from film school; it's sometimes interesting, but frequently incoherent and annoying. 2.5/5.

WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY (2006): In a starless and smileless afterlife reserved for suicides, three dead souls embark on a road trip: Zia searches for his earthly lover, while Mikal looks for the People in Charge, and crusty Russian Eugene comes along for the ride. An entertainingly offbeat romantic comedy disguised as a black comedy. 4/5.

[Sister Grace]

Black Out- stars Amber Tamblyn. about three people trapped in an elevator for what seems like an eternity while the city is going through a blackout. Ultimately it is discovered that one of the people in the elevator is a serial killer. Was actually a decent flick and i thoroughly enjoyed it. 4/5
ps if you watch this you will never be able to look at another box of salt ever again without thinking about sex.

[Doggett]

ps if you watch this you will never be able to look at another box of salt ever again without thinking about sex.

That might just be you, SG. 

[InformationGeek]

Monkeybone

This is very weird movie, not as weird as Raggedy Ann (But what is really?).  It has its moments, but it really isn't that entertaining, which is kind of surprising when I read the description of the movie on the back of DVD cover.  Oh well, at least it didn't cost much money to buy.

[Jack]

Fireball (2009) - An ex-football linebacker has been taking designer steroids, which has turned him into a "Firestarter" sort of character.  They actually give a detailed scientific explanation of how this is possible    The Fire Marshall (Lexa Doig) and an FBI agent try to put an end to his reign of terror.  I just watched this because Lexa is totally hot, and an excellent actress.  Other than that, pretty average Sci-Fi Original stuff.  3/5.

[lester1/2jr]

Zombie lake- reviewed on this site .      I actualy liked this but I'm not proud of that fact.   It has to be the cheapest movie I've ever seen by someone I consider to be a really good director Jean Rollin.  I'm not an expert in euro horror but I've seen my fair share and I always liked Jean rollins movies.  I don't know that I would compare him to Stanley kubrick, but I might mention kubrick in discussing Rollin while not directly likening them to each other, if that makes any sense.   The gore effects are not even as good as what you would get in a halloween costume shop.  All the money was spent on two different underwater shots of admittedly attractive  nude young ladies.  The zombies look like members of Kraftwerk with toothpaste on their face.    That's probably just what they are.  If you can get into stuff like "the Bushwhacker" definately check it out. 4/5

[Doggett]

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
4/5
This is how you grow old gracefully, none of that Indy 4 nonsense.
Kirk gets framed for a murder and Spock has to solve the case before it's all out war between The Federation and the Klingon Empire.
Great stuff.