Oh, the feels! (and a minor bit of unreasonable, misplaced, inappropriate jealously since I didn’t get cancer until I was an adult…)
Category: Reviews
Movie Review: The Badger Game
Thriller/Drama, 99 Minutes, 2014
[Disclosure: I reviewed a screener of this film provided by the filmmakers. No other considerations were made.]
Last November, on our sister site MoreBrains.com, I reviewed a rare thing: a clever, low-budget horror movie. “Mimesis” was a zombie-less zombie movie that impressed me on multiple levels. I spent more time than I should have picking on its overly academic title. When the screenwriter, Josh Wagner [IMDB], asked me to review his latest effort, co-wrote and directed with Thomas Zambeck [IMDB], I jumped at the chance. (more…)
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Movie Review: Maggie
Zombie alert!
See the review of “Maggie” on our sister site, MoreBrains.com dedicated to all things zombie!
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Movie Review: Boyhood
Drama, 165 Minutes, 2014
This movie represents a grand experiment in film-making. Writer/Director Richard Linklater [IMDB] gathered a cast and committed to an unprecedented 12-year filming schedule. During that time we experience the growth of Mason, a young boy (Ellar Coltrane [IMDB]), from age six to 18.
The question, of course, is: did the experiment succeed?
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Movie Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” on IMDB
Action/Adventure, 141 Minutes, 2015
The tent pole of the Marvel cinematic universe is back with a vengeance after the massively successful 2012 “The Avengers” [My Review]. The entire main cast returns joined by many smaller characters from the various individual films. Joss Whedon [IMDB] is also back at the helm; rumors have it, for the last time.
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A Brief History of PG-13 by The Dissolve
You may notice that I never mention MPAA ratings. The main reasons for this are complex, but boil down to simple facts that the ratings system is arbitrary, manipulative and utterly useless for making intelligent decisions about what you and your family should see at the theater. The Dissolve brings us a short piece on the controversial PG-13 rating that’s been neutering films for the past few decades.
If you’re more interested in some of the inanity behind the rating system, I’ve found no better treatment than the 2006 documentary “This Film is Not Yet Rated” [My Review].
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Movie Review: Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead
Zombie alert!
See the review of “Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead” on our sister site, MoreBrains.com dedicated to all things zombie!
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Powers vs. Marvel’s Daredevil: Fight!
One of the benefits of the comic book media explosion – one that we need to enjoy before the inevitable implosion – is that production companies are more willing to fund experiments. This spring two companies with non-traditional distribution methods lept into the world of comic book adaptations.
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Movie Review: Interstellar
Sci-Fi, 169 Minutes, 2014
Smart sci-fi has seen something of a resurgence in the past few years (let’s just forget how stupid “Lucy” and “Prometheus” were). People seem more willing to actually think about the stories and so production companies seem more willing to fund them. Of course, the fact that this particular movie is from a guy that’s made gajillions (yes, that’s gajillions with a “G”) of dollars could also have something to do with that.
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Game Review: The Swapper
Reviewed on Playstation 4 and Vita, Official Website
The world of Indie gaming seems decidedly split into three broadly distinct camps. The first, and least interesting, are those simply mimicking traditional triple-A titles. Many of these are good, but they aren’t particularly exciting. The second camp are those leveraging retro formulas to create often novel, but familiar, titles. The last, which often blends with the second, are those creating truly unique experiences on a smaller, more intimate scale.
“The Swapper” is one of these.
