Battle: Los Angeles – Movie Review
Well, after seeing the abomination that was Red Riding Hood, my editor promised to make it up to me by letting me see Battle: Los Angeles. He delivered, and I’m happy to say that I was at least entertained by this movie, if not particularly moved. I’d been looking forward to seeing Battle: LA ever […]
“Red Riding Hood” – Review by the Raven
What happens when a Brothers Grimm folk tale is turned into a movie and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, of Twilight fame? A highly sexually charged teen fantasy romance perhaps? Read on and be scared…very SCARED! The story revolves around Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) who is planning on running away from the medieval village she grew up […]
Weekly Gleek Report “Sexy” with Guest Star Gwyneth Paltrow
After a week off, Glee returned tonight to teach us about sex. Substitute teacher Holly Holliday (Paltrow) returns to McKinley High after the sex-ed teacher got a bad case of the “herps”. All in all, I gotta say this episode about sex was actually kind of…boring. Tonight’s episode primarily involved the glee kids’ feelings and […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: Rango
Rango’s story might be a familiar hodgepodge of classic film’s and such, but the title character and the amount of weirdness the film throws at us elevates it to accompany the incredible ILM animation. To call the film is actually almost an understatement. The film constantly borderlines on being inappropriate for children, has some rather […]
Movie Review – “Rango” starring Johnny Depp, Directed by Gore Verbinski
When I watched the first trailer for “Rango,” I was immediately captured by the stunning animation. Combine that with Johnny Depp voicing the lead role, and Gore Verbinski at the helm, and I was pretty excited to see what would happen. Unfortunately, the result is a slow-paced kids movie that feels mediocre in the end. […]
Movie Review – Take Me Home Tonight Starring Topher Grace
Comedies attempting to capture a certain period can vary wildly. You sometimes get charming 80s schlock in the form of Wedding Singer, and sometimes you get hilariously over the top antics like in Hot Tub Time Machine. Unfortunately, Take Me Home Tonight shares a lot of similarity with those two films, but never quite manages […]
The Adjustment Bureau
“It doesn’t matter how you feel. All that matters is what’s black and white.” These words, said by Richardson in the film The Adjustment Bureau, are the byproduct of a society built upon the notion of fate and logical thinking. They also seem to fly in the face of human nature and our concept of […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: Drive Angry 3D
Drive Angry 3D is a fun idea that doesn’t nearly take full advantage of the premise it unleashes into the film. I mean, the film opens with Nic Cage breaking out of Hell to hunt down the murderers of his daughter, a satanic cult hoping to bring Hell Fire to Earth, how does this movie […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: Hall Pass
The latest from the Farrelly Brothers has a bit of an identity crisis, it doesn’t know if it wants to be crude (which rarely works here) or sweet (which does kind of work) and it never finds the right balance. A Hall Pass is a week off from marriage with no consequences for any and […]
The Best Films of 2010: A Year in Film
It is Oscar time and another year is gone and while 2010 was being deemed by many to be an awful year for film, I find myself disagreeing. Six of my top ten were released pre-September but most of the top 20 were released after. So sure the end of the year was a bit […]