Written by M. Night Shyamalan, Devil is a film about a mixed crowd of angry everyday people who get stuck in an elevator. Catch is, one of them is the devil. The film had an interesting premise but the amateur script immediately struck me as something that Shyamalan wrote in the course of a few [...]
Read More Devil, DVD, Geoffrey Arend, horror, Jeremy, M Night Shyamalan, Mystery, PG-13, thrillerExit Through the Gift Shop is a new documentary that is not about graffiti. Well, not really anyways. Exit Through the Gift Shop follows obsessive Frenchman, Thierry Guetta, starting the moment he picked up a camera for the first time, till now, where he is transformed from failed documentary filmmaker into failed street artist with [...]
Read More Banksy, comedy, documentary, DVD, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Jeremy, R, Thierry GuettaWhen choosing a graphic novel to adapt into a screenplay, one must choose wisely. The effects of choosing a novel too complex or dry has often shown its rougher side (I’m speaking of films a la The Hulk, Fantastic Four, and Punisher War Zone). Kick-Ass has a simple plot that, though it may seem ridiculous [...]
Read More action, blu-ray, crime, DVD, Jeremy, Kick-Ass, Nicolas Cage, R, thrillerThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a film that I was completely oblivious of. So in other words, I went into this film blindly. What this film presented was a surprisingly interesting plot that often reminded me of films such as Erik Skjoldbjærg’s Insomnia. The visualization of pain and redemption, old and new, are [...]
Read More blu-ray, crime, DVD, foreign film, Jeremy, Mystery, R, Steig Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, thrillerWhat would you do if you could go back in time? If you weren’t the social contributor of parties and free beer, otherwise referred to as the nerd, you’d probably completely avoid your youthful years. In Hot Tub Time Machine, John Cusack plays Adam. He is your typical John Cusack character. He’s got a knack [...]
Read More blu-ray, comedy, Craig Robinson, DVD, Hot Tub Time Machine, Jeremy, John Cusak, R, Rob Corddry, Sci-FiDepartures was for me both a surprising and rejuvenating work of dramatic cinema I yearned for to kick off the new year. 2010 is already off on the right foot with blockbusters The Hurt Locker and Sam Rockwell‘s one man show Moon and I can only hope those two don’t overshadow a gem not to [...]
Read More Departures, drama, DVD, Jeremy, Masahiro Motoki, PG-13, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yojiro TakitaThe film 9 was originally presented as a graduating student short film by Shane Acker. The story of 9 follows a group of nine animatronic, tweed-covered puppets that have been brought to life by a “brilliant” scientist at the brink of humanity’s extinction. Why this is done or what is the bringer of such chaotic [...]
Read More 9, adventure, animation, DVD, Jeremy, PG-13, Sci-Fi, Shane Acker, Tim BurtonThe Hangover probably has been a little over-hyped with praise from both critics and college students alike, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad – far from it actually. The Hangover is the best “bro-comedy” out there; in fact it’s the only one that I have ever enjoyed. After a four-year bombardment of Judd Apatow films, [...]
Read More blu-ray, comedy, DVD, Ed Helms, Jeremy, Mike Tyson, R, The Hangover, Todd Phillips, Zack GalifianakisThe Limits of Control is the newest film from Jim Jarmusch, the man who gave us Dead Man, Down By Law, and Coffee & Cigarettes just to name a few. It’s a “spy thriller” body with appendages for every other genre of film. There’s comedy, drama, love, and even the slightest touch of gangster genre. [...]
Read More Bill Murray, crime, drama, DVD, Gael Garcia Bernal, Jeremy, Jim Jarmusch, John Hurt, R, The Limits of Control, thriller, Tilda SwintonTony Scott‘s Pelham remake left me both entertained at times and hanging my head, shaking it back and forth in anger with some of the acting holes and employment of hollow characters. John Travolta plays the angry-with-the-government New Yorker whose means for holding up a train full of hostages are never justified. Sure, he seems [...]
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