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Batman: The Killing Joke (2016)
https://s32.postimg.org/otisspoo5/BKJ.jpg The late 80s original graphic novel was one of the most fan favorite & talked about Batman-Joker stories to the comic book lovers. It was dark, disturbing & brilliantly written that wonderfully explores Joker's philosophy of being an evil & unpredictable bad guy character where all the way down he viciously tries to prove his point - 'one bad day is enough to turn a regular good man into a very bad one'. So it was an exciting news for the fans like me when WB & DC animation announced that they were going to adapt it with most popular & beloved voice actors like Kevin Conroy & Mark Hamill reprising their respective iconic voice roles of Bruce Wayne/Batman and the Joker. Over the years, WB has produced some great DC Animated films along with few weak entries but I think most of the fans were granted for sure that THE KILLING JOKE is going to be one of the best animated films ever made (along with Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Batman: Under the Red Hood or The Dark Knight Returns). But guess what...it actually turned out one of the worst DC adaptations that they have done so far! If I even overlook or forget about the unnecessary & lame prologue of Batgirl that consumes the first 30 minutes of this film, it still remains a lifeless, dull & disjoint animated feature. The problem was everywhere! First of all, the animation work; it terribly fails to connect with the thought-provoking & emotional dramatic contents of the story & most notably Joker's some of the greatest lines in comic book history, even at times Batman kinda walks or moves like a Robot! The film also heavily lacks proper background scores & sound in most of the scenes that I think also contributed to make it felt like a dull animated feature. It just jumps from this scene to that scene and than it ends. I know it's unbelievable but surprisingly Kevin Conroy's voice work also sounded like he wasn't somehow ready or wanted to play his part this time! You can find a motion comic video in youtube about this same Killing Joke story and believe me...those guys even done it in a far better & convincing way; sad to say this but it seems WB should have taken some notes from them about how to adapt this challenging tale into an animation. >>: C- Scare Campaign (2016) https://s32.postimg.org/4e9pd0hj9/image.jpg >>: B |
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Late Phases [aka Late Phases: Night of the Lone Wolf] (2014) - 8/10
Really enjoyed this one. Blind vet moves to retirement community and they have a werewolf problem. Sounds cheesy, but I actually found it to be a really good and entertaining movie. Not too many movies about lycanthropy, except for a few classics, that are all that great. Worth checking out, recommended especially to werewolf fans. https://horrorpediadotcom.files.word...ster-11x17.jpg |
Evolution (2015)
https://s32.postimg.org/pebq5yk05/Evol.jpg It could have been a rare modern masterpiece, IMO if they could have put little more explanations about what's actually really going on in that island?! **MINOR SPOILER WARNING** The film indeed offers a very unique set up with a beautiful sea side European island [kinda reminded me of that island in Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)] inhabited only by a great bunch of weird women & young boys but what goes around there was the main intriguing as well as surprising aspect of this slow burn, mysterious French sci-fi/horror. All those women who are acting like their mother even once do this very weird orgy sort of ritual in the beach at the middle of the night and those boys gradually becomes subject to a series of strange experiments or treatments where it seems they were using them in a some sort of reproductive procedure for what knows what the hell (!?!) ...(or what those creepy human baby like things were doing with Nicholus in the tank?!...they were feeding by him?!?). And like those, there were a good deal of interesting issues & questions left unanswered. May be it is one of those kind of films that actually demands to be interpreted in a metaphorical way with a more careful viewing but despite it was beautifully shot & initially felt quite dark & promising, eventually frustrated me at the end for being too ambiguous & weird, without providing much hints to interpret it or made some sense about the whole affair. At one point I was thinking may be it would going to reveal that those women are actually mermaid or siren sort of creatures and they need or steals human baby and raise them to a certain age to sacrifice them in order to give birth of their own child that they become unable to do for some weird natural change or curse or whatever! >>: B- |
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Me and My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
B/C Nice Aussie zombie comedy starring Jim Jefferies. Goes a bit downhill towards the end but still worth watching if you like zomcoms. The cast and characters are decent, dialogue and jokes are fun, the gore is decent. |
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Ana, 2016. 5/10
