Vantage Point
Directed by Pete Travis
Starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker
Rated PG-13
Release date: Feb. 22, 2008
“Matthew Fox from ‘Lost?’ You know what's interesting about him? NOTHING!” -- Seth Rogan, Knocked Up
Well didn’t this weekend just suck monkey dick. My one computer crashed on Saturday and Sunday it manages to wipe out all of our shit, including my music. Also on Sunday, I was given the opportunity to see one of three films – Vantage Point, Semi-Pro, or Definitely, Maybe. Being that I had to review Vantage Point for Geeks of Doom and Semi-Pro for FilmArcade, I narrowed my choices down to those two. Since I was a week late with Vantage Point, I caught that one. And I can tell you right now that without seeing Semi-Pro whether or not I made a good choice...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Friday, March 7, 2008
Movie Review: Vantage Point
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Movie Review: Semi-Pro
Directed by Kent Alterman
Starring Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre 'Andre 3000’ Benjamin, Jay Phillips, Will Arnett
Rated R
Release date: February 29, 2008
Certain things in life we have been conditioned to just take for granted. For example, I know that every October I go on a camping trip into the middle of nowhere, every weekend I see at least one new movie in the theatre, and Will Ferrell is one of the most consistent comedic actors working today. This is why the following statement physically pains me to type...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Movie Review: Charlie Bartlett
Directed by Jon Poll
Starring Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey, Jr., Hope Davis
Rated R
Release date: February 22nd, 2008
"Incredible! One of the worst performances of my career and they never doubted it for a second." – Matthew Broderick, Ferris Bueller's Day Off
"M-I-L-F Mom I'd Like to Fuck!" – John Cho, American Pie
John Hughes is considered one of the greatest minds in teenaged cinema for the past twenty years. Not only did he bring along what we now call The Brat Pack, he helped create the films -- The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are among the many classic high school flicks that teenagers now look at today as classics. That's true; I consider The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller to be two of the greatest films on the planet (hell, I don't even want to begin about how many times I pulled off the Ferris Bueller trick… every teenager deserves to watch that)...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Movie Review: Diary of the Dead
Directed by George A. Romero
Starring Shawn Roberts, Joshua Close, Scott Wentworth
Rated R
Release date: Feb. 15, 2008 (limited)
Zombie master George A. Romero brings the dead back to life for the fifth time with his latest film, Diary of The Dead. This film follows Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985), and Land of the Dead (2005).
Diary of The Dead revolves around a group of college film students who are attempting to film their own horror movie. Much to their surprise, strange things start happening while they are filming and their movie quickly becomes a documentary of an unexplained phenomena taking place throughout the world. The students' motivation for filming the movie changes from GPA to their newfound obligation to inform any survivors of what is really happening. After seeing falsified news clips, the students felt that when uploaded on the Internet, their documentary would show the unexplained horror for what it really was, should normalcy ever return...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Movie Review: 'The Spiderwick Chronicles' (IMAX)
The IMAX Expericence
Directed by Mark Waters
Starring Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short
Rated PG
Release date: Feb. 14, 2008
I have to start off this review by confessing that I'm very conflicted over The Spiderwick Chronicles feature film, which I went to see on opening night in IMAX. My conflict is the reason why I wasn't able to post this review sooner. While I can see what younger audiences would love about the film, I can't help but scrutinize the obvious flaws...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Friday, February 22, 2008
Movie Review: Be Kind Rewind
Written and directed by Michel Gondry
Starring Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover
Rated PG-13
Release date: Feb. 22, 2008
Be Kind Rewind is a sweet, funny, cockle-warming movie sure to make you smile long after you’ve left the theater.
Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover) owns the failing neighborhood VHS video store Be Kind Rewind. When he goes on a personal trip, he leaves Mike (Mos Def) in charge of his store with only one instruction, Keep Jerry Out. Jerry (Jack Black) is Mike’s friend, a lovable conspiracy nut and general attractor of destruction. We learn Fletcher’s instructions were well-founded when Jerry accidently erases all the videos in the store. In order to keep Be Kind Rewind from closing its doors, Jerry and Mike set off with a video camera and attempt to reshoot the movies that were erased...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Movie Review: The Signal
Written & Directed by David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry
Starring Anessa Ramsey, AJ Bowen, Justin Welborn, Scott Poythress, Sahr Nguajah
Rated R
Release date: Feb. 22, 2008
Imagine if every fleeting paranoia or subconscious concern you'd ever entertained had been instantly ratified as true in your mind. Further imagine that any inhibitions you might have regarding doing harm to another human being had been completely removed. It's New Year's Eve in Terminus City and all communication devices have spontaneously begun to emit a chaotic visual and sonic pattern which does just that to its residents. Nearly everyone within range of this unknown broadcast spontaneously becomes homicidally insane and begins indiscriminately killing whomever raises their ire. Traditionally, New Year's is a time of shrugging off old ways and welcoming new beginnings, but for the people of Terminus, it is instead likely to be their last day on earth. This new year brings the Signal and with it, complete and total madness...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Movie Review: In Bruges
Directed by Martin McDonagh
Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy
Rated R
Release date: Feb. 8, 2008
“I've decided what to do with my life. I wanna be a cleaner.” -- Mathilda from Leon (The Professional)
“This is madness, I've had enough of this "Crime and Punishment" bollocks. I'm happy here.” -- Gary “Gal” Dove from Sexy Beast
“If I'd grown up on a farm and was retarded, Bruges might impress me, but I didn't, so it doesn't.” -- Ray from In Bruges
In Bruges: The Killing Spirit Goes On Holiday...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Movie Review: Jumper
Directed by Doug Liman
Starring Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Diane Lane
Rated PG-13
Release date: Feb. 14, 2008
One of the cardinal rules of good filmmaking is to not underestimate the intelligence of your audience. There are different levels, but it makes you wonder which is the bigger crime: not trusting your audience to figure out a movie on its own without being beat over the head with the answer, or thinking they aren’t smart enough to notice that they could have known the answer if given a plot to do so. One of the first lines in Jumper told me all I needed to know about the intentions of the film:
“It didn’t used to be this way. I used to be a regular chump. Like you.”
Great...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Movie Review: Rambo
Written & Directed by Sylvester Stallone
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Graham McTavish
Rated R
Release date: Jan. 25, 2008
Here’s a fun fact of Sly that some of you may have not known -- before he became known for his roles in Rocky and Rambo, he was a porno star in a little film called The Party at Kitty and Stud’s or better known today as Italian Stallion.
Now I ain’t ever seen Kitty and Stud before, but from what I heard, after his success in Rocky, they edited Kitty and Stud down a lot… a LOT… and slapped it with the title Italian Stallion. This means that...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Movie Review: Definitely, Maybe
Directed by Adam Brooks
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Banks
Rated PG-13
Released date: Feb. 14, 2008
“You mean, not good like one out of a hundred?”
“I'd say more like one out of a million.”
“So you're telling me there's a chance.”
We all make choices in life, every day. Some are smaller and have little or no impact on the grand scheme, and some shake us to our foundation and alter the very balance of power in our lives and completely change the game. For one reason or another a few months back I embarked on a quest to find the first good romantic comedy of the season. I didn’t mean to, but after seeing so many bad ones, I imagined there had to be one out there sooner or later that didn’t make me want to reject my trade. Regrettably, my stubborn nature took over...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Movie Review: Fool's Gold
Directed by Andrew Tennant
Starring Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey
Rated PG-13
Release date: Feb. 8, 2008
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I were arguing about the widespread appeal of NASCAR. He tried to convince me that it was a legitimate sport and I gave him the stock hillbilly-infused commentary and a battery of equally stereotyped responses to his argument. This went on for a good 20 minutes. Just when he thought he had me standing there wobbly enough, he attempted to finish me off with a Fatality...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Friday, February 8, 2008
Movie Review: Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Written & Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
Starring Martin Lawrence, Mike Epps, James Earl Jones, Mo’Nique, Nicole Ari Parker, Michael Clarke Duncan, Cedric the Entertainer, Joy Bryant
PG-13
Release date: Feb. 8, 2008
Growing up a “loser” was never easy for RJ Stevens (Martin Lawrence). So when he is shamed into going home for a huge family function and must spend time with the people who love and hurt him the most, a hilarious little movie, complete with a skunk bomb, a funky dog sex-scene, and the brother and sister fight to end all brother and sister fights ensues...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Movie Review: Strange Wilderness
Directed by Fred Wolf
Starring Steve Zahn, Allen Covert, Jonah Hill
Rated R
Release date: Feb. 1, 2008
Strange Wilderness is the funniest comedy that I had to endure since Borat. That’s all I need to say. Some may be surprised why I would give such praise to a movie distributed by the guys over at Happy Madison, but I sat there laughing so hard that eventually I snorted up my chicken fried rice by mistake. Strange Wilderness will go down into the books as one of the funniest movies that I will ever see within my hopefully long life.
