Category: Reviews

This is, quite possibly, the perfect movie. Not that it’s especially good mind you, in fact quite the opposite. But Krull is the perfect movie in much the same way that watermelon Jolly Ranchers have the perfect flavor: it’s completely unrealistic but very enjoyable if you accept it for what it is. Line up every… Continue reading Krull

I just finished reading Syrup, the debut novel by clever young Aussie Max(x) Barry, who is in the early stages of what I hope grows into a long and successful career. He’s gained some recent notoriety for his second novel, Jennifer Government, which I also thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend. I loved Jenny Gov. enough… Continue reading Syrup

Ok, I’ve been slack, I admit. I’m renaming this category, since “Weekly Netflix” was quickly becoming a misnomer. I’m just not the type to keep up to a strict posting schedule. Now I’ll just write my capsule reviews whenever I get around to it, but still regularly I hope. Twin Warriors The plot: Two best… Continue reading Twin Warriors, The Girl Next Door, Velvet Goldmine

Bound The plot: Girl meets girl, girls scam Mafia. Ask anyone about this movie and the first thing they’ll mention is steamy lesbian sex. Well, yes, there’s that, but it’s also a pretty decent mob caper thriller to boot. Gina Gershon is a recently-released ex-convict who finds work remodeling an apartment. The next door neighbors… Continue reading Bound, Y Tu Mamá También, American Wedding

Cube The plot: A group of people wake up to find themselves trapped in a mysterious cube-shaped maze laden with deadly booby traps. This was some obscure Canadian movie that was released direct to video in the US, where it built a minor cult following. I saw it a few years ago on the Sci… Continue reading Cube, Thirteen Conversations, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

If you don’t already know, Netflix is a subscription-based online DVD rental service. You pay a monthly fee to get movies sent to you by mail, with prepaid return envelopes. You can keep the movies as long as you like, and you can pay a higher fee to get more movies out at one time,… Continue reading Dog Soldiers, Garage Days, 1984

I haven’t written a review in a long time because, well, there are thousands of other reviews out there and my opinion really doesn’t matter. But along comes a movie like I, Robot which just spews lameness from so many angles I simply can’t withhold comment. This flick sucked. I suppose it’s moderately entertaining on… Continue reading I, Robot

A little over a year ago I was having a night in with some friends, facing the always-difficult dilemma of finding something to rent that all three of us had not yet seen and wouldn’t mind seeing. I talked them into renting Jeepers Creepers because I had heard it was an entertaining B-grade horror flick… Continue reading House of 1000 Corpses

The capsule review I’ve been giving to my friends who haven’t seen it yet goes something like this: “It’s several sequences of really cool intense kickass action and effects, interspersed with tedious pseudo-philosophical pontificatory monologues wherein one character explains the world to another character. So it’s just like the first one, but more.” I waited… Continue reading The Matrix: Reloaded