Inception (2010)
Chris Nolan: Destined to be the most overrated director of our time.
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11:14 (2003)
Thus far, I have come across three different posters for 11:14, and every, single one of them paint this film as some sort of drama or thriller. I certainly expected a drama or thriller when I turned it on, but got instead an irreverent, cleverly-executed dark comedy starring a whole host of people I love to watch.
The A-Team (2010)
As a kid during the 80s, I fucking loved the A-Team. It’s been long enough that I’ve seen the series that I can’t recall many specifics about it, but I can recall the general tone of it and why, both as a kid and now as an adult, I think it’s super cool. I can confidently say that Joe Carnahan’s film reboot of the series both captures the reckless enthusiasm of the original and manages to uphold the fun action film tradition we would expect from Hannibal, Face, B.A. and Murdock.
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Ninja Assassin is simply blood and guts for the sake of it.
Exam (2009)
I fully admit it: I prejudge movies by their poster. Given that the entire intent of motion picture PR is to get you to believe a film is good enough to see just by its poster, I guess that makes sense. The thing is, sometimes the marketing team goes horribly wrong and I see a poster, like the one for Exam, for instance, and mistakenly believe it’s going to be a tired hybrid of The Apprentice and the Saw movies.
The Wolfman (2010)
Squandered opportunity is perhaps the best phrase to describe the recent remake of Universal’s classic Wolfman. I hadn’t heard many good things about the film, but I still had the hope that it might surprise me and at least turn out a few characters worth giving a shit about. Unfortunately, the movie doesn’t give its viewers much of anything to give a shit about whatsoever, turning out a bland and unimpressive rehashing that while isn’t bad enough to be shameful, certainly isn’t good enough to be called an homage.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
I am, amazingly, a fan of the original Nightmare on Elm Street series—For a certain value of “fan,” at least. Since I was a kid, I’ve seen most to all of the original films (Most of them tend to blend together), and while I enjoy them, it isn’t because I think they’re high art. I will say this much, though: Freddy Krueger has always terrified me on some primal, human level, and I think that’s why I’ve always liked the Elmstreet films. It’s fun to be scared, even if it’s mostly ridiculous.
Metropia (2009)
It’s really a shame that Metropia didn’t have a more original plot.
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Here’s the thing: My intense attachment to the Iron Man film franchise makes it difficult for me to be objective about it.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
One of the aspects of slasher flicks that I love best is how they have a long-standing tradition of showing that girls can take care of themselves.
