Sci-fi/Satire, 93 Minutes, 2012
Nazis on the moon! That’s pretty much the premise and, surprising nobody more than me, it actually (kinda) works. Where the movie (a Finnish/German/Australian production in English and sub-titled German) tries and fails hardest is its often ham-fisted political satire. This movie has nothing nice to say about anybody (except maybe Finland, who still comes off as slightly pathetic) but the United States definitely gets the brunt of things.
“The Dark Knight Rises” on IMDB
Action, 164 Minutes, 2012
There are two ways (at least) to consider “The Dark Knight Rises”. The first (and correct) way is as the capstone to a self-contained “Batman” story that owes us nothing but a profound respect of the character we love. The second way, one that the angrier parts of the Internet seem to have latched onto, is as an entry into a larger, continuing “Batman” timeline. Considered as part of a larger whole, or worse, as a stepping stone to the rumored, much-anticipated “Justice League” movie, the film fails to properly stage the character. I would simply argue that there was no requirement to do this.
“Birdemic: Shock and Terror” on IMDB
Horror, 90 Minutes, 2010
My son made us watch this. Apparently some guy on YouTube did a review and he just had to see it. It was on NetFlix which fooled us into thinking it was actually a movie. So we watched it.
Drama/Comedy, 93 Minutes, 2008
[The third and last movie in our unexpected Tyler Labine [IMDB] film festival. After watching two in a row by accident, we decided to hit up our good friend NetFlix for others and this floated up.]
“Tucker and Dale vs Evil” on IMDB
Horror/Comedy, 89 Minutes, 2010
[The second movie in our unexpected Tyler Labine [IMDB] film festival. It became a “film festival” when we said “hey – that’s the guy from the last movie!” Our rules for these things are clearly somewhat loose, but we find they work for us.]
“A Good Old Fashioned Orgy” on IMDB
Comedy, 95 Minutes, 2011
[This movie is the first in what unexpectedly became a Tyler Labine [IMDB] film festival when we coincidentally watched two movies starring him in a row.]
“The Amazing Spider-Man” on IMDB
Action, 136 Minutes, 2012
No matter where you fall on the question of a character reboot this soon after the Sam Raimi trilogy or the whole “Mary Jane Watson versus Gwen Stacey” thing or even the “biologic versus mechanical web shooters” decision it’s hard to argue that this isn’t a damn good movie. That said it’s impossible to talk about this without drawing comparisons to Sam Raimi’s masterful effort released a very short 10 years ago – but we’re not bitter!
Comedy, 109 Minutes, 2012
[This is the eighth review for this edition of my semi-regular “my-wife-is-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival.]
Horror, 102 Minutes, 2009:
[This is the seventh review for this edition of my semi-regular “my-wife-is-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival.]
Sci-fi, 92 Minutes, 2010
[This is the sixth review for this edition of my semi-regular “my-wife-is-visiting-relatives-so-I’m-watching-loads-of-crappy-movies” film festival. Yes, we’re back to the schlock.]
