Entries in Reviews (144)
The Vampire's Assistant: It's Not For Children And Some Grown-Ups
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 11:11PM 
John C. Reilly can paint a fence and I would watch. There is something about this guy that carries movies which would be sub-par without his touch. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant manages to combine the 80's horror-campiness of a One Bitten and the sophistication of a Near Dark. A good majority of the movie is spent with bloated expository scenes, the few actual "Cirque Du Freak" moments are executed incredibly well, but not well enough for this movie to be palatable to everyone. The Vampire's Assistant is a movie for tweens and adults, who are willing to give a pass to most of the boring characters and their subsequent dramatic scenes.
Fatal Frame [PS2]: The Greatest Game I've Never Finished
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 6:13PM 
I did not finish Fatal Frame. It was not because I was to scared. It was not because I grew bored with this game. I simply ran out of ammo. Can you believe it? I have been playing Fatal Frame for the Playstation 2 intermittently for about 2 months. Had it not been a perfect storm of user error on my part and brutal, archaic game design on developer Temco's, this positive review would [or could] be more in depth. My PS2 catalog playthrough continues.
Paranormal Activity: A Great Movie Under Certain Conditions
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 8:41AM 
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If you are a fan of horror films and like the feeling of being immersed in a story, do not go and see this movie until it has a completely rid itself its middle-to-high school attendees. Advice: Go in two weeks of the posting of this review.
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If you are not a fan of shaky cameras or generally get motion sick, this may not be the movie for you.
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If you love old people, go and see Paranormal Activity on a Sunday afternoon for optimal viewing.
Horror, Independant in Cinema, Reviews Zombieland: How Did We Get Here?
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 12:30AM 
The saying "history repeats itself," is quite fitting for cinema. We are living [and enduring] a number of fads right now. A large majority we will regret telling our offspring the magnitude in which we so voraciously supported such trends. However, the zombie fad as of the past ten years have proven quite fruitful. Movies ranging from comedic homages, like Shaun of the Dead to hyper-realistic social commentaries of the 28 Days/28 Weeks caliber; all have added depth to the horror genre and our current zombie fad. The question is, where does Zombieland fit into all of this?
Comedy, Horror, Zombieland in Cinema, Reviews, Zombie Bar Mitzvah WET [PS3]: All Style and No Control
Monday, October 5, 2009 at 7:18AM 
WET's style of low-budget b-movie tongue and cheek cheesiness, unfortunately mimics its technical gameplay design. It's cool that Artificial Mind and Movement went back to the drawing boards after some development issues with Sierra and a luke-warm trailer reception in 2007. Personally, I have been in favor of publishers giving developers all the time they need to make the product they want to make [even though I know this is usually not the luxury most games suffer from]. After playing WET this weekend, I had a hard time believing, publisher Bethesda and developer Artificial Mind and Movement, were one hundred percent behind this game at the time of its release. The voice acting, although star studded, is absolutely laughable. The setting is beautiful and visually appealing, but the 'cheap, Grindhouse-look' comes off as just plain cheap at times. I rented WET and I am debating if this game was worth the rental. The games challenges are not fun, much like the plot, you will fight with the poorly conceived controls only for the key events of the game to rely on quick time events.
Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 1:13AM 
That book that you keep staring at is not going to walk out of Barnes & Noble buy itself. Hopefully after reading this little review, you will have decided to pick up the post-mortem collaboration of Jane Austen with the very much living [for now] Seth Grahame-Smith. Pride and Predjudice and Zombies has been out for almost a year now and is apart of an ongoing series by Quirk Books. If you are apprehensive about reading a book directly based off of Austen's Pride & Prejudice, or are one of those people [like me] who find Austen's prose off putting, you are in luck. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has the perfect blend of literary wit from Jane Austen's original text, in combination with Seth Grahame-Smith's morbid zombie-fied humor.
Austen, Grahame-Smith, Reading in Books, Reviews, Zombie Bar Mitzvah The Problem(s) I Have With Batman: Arkham Asylum
Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 6:04PM 
This Can Only End BadlyThis is not going to be one of those reviews which overly gushes praise for a game which is received it ten times over. If you want that, I would suggest going to your local metacritic and having your score fetish satiated. This review is more of a 'splitting of hairs' perspective. In case you did not know, Batman: Arkham Asylum is a great game. If you are a fan of the comic and especially the animated series, then this piece of work made by Rocksteady, will more than likely exceed your expectations. However, for those reading this review months or years after Arkham Asylum's release, you are the consumer who may have slightly clearer vision. Taking in the awesomeness of Batman: Arkham Asylum, let us discuss the issues in this well made, but slightly flawed masterpiece.
Arkham Asylum, PS3, Rocksteady in Console Gaming, Criticism, Gaming, Reviews, The Batman Review: Sorority Row, "Where Women Can't Break Glass"
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 6:18PM 
The good thing about Sorority Row is that it captures the B-movie charm and nostalgia of the original, The House On Sorority Row. The bad would be that it captures everything wrong with the original piled on with today's typical slasher flick nuances.
Inglourious Basterds Is Fun If You Like Brains
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 9:05AM 
"I Do Believe This Is Some Of My Best Work"-AldoThe last Quentin Tarantino film I watched was Deathproof. A movie which had great spirit about it, but suffered from pacing issues from the onset. Inglourious Basterds is Tarentino's first effort into the 'cult-war epic' genre. The strangest impression I got from this movie was how much of a fan of it I was, but how I was still still sort of disappointed.
"Fear For Your Puny Lives!"
