I was 8 years old when my parents took me to see Toy Story in a tiny theater in suburban Atlanta and it completely blew my mind. Since then, I’ve pretty much grown up with Pixar. When I was younger, “A Bug’s Life” and “Toy Story 2” fed my love of movies. As a teenager, [...]
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April 26, 2010
Movie Review – Kick-Ass
I’m not sure at what point in the superhero movie craze we’ve reached, but “Kick-Ass” at least indicates that its started to eat itself. Based on Mark Millar’s comic book (from the second phase of his career, known as “chasing sweet Hollywood money with weak comic books), “Kick-Ass” comes with an appropriately high concept premise [...]
March 29, 2010
Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine
Time travel is hot again within science fiction circles, most notably with last year’s mindbending season of a certain show we already write about too much around here (although I think its 2000s renaissance can all be traced back to Primer, one of my favorite movies ever). But so far, no film has had the [...]
February 22, 2010
Netflix Review: Extract
Sometimes we can’t get to see a movie in theatres, so it goes completely unreviewed by our site. That’s where Netflix comes in handy, giving us a chance to review a film as it comes out on DVD. The film career of Mike Judge has largely relied on word of mouth, DVD sales, and afternoon [...]
February 3, 2010
2009 Film Catch-Up
Over the last few days, I’ve been getting out to the theater to catch up on some 09 releases I missed. Rather than writing full reviews, I figured I’d give you a few capsulized thoughts: A Single Man Directed by fashion designer Tom Ford, A Single Man looks and feels a lot like a fashion [...]
January 19, 2010
Lateish Review – Youth In Revolt
Um…hi everyone. How are you doing? I mean, uh, are you doing okay? No? Me neither, hahahahaha that’s so funny. I, uh, know what you mean. Anyway, I was…I mean…uh…I uh…if its not too big of an inconvience for you and…uh…if you don’t have anything else to do I…uh…I was just wondering if it might [...]
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