The Girl Next Door (2007). Bad Things Happen. This film is about very bad things, and surprisingly, it is not exploitive. Holding true to the fabulous 50s, this movie takes us back to an age of innocence, an innocence that is shattered by the sickness of what seems to be an amiable next door neighbor. What is worse, this flick is based on a true story, that of Sylvia Marie Likens, whose real life horrors were as bad if not worse. This movie is not easy to watch, even for hardened horror fans, but the way in which it is told is outstanding. We see horrors through the eyes of an innocent, and the atmosphere of sensitivity somehow penetrates the ugliness. The acting was appropriately stiff, and the direction was excellent. The serious issues here were treated honestly but with an aura of discrimination that does not detract from the atrocities committed. In all, this is a wonderfully portrayed flick that is moving though not really enjoyable per say. Merci beaucoup.
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Hot Tub Time Machine

This was a blast. Lots of fun.

Soul Plane

Caught it on late night TV and got a few chuckles out of it.

Glad to see someone else reciprocate my views on these two films.

9 was certainly a disappointment in terms of character development and I wasn't overawed by it.

And contrary to all the Diablo Cody and Megan Fox haters out there, I enjoyed Jennifer's Body quite a bit and thought it had a pretty interesting premise.

Really - i heard it wasn't so good..

Gonna give it a watch then...

Reign of Fire

Yeh a lot of people didn't seem to dig it. It's just straight up mindless fun just what I was in the mood for.

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The Stoned Age

A real overlooked classic that was great to watch again. Hadn't checked it out since it came out and it still holds up really well.

Damn - didn't like it at all..

There just didn't seem to be enough 'jokes' in it....

the gremlins 1 and 2
The Eye
Snakes on a Plane

2012: Stupid. Goes to such lengths to set up some level of political or scientific grounding for the story only to have the most absurd action scenes I have ever witnessed. It's worth watching just to see what feels like two completly different movies being ineptly tacked together. Racial sterotypes abound and everyone's a hero. I'm a total sucker for any sort of disaster or end of the world flick but this really was as ridiculous as it gets from start to finish. It's basically the same over blown, rehashed action scene shot over and over with a break every half hour for someone to attempt to say or do something noble or profound. The movie fails at every turn and for that reason, even at over 2 1/2 hours, its worth a watch.

The Crazies (2010): One of the very rare remakes I was looking forward to watching and had heard plenty of good things about it, can't say I was overly impressed though. As remakes go it was solid enough, but I didn't think it was anything beyond ordinary. Nicely shot with plenty of fun scenes throughout, but it was a little bit flat and uninspired.

Moon


Id read good things about this film and was not disappointed. Sam Rockwell plays Sam Bell, a lone astronaut on a lunar base where harvesters collect fuel to help cure Earths power supply shortages. The only company he has is a Kevin Spacey voiced robot called Gerty and the few messages he exchanges with Earth. He is coming to the end of his 3 year contract when things start happening.

There are some clear similarities with 2001 and Silent Running, two of the greatest sci-fi flicks and this one can easily remain in the same company as them. Rockwell is great and the sparse lunar landscape is beautifully shot. Quality science fiction without alien invasions or warp drives or space adventures, you really should see this.