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Donnie Yen is a highly accomplished Hong Kong action star. He’s made many acclaimed action films such as Ip Man and Hero and is among the ranks of Jackie Chan and Jet Li and yet I’d never seen one of his films. I’ve made it my mission to see a handful of them. I had already seen most of Ip Man so I decided to start with Flash Point and [read...] 
Man Bites Dog is a film that I had been trying to find for a while. A DVD eluded my grasp but I was pleasantly surprised to find the film available on YouTube. You can watch it there if a DVD is not available. I really like the title, “Man Bites Dog”. It’s obscure and peaks the interest of any potential viewers, and it has great relevance to the film, [read...] 
127 Hours comes from Danny Boyle who is a very good director. His works are very varied, ranging from 28 Days Later (2002) an infected people thriller to Sunshine (2007) a sci-fi adventure film to Slumdog Millionaire (2008) a feel good drama. This time the story is true which is incredible. It is a very interesting one and I think that the test for any movie inspired by real life [read...] 
Children of Men is a movie that I had heard a lot about, but just sort of ignored. I have Ryan Connolly from Film Riot to thank for convincing me to finally watch it. All I really knew was that it starred Clive Owen, who is a pretty good actor, had some explosions (which I saw in a trailer) and that it was a sci-fi film, which I only found [read...] 
For the past several years Horror movies have been coming out pre-packaged with accepted failure. The general audience has even come to terms with the fact that there have not been many good films in the genre in a while. Mostly they’re bad sequels, unnecessary and shameful remakes and failed concepts as well as an overabundance of torture porn with the growing subgenre started by films like Hostel and the [read...] 
Seven Psychopaths (2012) was a movie that I had strongly anticipated. I wasn’t able to see it until recently, because unfortunately the movie had only a limited release, and wasn’t available anywhere near me. I was not disappointed, I was however surprised. I expected a fast paced action comedy film, what I got was a much deeper story that came off as very personal to the writer/director Martin McDonagh. One [read...] 
One Hour Photo is a 2002 psychological thriller starring Robin Williams and directed by Mark Romanek. You may think this is really weird because generally Robin is mostly known for his comedy roles. A good number of those are also geared towards little kids but this film was a departure for him and actually really good. The basic plot is that Robin Williams’ character Seymour “Sy” Parrish works at a [read...] 
The Cabin in the Woods is probably the most recent film to come out that will be part of this special series of horror reviews. I just watched it and was very surprised. I knew nothing about the movie before seeing it, other than the fact that it was written by Joss Whedon and that it had gotten pretty good reviews. I’m really glad that I knew nothing about the [read...] 
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! Today I’m talking about the black and white masterpiece by Alfred Hitchcock. If you don’t know who Hitchcock is then you’re missing out on some of the greatest films ever made. The sheer volume of his output is amazing. Some of his work includes such classics as REAR WINDOW (1954), NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) and of course PSYCHO. Psycho was instantly hailed as a masterpiece as [read...] 
Ridley Scott is a great director who has made many amazing films including BLADE RUNNER (1982), GLADIATOR (2000), BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001) and of course Alien which was only his second feature film. The famous tagline for this movie was: “In space no one can hear you scream.” This was clever as well as a good solution to the horror isolation element. In horror movies there needs to be a [read...] |
    
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