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Fell, 2010. 9/10
http://i.imgur.com/F7Nxf82.jpg Being fired from his job and abandoned by his girlfriend sends manic-depressive Bill into a terrible psychological dive. He becomes ever more dependent on medications to manage his moods, but the drugs eventually overwhelm his mind and blur the differences between reality and fantasy, to the point where a violent shock brings about the possibility that he may have transformed into a homicidal maniac. I needed IMDb to write for me because I cannot express how fantastic this film is. ::love:: |
Last month i watched conjuring 2 this movie was scary and that night i could not sleep. this movie character was terrible ::devil::
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The Childhood of a Leader (2015)
http://i64.tinypic.com/212z31e.jpg The official or IMDB plot synopsis goes like this..."This chilling fable about the rise of fascism in the 20th Century tells the story of a young American boy living in France in 1918 whose father is working for the US government on the creation of the Treaty of Versailles. What he witnesses helps to mould his beliefs - and we witness the birth of a terrifying ego. Loosely inspired by the early childhood experiences of many of the great dictators of the 20th Century and infused with the same sense of dread as The Others and The Omen, The Childhood of a Leader is an ominous portrait of emerging evil." So I was expecting something like a serious or interesting take on the Evil Child sub-genre of horror. But it was actually nothing like that. Moreover, I really felt sad for that talented kid...neither parent got much time for him, his best friend was the head maid and most importantly there wasn't any sign or indications that they revealed in the film which could make or inspire such a normal, spoiled kid to eventually grows up and become an "evil" leader at the end. And another misleading thing was the background score...sometime it was just manipulative and pretentious; make you feel like something terrible or interesting thing(s) going to happen but when there was nothing actually happens most of the time at the end of a scene(s). Only good things about the movie were the cast & the production values. >>: C |
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God Bless America (2011) I.M.D.B. On a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, terminally ill Frank makes an unlikely accomplice in 16-year-old Roxy. I enjoyed the first act more than the third and second, where Frank's anger towards the only slightly exaggerated version of America is building. Later on, in places it felt disjointed, as though cheap re-shoots were needed. Overall though, very enjoyable. 7.5/10 |
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The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) I.M.D.B. Two terrified girls must battle a mysterious evil force when they get left behind at their boarding school over winter break in this chilling and suspenseful horror film. Eerie, suspenseful, effective. A very creepy, interesting and impacting movie. Highly recommended. 8.5/10 |
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The Visit -
The trailer for this was very good. And I heard a few comments about it being a return to good M. Night Shyamalan movies. Although now thinking about it, I think he only has like one or two good movies. He's pretty much the master of getting people to watch his movies for the twist. I did think The Visit was an ok movie though. If you said it was made by a first time director or as a film school project, I would say it's a very good movie. But a movie by an established Hollywood director? It's kind of a let down then. Even the twist is kind of small compared to what you might be thinking from the trailer and during the movie. Actually one of the best parts is thinking about all the scenes with the grandparents and then how obvious the twist is afterwards because of their behavior. Unnatural - I think someone here reviewed this movie. They said it was bad. I looked at the short run time and it is a snow horror movie, which I like. So I thought why not? But this is one of those movies that even though short seem long because they are so bad and boring. There are really only a few good scenes in the movie and they all involve the bikini girls. This is a movie that I'm sure if anyone likes horror movies and knows the good ones, if they read the Unnatural script, they would have said rewrite this mess or definitely not gone on to produce it. I guess some of the cast is good but I assume they just needed a paycheck. There is also something I've never seen at the end of this movie. The credits have a "Very Special Thanks" at the end with names in big text. Larger than the actors names I think. I guess these people helped finance the movie and really wanted to work with Hollywood people. But I guess they didn't know good horror movies as if they read the script they would not have funded this movie. Eli Roth Double Feature The Green Inferno - I was looking forward to this one and it was even more out there than I thought it was going to