ThanksKilling

This was even worse than Id expected. Ive seen flaming turds, but this take the cake. The acting, plot and special effects (as expected) were wretched. The talking killer turkey story could have been so much better. I understand low-budget and all, but this was beyond a flaming turd. This idea could have been awesome, even with a small budget. 1 reluctant star. 22 Nov 2009

Pin

Yet another flaming turd straight out of the 1980's. This movie was creepy and...bizarre. There is no gore, but some serious sexual deviance going on (implications of incest). This little turd goes down in flames after about the first 15-20 minutes. Throughout the movie two questions stuck in my mind. Is Pin alive? Is Leon crazy? At the end of the flick we are left wondering, what on Earth?!? If you, like me, are attracted to the flamiest of flaming turds, this one is for you. 3 Stars. 18 November 2009

Faces of Death

I find myself torn between treating this as a serious documentary (or shockumentary, if you prefer) or a truly disturbing set of recreations. It was...interesting is the only word I can come up with. This film is truly difficult to describe. Even knowing that much of it is fake, it is disturbing. It's worth a watch if you can separate shockumentary from actual, serious film-making even if just to say that you've seen it. 3 stars. 7 April 2009

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

I Want to Believe...yeah, I wanted to believe that this was going to be an awesome movie. This movie was a huge disappointment. I Want to Believe barely even felt like a mediocre X-Files episode. The story was weak, at best. There were no aliens, no UFO's, no conspiracies to uncover. On the upside (the only one I can think of), Duchovny and Anderson both stepped back into their roles and Mulder and Scully without missing a beat. After such a long wait for this movie, I had extremely high hopes for this. It took me two days to watch this. I am a HUGE X-Files fan; I should have been sucked right in just like I was with every episode of the series and the first movie. Not recommended even to X-Files fans. 1.5 stars (rounded to 2). 7 April 2009

Hancock

Hancock was a disappointment. Oh, it was a decent movie, but this movie could have been so much better. They have unexplored territory here and did very little with it. This is a unique superhero movie, and for that reason this movie got 3 stars from me...but it could have been a great superhero movie if they'd just stuck to the superhero theme. This movie seemed to be a bit...all over the place. It's a superhero movie, then it's a comedy for a moment, then it's a superhero movie, then it's a love story---you get it. There are spectacular effects to draw you away from the mediocre writing and the less-than-stellar performances by actors who are much better than they appeared to be in this movie. Overall, Hancock is an okay movie as long as you don't have high expectations. 3 stars. 7 April 2009