Pacific Rim (2013)

Wow! (Inner 12 year old claps gleefully). It’s true…this flick really IS Guillermo Del Toro having a geek jerk-off session with a hefty budget…and it’s rather great. I haven’t caught myself unconsciously grinning away in the darkness of a movie theatre in a LONG time, but here…it happened…more than once. ‘Pacific Rim’ is a highly […]

Lovely Molly (2011)

Damn. Now that’s an intense, bleak and depressing movie…and I mean that in the best possible way. Holy shit! Much like ‘Mama’, this was another film that I knew VERY little about going in (seems to be my MO these days). Once more…I’m all the happier (or friggin tense and depressed…now) for it. Lovely Molly […]

Evil Dead (2013)

Now, if you HAVE to do a completely unnecessary remake of a classic low-budget horror flick…THIS is (mostly) THE way to go! Holy shit! This version of ‘The Evil Dead’ (1981) goes for the friggin jugular (at times, literally)…and doesn’t let go! I’m a big Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell fan, and the original Evil Dead series […]

Mama (2013)

Well, I’ve said it before and I’m sure that I’ll say it again: I love me a good ghost story! Going in, I knew next to nothing about this surprising little horror gem. I DID know that Geek Movie God Guillermo del Toro was strapped in as an Executive Producer, which bodes well right off […]

BOOK- ‘Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgenson (2013)

This collection of memoirs, released about 2 weeks ago, from the man who led the charge of ‘hard’ industrial metal in the 80s and 90s is a helluva entertaining (and enlightening) ‘read’. It will stand up there with Nikki Sixxs ‘The Heroin Diaries’ as being one of the most unflinchingly honest near-tragic examples of horrific […]

White House Down (2013)

So, I think that it’s a pretty safe conclusion to come to that Roland Emmerich is one of the undisputed kings of the Summer Popcorn Movie. His filmography boasts the likes of Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), The Patriot (2000), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), and 2012 (2009), so clearly the man knows ‘spectacle’. ‘White […]

Razorback (1984)

This was another of those flicks from my youth where I vividly remember noticing the creepy box art on the shelves of the local VIDEO store, but never had the chance to actually see. In one respect, even then, I thought that the idea of a monster boar was both silly and unsettling, unsettling because […]

Men in Black 3 (2012)

Man, I love surprises! I fired this flick up expecting something on par with the craptacular Men in Black 2 (2002), especially considering the MIB3 scuttlebutt that was floating around about script issues (didn’t have a completed script on filming), cost issues, a ‘stop n start’ production and poor ‘tracking’. Given all THAT drama, this […]

World War Z (2013)

Ouch. As an avid fan of the ‘zombie’ genre and of the book, in particular, that this is VERY loosely based on, this flick very much resembles an insulting kick in the head. I knew that there was gonna be trouble when I first got wind of the inevitable movie adaptation, largely due to the […]

Man of Steel (2013)

As readers (all 3 or 4 of ya) may have noticed from past reviews, I’m a big fan of Zack Snyders films. A significant chunk of his filmography falls squarely onto several of my ‘Favorite Movies’ lists; with Dawn of the Dead (2004) and Watchmen (2009) being distinct ‘stand outs’. So naturally, when I heard […]