Tag: reviews
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Blog: Street Fightin Flicks
So with a new Street Fighter movie upon us is a good time to dip into the very large back catalogue of Street Fighter movies which stretches back over 30 years at this point. This is really all spawned from the megahit arcade game Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. It was one of the…
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The Social Network (’10 review)
5 outta 5 Director David Fincher’s movies have either been really good or instant masterpieces. From his unjustly underrated Alien 3 to Seven, Fight Club, Benjamin Button and onward. As a happy surprise it turns out that The Social Network makes for a really compelling film. And you don’t even have to be on Facebook…
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Resident Evil: Extinction (’07 review)
3 out of 5 Each film in the Resident Evil franchise has been slightly different from its predecessor. The first film, the weakest entry, was a somewhat mundane combination of the Resident Evil storyline from the original videogames with new characters for the movie. The second film, Apocalypse, stuck closest to the games storyline and…
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Onslaught
3 outta 5 Onslaught is a horror siege gore action film that tries to say something about veterans and PTSD. This may have good intentions but clashes harshly with undead chainsaw wielding zombies like something out of Evil Dead. There’s also introspection from an isolated and hard-drinking single mother who has difficulty dealing with her…
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Coyote vs. ACME
4 outta 5 After being stuck in a tax hole void for a few years, Coyote vs. ACME has finally been released and it is a very fun time with the Looney Tunes gang in a live-action and animation hybrid with smart meta-commentary about the eternal struggle of Wile E Coyote and commerce. Battling a…
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Evil Dead Burn
3 outta 5 It doesn’t seem possible, but Evil Dead Burn may actually be the goriest entry in the Evil Dead series. The excessive violence and cackling dismembered Deadite heads fit the tone of the last few installments. The 3rd film, Army of Darkness and the TV show Ash vs Evil Dead are much more…
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War of the Worlds (2005 review)
5 outta 5 I’m convinced Steven Spielberg has a great horror movie inside of him once per decade. Think about it: Jaws in the 70s. Temple of Doom in the 80s. Jurassic Park in the 90s. And now War of the Worlds in the 2000’s (I’m not saying “naughts” dammit! It sounds stupid.) Once every…
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Mortal Kombat II
4 outta 5 Mortal Kombat II is a movie that acknowledges its video game roots. When the game first came out in the 90s it set off a moral panic, sold a bunch of copies, dumped a lot of quarters into arcades, spawned a bunch of spin-offs, adaptations, sequels with an ever deepening lore. This…
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
4 outta 5 As far as buddy gangster time travel movies go, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is unique. The time travel aspect is kooky and nonsensical, but works for the characters’ story. There are a lot of quips from everyone that keeps things light, and yet the emotional bits hit hard. But…
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Scream 7
4 outta 5 Scream 7 manages to get a lot of mileage out of returning veterans, giving the 30 year series a nostalgia bump. Also, the kills are messy, even by this series standard, featuring a bar setting kill that may stand out as one of the most brutal and craziest in the series. It’s…
