A child crawls out of the forest, looking for help that will never come. Instead he is skewered and beaten to death. Because he didn’t have the conch. Yep, that’s how Lord of the Flies worked. Ok, so maybe not, but this was still a rather gruesome thing to read even as a high schooler. The Hunger Games had a similar plight in word form as barbaric images depicting children/teens murdering others for survival/sport engrossed masses of readers. But how exactly does this translate to screen? [Read more...]
Film Review: The Hunger Games
03/22/2012 by 4 Comments
Now Playing Review – There Be Dragons
05/06/2011 by Leave a Comment
Let me open this with a disclaimer that will save plenty of viewers the deep disappointment when realizing that the swelling excitement catalyzed by the inclusion of an epic mythological beast in the title is all for naught: There are no dragons. Now pick yourself back up because if that is enough to send you into a slump of despair then the next two hours are not going to go too well for you (assuming you are about to watch this movie, though you reading this is a sign that this is not the case).
Okay so obviously there aren’t going to be any dragons, as the inclusion of “based on true events” should clue one in on; so now what it is not has been determined, it’s time to decide on the plot of the film. On the broadest descriptive level the story follows two men who grew apart with age following a childhood friendship, finding themselves on opposite sides during the Spanish Civil War. [Read more...]
Review: Jonah Hex
06/18/2010 by Leave a Comment
The latest, and possibly most under the radar, comic book film this summer is the adaptation of Jonah Hex and the results are a mixed bag as the films focus seems to be in a lot of wrong places.
Hex is a Confederate soldier of some rank but when he turns on his regiment and shoots his best friend dead the Confederate General Turnbull, and father to Hex’s best friend, hunts Hex down, murders his family, and leaves him for dead with a brand on the face to remind him of who did this to him. We are then given a quick rundown of the next few beats in Hex’s life, Turnbull apparently dies, and Hex is left as a supernatural bounty hunter who can briefly resurrect the dead with his touch. As he reeks havoc on the outlaws he hunts, a bounty is in turn put on Hex and the hunter is also the hunted. As Hex tries to earn his keep and stay alive Turnbull turns up alive and constructing a secret military weapon and the president recruits Hex to hunt down his nemesis and save the country.
Rental Review – P2
10/31/2009 by Leave a Comment
In the spirit of the holiday I decided that I would treat myself to a little horror film. The problem is I am not always the best judge in selecting something because my love of the genre tends to block out the part of my brain that warns me as to how stupid the movie I am about to sit through is probably going to be. That’s how I got stuck watching Skinwalkers last year, and that’s why I ended up watching P2 tonight.
Angela (Rachel Nichols) devotes most of her time to her job, spending the majority of her time at the office. Unfortunately for her, the wrong person has taken notice of this, deciding that he will be the one to bring a little fun to her life. However, this security guard, Thomas (Wes Bentley), doesn’t choose to go about making her acquaintance in an acceptable way, but instead, decides to kidnap her on Christmas Eve, locking her in the parking garage with him.
