So this week I literally had no idea what I was going to review. So I decided "Why not just review the last movie I watched!" That just happens to be this movie, Heavenly Creatures. I hadn't even heard of this movie before, but I was looking around Netflix for something to watch, and this is what I decided to watch last night.
As you can see, Kate Winslet is in this movie, this film actually "introduced" her. (The same goes for Melanie Lynskey). This is also a Peter Jackson "joint", as with one of his other early films Dead Alive, this is an extremely odd film. I don't really know how to describe it, other than odd. It's based on actual events, which makes this movie even more fucked up.
The basic story behind this movie is, Juliet (Kate Winslet) is a new student at a High School and becomes VERY close with Pauline (Melanie Lynskey). They both seem like very smart people, but they're both just so strange. The things they do aren't what most people would consider normal. This is also set in the 50's, so peoples view are obviously quite different about certain things than they are now.
Like I said already, I don't really know what to write about this. I enjoyed it for what it was, but at times I had to just think "What in the fuck am I watching?". Not that that's such a terrible thing, I tend to enjoy strange movies. I would give this a 3.5 star rating, but since I can't do half stars I had to go for the 3. To me it just wasn't a 4 star movie.
This is on Netflix, so if you haven't seen this, I'd recommend it, though it is a really odd movie. Peter Jackson used to make some really strange shit, huh?
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"A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return as no longer human. Can two college dropouts save humankind from this silent, otherworldly invasion?" - IMDB.
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"Hanging at a local pub, Ray, Pete, and Toby meet a lovely young woman who claims to be a time traveler from the future. As she spins her wild tale, the skeptical Pete stumbles into a time portal--in the pub's toilet--and sets off a wild adventure that results in a comedic crisis of mistaken identities, close calls, romance and anarchy--with the future of mankind at stake." - HBO Go.
So I was recently watching an episode of Game of Thrones on my Kindle Fire through my HBO Go app and I thought; "What other stuff is on here?" A quick search through their movies and I found this film. I had never heard of it. I never saw a trailer, read a review, or even knew who was in it. I only knew the title and the description you see above. But I was sold because I love time travel stories. And this movie is funny. I think I enjoyed it more because I never heard of it and went in blind. Sure Anna Faris is in it, but I didn't know that until I saw the opening credits. That had me worried that it would be a shitty comedy, a bad parody, or worse; feature a lot of Anna Faris's bad acting. But she is barely in this movie and she doesn't do a bad job or make me want to stab myself in the eyes at all this time around. It's a British comedy, and co-presented by the BBC as well as HBO. It's a location movie where they stay in one place the whole time but done in a way that doesn't feel like it. As well as you can actually feel like these guys are friends and feel like friends I have. It's not over the top and it doesn't leave you feeling like you wasted your time. The effects aren't bad either.
The trailer below is only if you need further help pushing you to want to watch the movie. I recommend going into to it with out watch it, but to each's own. It's fun, different, a nice story, and very enjoyable. Not the best, but good. Check it out if you have HBO Go, or buy the dvd on Amazon. (Remember, if you have HBO from your cable provider, you have access to HBO Go as well. It's included.)
An accidental cross-time radio link connects father and son across 30 years. The son tries to save his father's life but the must fix the consequences." IMDb
Frequency is one of my top ten, all time, favorite movies. Whenever someone asks the hypothetical "what movies would you take with you if you were stuck on a desert island" type questions, this is one of the ones that isn't porn which makes the list. For as good as the movie is, it often baffles me how few people have even heard of it, especially with the gaining popularity of Jim Caviezel with his roles in the show Person of Interest and the film Jesus and the Amazing Technicolor Ass-beating. (that's just what I always thought Passion of the Christ ought to have been called)
Jim Caviezel plays a New York cop by the name of John Sullivan. He is what I would call basically lost. He's no good with relationships, he drinks more than he should, and the only family he has is his mother. His life is just kind of missing something ya know? Dennis Quaid, on the other hand plays Frank Sullivan, a New York firefighter, Mets fan, family man, and all around good guy. He's good people that Frank Sullivan. Good guy to have around. Yeah. Anyway, one night while fiddling around with his father's old ham radio, John crosses frequencies with Frank and they start a conversation. They soon discover that the radios they are talking on just happen to have identical call signs, and they are actually father and son, separated by 30 years. (Holy shit! Solar flares be crazy!) John frantically explains that his father died in a fire 30 years ago, which just happens to be the next day for Frank. The next day Frank ends up in a burning building that John had described and manages to survive the fire. (Yay!) The problem is, now that Frank has survived, John's mother is no longer alive in the present and was murdered 30 years ago for some reason. (Dun dun dun!...I'm sorry, I've having too much fun with this) So, now the two men have to team up 30 years apart to try and prevent his mother's murder. Awesome. (I've said 30 a lot)
My reasons for liking this movie are actually rather simple. It has solid acting, warm and believable characters, and an interesting and original story. It definitely gets bonus points from me for having space/time continuum elements and alternate reality kind of stuff in it, but this is not a time travel movie. That stuff is merely an effective tool for delivering a suspenseful and well paced story. That's really it. I don't want to give too much away because I think this movie is something that everyone should really just watch and experience. So just watch it.
