Ok, so I've recently caused a bit of a stir by saying that I strongly dislike the new Karate Kid movie. I should take a moment and elaborate on my various reasons behind said opinion, since it seems to be quite controversial ( Read more... )

Black Swan
Directed by Darron Aronofsky (The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, The FountainHoly CRAP that was great. Seriously amazing movie. So intense, so masterfully directed, really a stellar film ( Read more... )

The Tourist
Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others)
Seen at Fairfax Crossing with Jess

What to say about this one? Was it bad? No. Not really. What it was is not what I expected it to be. Much like with Faster it was promoted as an action movie, but it is very much not ( Read more... )

Splice, 2009
Directed by Vincenzo Natali (Getting Gilliam, CubeOh my. Oh, dear lord. Would you like to watch two decent actors play the dumbest fucking scientists on earth? Would you like to think "Who the fuck would do that?" a dozen times in 30 minutes ( Read more... )

Red, 2010
Directed by Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler's Wife, FlightplanSeen a couple weeks back with Abbi at Rio ( Read more... )

Resident Evil: Afterlife
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Mortal Kombat, Event Horizon, Resident Evil, Death RaceWell, I'll say this for the Resident Evil franchise; it's not getting any worse. While they may not have the worlds greatest series of movies, they have managed to stay very consistent with their work. Each one is like the previous one in ( Read more... )

The Invention of LyingDirected by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson ( Read more... )

Armored
Directed by Nimrod Antal (Predators, VacancyNetflixed ( Read more... )

The Happening
Directed by M. Knight Shyamalan. (The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, The Lady In The Water, The Village, Signs

Netflixed and watched by myself.

I'll keep this short. Everything bad you heard about this movie is true.

That will be all.

From Paris With Love
Directed by Pierre Morel (Taken, District B13)

Netflixed and watched at home, by myself.

Eh. A mediocre spy flick that tries to be innovative by doing it louder than the rest, if in an atonal and unoriginal manner. Oh look! We're totally different because one of our big heroes is an antisocial douchbag and is constantly ( Read more... )