I have to plead some ignorance when it comes to Lewis Carrol’s most famous creation. I saw the Disney film as a young kid, but haven’t caught up with it. About the most exposure I’ve had to the world was from when I played the Alice level in Kingdom Hearts. That said, I knew the story well enough to not be worried about being lost going into this ‘sequel’.
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After a five month hiatus (give or take) we finally got back to having a movie night. And it was a good one in which we got to see a film I’d been wanting to take a crack it. Be warned, the less you know about this movie going in the better. Even the trailer below gives away a great end of Act one twist. I’m glad I knew so little when I saw it. Be warned, SPOILERS abound after the jump.
This is one I might not have watched if it wasn’t directed by Peter Brook who wrote a book about acting and directing called The Open Door which I am very much a fan of. When you go to the IMDB page for LORD OF THE FLIES, one of the lead photos declares it an ‘Essential Art House Film’. So is it?
I followed up a terrible remake in FRIDAY THE 13TH with this remake of George Romero’s THE CRAZIES. A major difference here is that the 1980 version of FRIDAY is considered a classic by horror fans, whereas THE CRAZIES was known to be a flawed film (though well-liked in some circles).
Decided to follow up the Oscars with a movie I was surprised wasn’t a winner at the Razzies. Really, I had little interest in seeing this, but it came through HBO HD, and I figured I could give it a chance and see if maybe it would surprise me. At the very least, a slasher flick couldn’t be too bad to watch once, right?
This movie is one which has been on my radar for the past couple years. I’ve newly discovered IFCHD (Independent Film Channel HD) on Cox, and am loving the offerings, all unedited and commercial free. I have BAD LIEUTENANT and AMERICAN BUFFALO DVRd, and hope to get to those soon enough. In the meantime, we can start with this small suspense film.
I remember liking this movie, but absolutely nothing else about it. I knew it was a spy-thriller. I knew Val Kilmer was in it. But I don’t remember anything about watching it five or six years ago. How good a film could it be if I couldn’t remember anything about it?
So here we are at the end of February, and I’m finally seeing my first film released in 2010. You would think that working at a movie theater would afford me more opportunities to watch movies. You would be wrong. But I digress. The following will contain HEAVY SPOILERS. It is impossible to talk about this film without spoiling some things. BE WARNED NOW, WATCH THE MOVIE BEFORE READING!
Not feeling too great on this Thursday evening, but wanted to try and stay up for the Celtics-Lakers game. Figured I could catch a short movie on-demand before it went up. Found PCU on HBO, which was a 90s flick I’ve heard to be funny. So, here we go…
This is a movie which I have trouble pegging. In some ways I think of it as an underrated horror-sci/fi flick, but on the other hand… well… it’s not particularly great. The last time I watched this movie was in Liz’s dorm room at RIC six or seven years ago on a thirteen inch TV. Not exactly ideal viewing conditions.
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