And I don’t give a shit WHAT you say...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Saturday, February 2, 2008
DVD Review: Sydney White
Directed by Joe Nussbaum
Starring Amanda Bynes, Matt Long, Sara Paxton
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Release date: Jan. 22, 2008
In this modern-day twist on the Snow White fairy tale, Amanda Bynes stars as the titular character, who's going off to college at Southern Atlantic University where she plans to pledge her deceased mom's sorority, Kappa Phi Nu. Since she was raised by her dad (Smallville's John Schneider) and the workers at his plumbing company, the beautiful Sydney is a bit of a tomboy and not well-versed in the sorority's prissy practices. (In lieu of party dresses, Sydney packs her suitcase with boarded and bagged comic books!)...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Movie Review: The Eye
Directed by David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Starring Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Chloe Grace Moretz, Tamlyn Tomita
Rated PG-13
Release date: Feb 1, 2008
I actually requested this review during a phase I like to refer to as the "sign up for movies I don't want to see in an effort to challenge myself as a reviewer" phase. Or S.U.F.M.I.D.W.T.S.I.A.E.T.C.M.A.A.R for short. Right out of the gate, I had lowered expectations. Not bleak really, because I tried to keep an open mind, but lowered to say the least...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Movie Review: Cassandra's Dream
Directed by Woody Allen
Starring Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell
Rated PG-13
Release date: Jan 18, 2008
"You can't control life. It doesn't wind up perfectly." ---Sandy Bates from Stardust Memories
"If you want a happy ending, you should go see a Hollywood movie." ---Judah Rosenthal from Crimes And Misdemeanors
"People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control." ---Christopher Wilton from Match Point
Cassandra's Dream: Getting Away With It Again
Cassandra's Dream can be seen as the final film in a trilogy of films that began with Crimes and Misdemeanors and continued with Match Point. The three revolve around characters getting away with terrible crimes. While not an official trilogy, the themes that Woody Allen examines in each of these films includes some of his best work. Just as the theme of vengeance linked Chan-wook Park's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Lady Vengeance, there is a continuous theme that binds all three of Mr. Allen's films together. Make no mistake about it: Cassandra's Dream is just as unsettling as the previous films. Match Point must have felt like sweet vindication for Woody Allen -- a critical and modest commercial success that reminded many of his long-time fans that he was still very much in the game. As in, Match Point, Woody Allen does not appear in the film, but like all of his films, his surrogate does. I will leave it to you to decide who his alter ego is in this film -- more on that later...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Movie Review: Untraceable
Directed by Gregory Hoblit
Starring Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Billy Burke
Rated R
Release date: Jan. 25, 2008
Probably one of the most over-used expressions when critiquing gory movies is “torture-porn.” This over-generalization encompasses not only the recent proliferation of films with shock value and elaborate murder sequences, but our own apparent obsessive desire to watch such strange macabre events online. Behind the anonymity of screen names, people’s voyeuristic behaviors give an audience to those who will literally do anything for attention, without all the guilt of association...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Movie Review: The Orphanage
Presented by Guillermo del Toro
Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona
Starring Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep
Rated PG-13
Release date: January 11, 2008 (wide)
I'm pretty sure any time you are a former foster child growing up in a creepy old house the last thing you want to do is buy it later in life and reopen it. I guess I can't speak from experience, but it seems a bit off-putting on its own...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Rambo: Still Buff, Bandannaed & Bad-Ass
Not bad considering 1) it's a January opening (a month with notoriously poor box office returns); 2) it's up against January record breaker Cloverfield as well as Oscar-nominated films; and 3) it's violent as hell...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!
