Before I start this review, I have to admit that I’m a bit of a ‘con-virgin’ so if this turns into more a review of my first con experience and documentation of my culture shock to certain aspects (negative or positive) please forgive me. I am sure that all of you con nerds will find […]
Blu-ray: Get Him To The Greek (2010) The most frustrating reviews to write are for the films that I expect to absolutely hate but end up shocking me with how ‘alright’ they are. ‘I wasn’t bored throughout its runtime’ or ‘not as tedious as it looks’ hardly shine as examples of glowing criticism to put […]
Blu-ray: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) Pete (Jason Segel) and Sarah are seemingly Hollywood’s cutest B-list couple. During a messy break-up, Sarah reveals that she is involved with another man. In the throws of an intense post-break-up depression, Pete decides to get away to the Hawaiian resort that he and Sarah always talked about getting away […]
Blu-ray & DVD: Funny People (2009) Out of the recent Judd Apatow load Dave provided for me to review, Funny People was the one I was both most dreading yet most excited to revisit. Back when I was 14 Tarantino’s hyper violent, Nazi killing epic, Inglorious Basterds was released. Like any other spotty teenager with bad hygiene […]
Blu-ray: Knocked Up (2007) Knocked Up is a comedy from Judd Apatow about the trials and tribulations of unplanned pregnancy. After a one-night stand, Full-time stoner Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) and go-getting career woman Allison Scott (Katherine Heigl) end up with more than just an awkward shag. Scott becomes pregnant and decides to keep it, […]
Blu-ray & DVD: The Running Man (1987) It’s difficult to remember sci-fi being a seriously fun genre, even more difficult for someone born during the mid-90s. There is definitely sci-fi comedy, sure, but examples of sci-fi that isn’t an all-out comedy having fun with the endless capabilities of the genre seem few and far between what withall […]
Blu-ray: Demonlover (2002) Demonlover (2002) is a French film hailing from director Olivier Assayas about the dark side of the commerce of internet porn. Young up-and-comer Diane (Connie Nielsen) has just staged a takeover of her superior’s position. During the transaction to acquire cutting edge hentai (that’s anime porn to anyone over the age of […]
DVD: LBJ (2016) LBJ is the story of the enigmatic leader, Lyndon B. Johnson. Thrown into power soon after Kennedy’s assassination, the film tells the story of the events leading to Johnson’s eventual taking of the oval office. I had some kind of preconceived idea of how I was going to start this review as […]
Blu-ray: Missing (1982) When his son goes missing during the Chilean coup, Ed Horman (Jack Lemmon) decides to abandon his useless government, a government Ed trusts to no end, and go to Chile in search of him himself. Joined by his son’s wife, Beth (Sissy Spacek), the two go on a politically charged journey driven […]
Blu-ray: Footsteps in the Fog (1955) Footsteps in the Fog is a gothic thriller following the life of Stephen (Stewart Granger) after the death of his wife. A death he deliberately caused through poisoning. His cockney maid, Lily (Jean Simmons) finds out about the murder and uses it to blackmail Stephen for malicious, yet simple […]