"A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011." - IMDB
We watch the most boring movie of last year! Join us as we try to shake the sleepiness brought on by the award winning snooze fest that is Zero Dark Thirty. Will we stay awake long enough to rate the movie? Listen and find out!
So it's time for another movie of the week, which can only mean one thing....ANOTHER DOCUMENTARY! I'm sticking to my little trend of suggesting a documentary on Netflix, and this week we have a really emotional one. Instead of just recommending this to you, I'm kind of going to go into detail talking about this movie.
First of all, I have been bullied. I'm not the first person to get bullied, and I'm surely not the last person to get bullied. Getting picked on at school was one of the many reasons why I decided to get in trouble and do the best I could to avoid school at all costs. This also lead me to treating other kids like crap, because I thought that would some how make me "cooler". It's really fucking stupid, and I regret how I behaved in Jr. High and High School. No one deserves to be treated like they don't matter, to be name called constantly in a very serious manner, or to be physically attacked by others for absolutely no reason. Being picked on yourself isn't a reason to mess with others who did nothing at all wrong to you.
Now as far as this film goes, it's very sad and at times gets hard to watch. I'll just warn you right off the bat, if you're a really emotional person who doesn't like movies that will make you feel depressed, this is NOT the movie for you. As a person who has both depression and anxiety issues, this movie really bummed me out. There were times when someone would do or say something, so I would pause the movie and just yell at the screen "PEOPLE ARE FUCKING TERRIBLE! I HATE EVERYONE!" This is one of those movies that makes you lose hope in humanity. Both because the parents raising these children did a terrible job, the teachers and other staff at the schools are doing a terrible job, and the children themselves are ass holes.
There is one kid in particular that I really felt bad for. He's literally just trying to make a friend on the school bus, when the other kid tells him that he's going to cut his face off and kill him. Yeah. This actually happened. Just seeing what this kid has to go through every day at school, just because of the way he looks, is really sad. It even leads to his younger sister saying she gets made fun of due to her being related to him. That's just fucked up.
Even in my recent years I've been a huge ass hole to people, most of whom didn't deserve it. I feel like I've made some really good strides and have tried to treat others how I'd like to be treated. I now choose to bull shit and joke around, and not be a ruthless dick head to people for no reason. This movie really showed me how much you can really mess up someone's life just by treating them so poorly. It also showed me that people really should do a better job raising their children. Seriously, it shouldn't be hard to tell them not to be a such a fucking dick to other children.
This movie isn't for everybody, but I think it's really worth a watch. It is on Netflix right now, so check it out!
"Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road." - IMDB
I saw the preview for this movie wasn't sure what to make of it. I had no desire to see it in theater bur when it came to redbox I got it. Dax Shepard plays a guy in witness protection, his girl friend (played by Kristen Bell) get a job offer but has to move for it. Rather than lose his girlfriend, Dax decides to brake protocall and leave to take his girlfriend to her interview. Her Ex boyfriend played by Michael Rosenbaum fears that Dax is going to kill her, fallows them, find out his real name and uses that info to inform the criminal that Dax is hiding from where he is. This leads to some crazy car chases and some nice driving.
Dax Shepard wrote and co-directed this movie and I gotta say, I enjoyed it. The humor was right up my alley and the writing was pretty good. The car chases were really fun and it has a great comedic cast. Dax really shines in this movie. There is not much to say about it, other than it's a solid 3 star movie and worth your time to check out.
Todd is still with us as we wrap up the movie and give our final verdicts of the remake for Evil Dead. Be sure to check out PodAntics, and don't forget to like us on Facebook! If you enjoyed our 2 part review, let us know in the comments. Tune in next week when we review Zero Dark Thirty.
"Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. The evil presence possesses them until only one is left to fight for survival." - IMDB
This week, we start reviewing newer movies. Along with new to dvd, we want to do more new in theater as well. On this episode we have Todd from PodAntics as a guest for our review of the remake of Evil Dead. Join Josh, Bobby, Dan, and Todd in this two part review Co-hosted by PodAntics! Don't forget to like us on Facebook!
"Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races." IMDB
The Time Machine (2002) is a modern remake of The Time Machine (1960) which was a film adaptation of an H.G. Wells novel published in 1894. Oddly enough, the novel was titled The Time Machine. You'll never guess what it's about...
