Hey look, another movie based on a video game! Uh, yeah, don’t assume you should read that as excitement. It could be a statement full of astonishment or derision. Well, ok, maybe not derision – in this case. But I didn’t love it. “Max Payne”, based on the video game of the same name, isn’t…
DetailsJust when you think zombies have been done to undeath, how could anyone manage to make another zombie movie with any level of success? I don’t know, but someone has. I’ve often said that the horror genre is interesting because, these days, it’s really hard to make an original horror film, and yet it’s still…
DetailsPart I: The Recent Stuff and the Good Stuff, Not the Same Thing Well, another summer has come and gone. Labor Day 2008 had the lowest box office takings this holiday has seen in seven years. Of course, even for regular Joe’s like me, it was no surprise. I mean, seriously, let’s look…
DetailsI like a good western. They don’t seem to come along as often as they once did, but I think “The Unforgiven” started a resurgence of them; at least that’s what it feels like. Last year’s remake of “3:10 To Yuma” was great. So when I hear about a western with Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen…
DetailsI chose to see this movie because I didn’t want to tax my brain. Well, I got what I asked for. It occurs to me that there will always be room in this industry for mediocre films. They aren’t going to go away as long as they keep making money. Sure, I like a good…
DetailsPart II: The Bad Stuff and the Unique Stuff, and the Wrap-Up’s Wrap-Up Part I took us up to August. So, “Pineapple Express” was really funny, and “Tropic Thunder” has been at the top for a few weeks and was the only other significant release in August. So you can see that the…
DetailsOh, I’m sure everyone is going to say, “Told ya so, Neil!”, when I say that this movie was stinky. Not that I didn’t have my doubts as it was, it’s just that I heard there were a lot of problems between the director and the production company. Apparently after going over budget and a…
DetailsI don’t understand why someone would want to remake their own movie ten years after the original came out, especially when the original was a good film. But, apparently driven by this inexplicable desire are the Pang Brothers, the Chinese twins who directed “The Eye”, its sequels and “Who Is Running?” These guys have made…
DetailsEditor’s note: There are some spoilers below. But really, do you care? As I suspected, “Mirrors” is another American remake of an Asian, in this case, Korean, horror film. And as in the case of many of the other remakes of Korean or Japanese horror films, this just doesn’t feel right somehow. Not to say…
DetailsThis movie offers some of the emptiest calories ever put on screen. But that isn’t always a bad thing. Indeed, you will not gain anything constructive from seeing “Death Race”. You won’t see any Oscar nominated performances, you won’t see “the 21st Century’s “Citizen Kane”, you won’t learn a new language or certainly get any…
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