I recently watched the Mirror, Mirror film series. These movies are unrelated (as far as I know) to the recently Tarsem Singh film about Snow White. You may have seen these in the Sci-Fi/Horror section of your local video rental back in the 90s, but likely took one look at the box art and kept on looking for something better. While I would normally ( Read more... )

Fear not everyone! It is fairly common for horror movie series to require the viewer to have seen all the previous movies to know what is going on in the latest sequel. Some series use flashbacks to get around this like Friday the 13th, which would so often start a movie with a ten-minute recap of what you need to know. Some consider even this ( Read more... )

There may be those of you out there in interwebland that are unfamiliar with the Avengers films. If you are one of those, then I would not recommend Thor - The Dark World. It's not that it's a bad film, far from it, it's that the movie expects you to have at least seen the previous Thor and The Avengers. Now I know what you're thinking, "Does ( Read more... )

This is the End is a heartwarming tale of a group of friends struggling to survive in a world gone mad. And when I say heartwarming I actually mean it's a raunchy comedy starring Seth Rogan, James Franco, Danny McBride, and a handful of others ( Read more... )

Way back in the 90s (as I remember just how long ago that was) it wasn't uncommon for my friends and I to think how amazing it would be if Tim Burton did a version of Alice in Wonderland.  Nearly 20 years later, he did it.  I knew there was no way the movie could actually live up to the expectations that had grown in my head all those years ago, ( Read more... )

Last night I went out to see the new film Shutter Island and I'm glad that I did.  For a while I was on the fence as to whether I wanted to catch it in the theatres or wait until it hit video.  I think I've stated which of those options I eventually settled on, so I'll move on ( Read more... )

So way back when they first announced The Box was being made I was interested. Based on the short story "Button, Button" by Richard Matheson (author of some of the best Twilight Zone episodes out there), it tells the story of a young couple who are visited by a stranger. This man gives them a box containing only a button. He then tells them how ( Read more... )

I went to see the new GI Joe film. It's a lot better than I was expecting, that doesn't really say much as I wasn't expecting to enjoy it, but it delivered all the goodness of the cartoon, with some chase scenes. There were only two things that still stuck out at me though (so much can be forgiven since as far as I'm concerned, it's a cartoon). ( Read more... )

Saw the new Star Trek finally. It was decent. A bit more action than the typical, but that's alright, it was to be expected. The cast was great (especially Simon Pegg as Scotty). The only problem I had was the glare. I heard people complain about the lens flare, but that was flat out glare. Even worse that Fringe which has flare without a ( Read more... )

I just got back from the new X-Files, and it's left me speechless ( Read more... )