Cabin in the Woods (2012) Review
Story telling takes place through many different forms. One can be submerged into a story through a book, a video game, or a movie. Books provide us with great detail and story line, while video games insert us into the story allows us to experience the story as one of the characters roaming free in the story teller’s world. Movies allow us to sit down and experience the story with a high budget spent on fantastic visuals and sound effects. Often people say that books never convert well to movies, and that video game movies just aren’t what they could have been. Cabin in the woods is a movie which feels like a video game but with the excellent detail and story telling of a book. Read more
American Reunion (2012) Review
I still remember seeing American Pie the very night it came out on July 9 of 1999 at the drive in. Me and the people I was with laughed our asses off. It was something miraculous to me that movie. What I found really unbelievable, however, was that part two made me laugh even harder, and American Wedding even harder than that. I love that trilogy. It should have been left a trilogy, however. Some producers simply shun the very notion of quitting while you’re ahead, so it seems. You know the expression “squeezing a lemon?” Well, unfortunately, the makers of the American Pie franchise tried to squeeze one for American Reunion and all that came out was pulp. SPOILERS AHEAD! Read more
Brock Lesnar Returns to WWE: Lesnar vs Cena
Months ago, Brock Lesnar announced his retirement from Mixed Martial Arts. Brock Lesnar has finally returned to WWE. I wrote an article predicting that he’d inevitably return to the WWE and sign with Vince McMahon. You can view that article HERE The MMA and WWE worlds are a buzz right now with tweets and Facebook chatter regarding Brock Lesnar’s future. He has finally shown his hand and appeared on last night’s Monday night RAW, starting a new feud with none other than John Cena! Read more
Cirque du Soleil Performance Features Infiniti JX Car
Yesterday, thousands of Infiniti and Cirque du Soleil enthusiasts enjoyed the first-ever, live, online streaming performance featuring the all-new Infiniti JX. Inspired by daring acrobatics and innovative engineering, Infiniti and Cirque du Soleil leveraged their unique partnership to create a first-of-its-kind, 11-minute performance now viewable via both brands’ YouTube and Facebook pages. Read more
Fright Night (2011) Movie Review
The first time I saw a horror movie I was four years old and it was The Shining on TV. It was in the midst of a family gathering, with a lot of relatives in the room, but they were too wrapped up with each other to notice what I was watching. For three years I had nightmares that those two girls were chasing me around that grand hotel. The first horror movie I watched by purposeful choice, was the fifth installment of Nightmare on Elm Street, entitled, The Dream Child. I was eight. I went on a horror-movie-watching binge shortly after that up until I was 12. I was obsessed, and I watched a lot of bizarre, poorly-made crap. I became very desensitized, and it became very hard to scare me, especially since a lot of horror movies seemed to be spoofing and parodying themselves. They quickly became a joke to me at a very young age. Read more
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Review
Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective in literature, was brought to the big screen for a modern adaptation several years ago. Guy Ritchie did a great job directing the film, especially by casting Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as Sherlock Holmes and Watson respectively. After the first film received great reviews and a fantastic reception from fans everywhere, Ritchie brings Holmes back to the big screen in the second film, “A Game of Shadows” where Holmes and Watson square off against their mortal nemesis, Professor Moriarty. Read more
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) Review
I am a big fan of spy movies and action movies. I have always preferred the James Bond series over the Mission Impossible series. The reasons were simple, I was never really a big fan of Tom Cruise, and I just felt like the previous films were made poorly. Everything was predictable, the action sequences were a let down, and the films were unnecessarily cheesy and dry. I had only heard good things about the new MI film. It was supposed to rejuvenate the series and bring Tom Cruise back into the spotlight. While I was not totally disappointed with it, the movie certainly did not live up to its billing. Read more
In Time (2011) Movie Review
Everybody knows the old adage “Time is Money”. What if time literally was money? In the new science fiction thriller “In Time”, humans are biologically to live until the age of 25. Once you reach 25, your clock starts ticking. Everyone gets a free year to live on, but for most people, you have to work to earn more time on the planet. Coffee, beer, food, rent, everything is purchased using time. The poor live day to day, literally. If you run out of time, you die. The rich can live forever, in their own wealthy “time zones”, while the poor die in the streets because they’ve spent their last few minutes on a meal or the rent. It is an extremely interesting premise, but one that was difficult to execute effectively. Read more
Immortals (2011) Movie Review
As a mythology buff, I was eagerly anticipating the release of Immortals. It is based on Greek mythology, specifically, the story of Theseus. This movie was created by the same team that brought us the movie 300. The 300 movie was one of my favorites when it came out, and I was hoping that Immortals wouldn’t disappoint. Read more
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Review
Comic book movie adaptations generally fall into two categories. They are either horrible or are respectable adaptations that do justice to the comic books that preceded them. It doesn’t seem to matter how the movies are rated, the big name comic book movies always seem to do well at the box office. The majority of the Spider Man series was mediocre at best, yet at the time still set Hollywood box office records. Don’t get me wrong, there have been some excellent comic book movies. The Batman series has been excellent of late, and the Iron Man series is doing especially well. Regardless of execution or character, Spider man, Batman, Hulk, Thor, the X-Men, it doesn’t matter. Fans will go see the movies because they love the characters, and love the series. Captain America is a new addition to the world of comic book movie adaptations. Not as well known as Spiderman or Batman, Captain America was introduced to preclude Marvel’s new Avengers series. Read more