This movie is one of those remakes that I really and truly like apart from the original because they are very different movies with different stories and story telling styles. The 1960 film was very much like the novel, both in story and voice. The main character was H. George Wells (that name sounds familiar for some reason) He has invented a time machine because he could and wants to go do things and see stuff...ya know, time travel-y stuff. He doesn't really have a reason for building his machine other than to say, "See!? Told ya I could!" The entire story is told in the form of a flashback which he is describing to his friends who stand around, sip brandy, and probably remember how cool it was to own people. I won't spoil if for you, but it's pretty good. Now, in the remake, our main character is a man named Alexander Hartdegen. He is kind of an absent minded professor type with a love for math, pocket watches, and a woman named Emma. On the very same night he proposes to her, she is murdered for her engagement ring. Alex doesn't take this well and spends the next four years inventing time travel in order to prevent Emma's death. Unfortunately, because temporal causality is a bitch, nothing he does can prevent her death. So, instead of dwelling on the past, he sets out to find answers in the future, so he can dwell on the past...in the future. The rest of the movie ensues.
The two movies do share some common elements of the original story such as the end of modern civilization caused by stupid humans, evolved races of future people like the Eloi and the Morlocks...hell, there's even a time machine! (fucking duh) There are even a couple of nods to the fans of the original movie such as the scene with the clothes changing on the mannequins outside his workshop, and the crystal nob on the time machine control handle. However that's pretty much where the similarities with the original story end. This movie has a completely original story which I very much enjoy, even with the colossal plot holes at the end. Watch the movie and see what I'm talking about why don't ya?!
I chose not to put in the IMDB info for this movie because if you haven't seen this movie, I don't want to give too much away. With that being said, here are some of my thoughts on this movie. It's kind of sad to think that the best Horror films coming out these days are all Comedies. Including The Cabin in the Woods and of course this movie. There are not really any movies that are both good and have those "Wow, that freaked the shit out of me" moments. With that being said, I do REALLY enjoy a great, funny Horror movie.
This is absolutely one of those types of movies. I didn't really know what this movie was about the first time I saw it, but within the first 5 minutes I knew what it was going to be like, and I was in love. It's just so damn funny, enjoyable, has some heart warming moments, and a really hot chick! I've now seen this movie 3 times, and have enjoyed it every time.
Like I mentioned earlier, it sucks that there really aren't many good, scary, well made horror films. But if movies like this is what we can expect when it comes to the more comedic type of horror film, I'm really looking forward to it. I didn't want to give too much away, because the less you know before seeing this movie, the better. It is on the Netflix Instant Queue, so give it a look.
This week we review the Video Game Film, Silent Hill: Revelation. A sequel to the 2006 movie, but this one is based off of the 3rd game and has little ties to the first one in ways of story. IMDB's description says "When her father disappears, Heather Mason is drawn into a strange and terrifying alternate reality that holds answers to the horrific nightmares that have plagued her since childhood." This episode is pretty funny, so give it a listen.
Let me start with a story. For those of you who don't know, I'm a huge Sonic the Hedgehog fan. I fell in love with the character when my dad traded our Nintendo and games in and got the Sega Genesis with two games to start; Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse and the original Sonic The Hedgehog. Not long after that, I got Sonic 2, Sonic 3(This as a Link To A Video Of Me Playing Sonic 3!), Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bead Machine, Sonic Spinball, Sonic and Knuckles and so on. I bought the comics and stayed up late to watch the sneak peak of the cartoon on TGIF on ABC introduced by Jaleel White (at the time I didn't make the connection that it was introduced by the guy who voiced the cartoon Sonic). I even drew pictures on Sonic and my teacher bought me stickers cuz he was on them. I was hooked, and had everything Sonic I could. And one day, at the mall with my mom, we were at the games store Babbage's and there it was. The Sonic The Hedgehog: The Movie on VHS. It was $10. I but no matter how much I begged, my mom wouldn't get it for me. I was told "next time." But there was no next time. It was the last one when I was at that store the last time, and when we went back it was gone. We checked the Suncoast Videos, not there. Blockbuster video to rent it, not there. I always kept an eye out for it but I never did find it.
Years went by, the internet came into houses. And I found that I could buy it! From $18 on dvd to over $100 still sealed VHS copies. Being that I'm currently unemployed, I can't afford to buy it but I found it entirely online on youtube! Awesome. I linked it below so you can watch it too.
This is amazing. As a huge fan of Sonic, I was so excited to see that it was the same style of art from the Sonic CD anime intro and outro videos. Localisation to US edited the VHS version of the film, but the DVD and version below are unedited. Including Sonic getting hit in the balls, Tails grabbing some tits, and Sonic giving Metal Robotnik the finger. If you enjoy anime and old school OVA style stuff, you'll like this. It's over the top, silly, funny, dumb, great action, and just my childhood wrapped up into a blue ball of "Fuck Yeah."
"Two Jedi Knights escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to reclaim their old glory." IMDB
