How about some quick-hit movie reviews too, since I've managed to watch a few recently?

My priority was to watch a few things in preparation for this year's Halloween Horror Nights (about which more shortly):

Happy Death Day As a horror rip-off of Groundhog Day, I suspect perceptions of this flick will be as polarized as that film--due to the ( Read more... )

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One thing I look forward to on my trips is the time to catch up on some movies. Here are a few I fit in these past few trips, with some brief thoughts (plus my rating, using my arbitrary 64-point scale).

The Grey, 2011. Fairly typical Liam Neeson fare, without many likeable characters (and of course this time the villains are the weather and ( Read more... )

I recently posted my review of Tarantino's Django Unchained, and from there I went back to Inglourious Basterds, which I also hadn't seen, and regarded that fact as something of a crime since I consider myself a fan of QT's work. So I actually started it a couple weeks back, but just finally got the chance to finish it during my quiet time at home ( Read more... )

The LEGO MovieI took the older two girls to see this last Friday evening, since we're all big LEGO fans. It was even enough to interest Hermione, who generally says she would rather wait for a movie to be available to watch at home rather than go to the theater to see it. At least Hallie enjoys going to the theater! Anyway, I'd heard really good ( Read more... )

Watched/read a few things lately that I wanted to note and review, but maybe not so in-depth. So:

Leon: The ProfessionalThis has been on my to-watch list for ages--actually I'm sort of amazed I never watched it since it dates back to 1994! It's a Luc Besson film about Leon, a somewhat enigmatic and solitary hitman in New York City. He finds ( Read more... )

Oh look, another review from me! I should say upfront that I've long been a fan of Quentin Tarantino's work. Maybe not the man himself--he sorta strikes me as an obnoxious and self-absorbed man-child, but the guy is clearly a savant when it comes to absorbing film and synthesizing it into his own stuff. Reservoir Dogs was a revelation. Pulp ( Read more... )

It's a REALLY foggy morning here, which reminds me that I'd meant to jot down another movie review: The Mist, from 2007 ( Read more... )

Next up in my very-infrequent series of media reviews is 2003's Oldeuboi (Oldboy). Let me say, first off, that (as Count Rugen berated Inigo Montoya) I have an overdeveloped sense of vengeance, so revenge/justice flicks tend to go over well with me. I'm sure that's a big part of the reason why my all-time favorite film remains The Shawshank ( Read more... )

I know, I've been a bad LJ citizen lately, sparse on the posts and comments. Sorry!

And I'm just wrapping up my workweek, but I thought I'd type up a quick review of the movie I finished last night, 2011's Drive with Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, and Albert Brooks ( Read more... )