Horror, 100 Minutes, 2013:
[This is the third selection in my irregular, “My Wife and Kids are Visiting Relatives and I’m Home Watching Movies” film festival.]
Category: Reviews
Movie Review: The Package
Action, 95 Minutes, 2013
[This is the second selection in my irregular, “My Wife and Kids are Visiting Relatives and I’m Home Watching Movies” film festival.]
Share this:
Movie Review: American Reunion
Comedy, 113 Minutes, 2012
[This is the first selection in my irregular, “My Wife and Kids are Visiting Relatives and I’m Home Watching Movies” film festival.]
Share this:
Movie Review: Scream of the Banshee
“Scream of the Banshee” on IMDB
Horror, 90 Minutes, 2011
Way back in the history times people wore metal clothes and everybody lived in the woods at night in a country called “Europe”. One of the towns in Europe was painted green and populated by bagpipe elves called Limericks. It was called “Ireland”. All that remains of this place today is legends and breakfast cereal.
Share this:
Movie Review: Evil Dead
![IMDB, Evil Dead [2013]](http://depressedpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/imdb-evil-dead-2013-202x300.jpg)
Horror, 91 Minutes, 2013
It’s not controversial to say that the original, 1981, “Evil Dead” [IMDB] is one of the hands-down best horror movies of all time. Forced by it’s budget to take ridiculously successful risks it became a breakout hit and spawned a beloved cult franchise. It launched the careers of Sam Raimi [IMDB] and turned Bruce Campbell [IMDB] into a geek god.
This remake? Not so much. It’s good. I liked it. It had some issues.
Share this:
Movie Review: Catfish
Documentary, 87 Minutes, 2010
To begin with there is, apparently, a raging debate regarding this film. One camp is absolutely positive that this was a completely scripted, produced false documentary in the vein of “Blair Witch” or “Paranormal Activity”. Another camp is certain that this is an honest, straight documentary. Still others argue that the truth lies some where in-between. For my part I won’t take a position beyond that offered by the filmmakers: they say the movie wasn’t staged so that’s how I’ll treat it.
Share this:
Review: Google Chromecast
Model: Google Chromecast H2G2-42
Website: http://www.google.com/ChromeCast/
MSRP: $35
I, along with reportedly about a million others, heard the low $35 dollar price during the Google presentation on Thursday and ordered myself a Chromecast. I really didn’t know what it was, but it was cheap, it was new and I wanted one. Yes indeed, being gainfully employed has some perks.
Share this:
Movie Review: Shakes the Clown
Comedy, 87 Minutes, 1991
There’s a lot going against this movie. It’s entirely reasonable to say that the movie is a one-joke pony. It’s slow in that 90’s movie way that seemed completely normal at the time, but now seems downright odd. Once you get past the (many) alcoholic clown gags the whole thing is pretty clichéd. It also starts with the greasepaint-and-urine-smeared aftermath of a one-night stand between Shakes and Florence Henderson [IMDB]. On second thought, no; that’s an outstanding positive.
Share this:
Game Review: God of War: Ascension (PS3)
“God of War: Ascension” at amazon.com
Rated M for Mature, Reviewed on PS3
Kratos and I go back a long way. The first game, on my beloved PS2, was a revelation. The sheer power and brutality hit you like a brick, but it was the strength of the emotional narrative that kept me interested and brought me back. The second game sent the PS2 out in style and the third dragged the still fledgling PS3 to new heights. The two PSP entries may not have had quite the same impact but they still stand as some of the most impressive gameplay on Sony’s black slab.
Share this:
Movie Review: Dark Feed
Horror, 86 Minutes, 2013
There are few clichés more common in horror than the haunted, abandoned hospital. Unless it’s a low-budget film crew using the haunted, abandoned hospital, that is. “Dark Feed” has both.
