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A Post-Apocalyptic Roadtrip
The Road
starring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Garret Dillahunt, Charlize Theron
directed by John Hillcoat
Film is flooded with numerous director’s visions of how the world will look after the apocalypse. Many are filled with mutants and odd creatures, fast paced and gruesome action sequences, or romances with aliens, etc. From classics like The [...]
Sparkly Vampire VS Morphing Puppy
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Anna Kendrick, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Jamie Campbell Bower, Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning, Jackson Rathbone, Rachelle Lefevre
directed by Chris Weitz
Just when you thought the whole Emo fad had passed…we have another Twilight Movie. The new installment is called New Moon, also the title of [...]
Blind Sided By Ms. Bullock
The Blind Side
starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates
directed by John Lee Hancock
Can you remember the last Sandra Bullock film you actually liked? Its difficult, I know. I’ve blocked from memory The Proposal and Premonition, and I didn’t even bother to see All About Steve. Don’t even talk to me about The Lake [...]
Posted in Movies Tagged John Lee Hancock, Kathy Bates, Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side, Tim McGraw 1 Comment
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
Left 4 Dead 2
Everyone knows it is going to happen. The zombie apocalypse is inevitable. Luckily, as of late, the mainstream media has been preparing the public for such a event in the form of movies, books and even video games.
The original Left 4 Dead came out about a year ago and was met with [...]
The End Is Nigh.
2012
starring John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Thomas McCarthy, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover
directed by Roland Emmerich
Conspiracy theorists, as is their prerogative, have been skewing the meaning of the Mayan calendar for years. In fact, there is nothing about December 21, 2012 that says anything about apocalypse or world ending or anything. [...]
Posted in Movies Tagged 2012, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, John Cusack, Oliver Platt, Roland Emmerich, Thandie Newton, Thomas McCarthy, Woody Harrelson 1 Comment
The Boat That Rocked
Pirate Radio
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Darby, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Davenport, Rhys Ifans, January Jones, Emma Thompson, Tom Sturridge
directed by Richard Curtis
Remember Mr. Bean? Weird, off beat British humor guy from late night BBC? Well, the director of such English oddities, Mr. Richard Curtis, has come a long way. Sure, he [...]
The Only Easy Day was Yesterday
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
The end of Fall has always been one of my favorite times of year. The air outside is a little bit cooler than the usual 100+ degrees that we are used to, Christmas decorations start going up, and oh yeah, the holiday game rush starts! After coming of a particularly [...]
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…Rhymes with Leavin’ Bing
After walking with the dead, I was a little nauseous going into Locke & Key, my latest graphic novel experiment. The cover was foreboding, the rigid spine matched the skeleton key glowing on the front cover, and the house loomed in the background like evil incarnate. And rather ironically, the delicate red [...]
Scrooge in 3D. Bah, Hum Bug!
A Christmas Carol
starring Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Bob Hoskins
directed by Robert Zemeckis
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that Robert Zemeckis hasn’t made a live action film since Cast Away, way back in 2000? For some reason or another the director has been hung up on [...]
One Fell Swoop