be. I remmeber when I was young thinking there was a very dangerous and maybe even sinister element to those natives at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark. I always called them "Naked Booty Men." Well here we get to see it. This is a shocking horror movie. I'm surprised it didn't get beyond an R rating. I haven't seen the original movie that inspired this one yet. I will eventually. But this is the best horror movie from Eli Roth that I've seen. It's not something I would own. But it's very worth a watch for horror fans. Aftershock - I was surprised to see almost the same cast in this movie. I guess they filmed Aftershock and Green Inferno close together or some kind of deal was in place. When I checked the wiki I was also surprised to find out this movie was based on actual events. Which is sickening when you get towards the end of the movie. I didn't like this one that much. With The Green Inferno, there was more setup and storyline. Here it's just people on vacation and disaster strikes. I didn't like the group of characters they portrayed here and even more disgusting characters show up later in the movie. There was only one character I liked and they gave her a skeleton in her closet to make her not what she seemed. Or at least give her a reason to be like that. It's like the movie has a anti-humanity or other theme going on right down to its ending which I hated. It's a true downer movie to me and I would only watch this one if you like those city disaster type movies. |
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Into The Forest (2015) I.M.D.B. After a massive power outage, two sisters learn to survive on their own in their isolated woodland home. Solid performances from Wood and Page, and the movie relies heavily on this. I was always expecting more horror to happen due to the front cover. Instead it was more of a character piece about the relationship between the two sisters. The actual practicalities of survival were minimal. I felt an impending threat from others, but that never really comes, so I was left feeling a bit unsatisfied. Good performance from the leads though. 7/10 |
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Nerve (2016) "A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of 'watchers.'" Funny and surprisingly suspenseful teen thriller. It has some good twists and likable characters to make it better than your average teen flick. There's also some nice social commentary, but it gets way too forced towards the end. The whole concept is completely ridiculous, so your enjoyment of this movie depends on whether or not you'll be willing to give yourself away to the premise. If you can get past the more ridiculous aspects of the game, you'll like it. 7/10 |
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Feast (2005) I.M.D.B. Patrons locked inside a bar are forced to fight monsters. Fun movie. Monsters are well done. Movie is visceral and fun. Would liked to have seen more comedy in the script. Satisfyingly gross. Recommended. 7.5/10 |
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Just Buried - fun if you liked "Pushing Daisies"
Flaws - Intentionally bad, low budget "Jaws" parody with a killer pool sweeper Lights Out - had some good ideas, but didn't really work. Ghosthunters - when the bad guy wears a mask, you know it's one of the other characters. When there are only two male actors in the movie, it's not hard to find the bad guy. Haunted - Extended Cut - horror themed reality show movie. yes, it's as bad as it sounds. |
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The Mind's Eye (2015)
A/B The less you know about the story the better! All you need to know is that it's about people with psychokinetic powers, there's an evil doctor and lots of Scanners moments. The good: It's set in the early 90's, the musical score reminded me of Terminator and other 80's movies, great looking blood and gore, good effects, some scenes reminded me of Stuart Gordon movies,... The bad: The story/script was a little bit weak in places, couple of dumb decision moments, the cast could've been a little better and there was something else but I can't put my finger on it. Anyway, I still recommend it. Quote:
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Suicide Squad (2016)
5/10 Tries hard to be cool, like it was made by marketing whores. Anti-heros trying to be cool, tough, sexy, crude, inappropriate and funny. If you like that, you'll like the film. Decent SFX. Rather light in action , which I generally prefer, but both the action and story were very clique (though the brother-witch destruction design was very cool). The portrayals of Harley Quin and The Joker were spirited, but seemed rather wasted on a film with nothing to say... well, except, "you can be antisocially criminally cool and still love one person". It's like this film was created by marketers/advertisers (Bill Hicks would hurl). Of the "hip" anti-hero genre, Deadpool was far superior in all respects. As a superhero film, there's no character substantially likeable, unless, you'll forgive me for saying, you have the mind of a 12-year-old. |
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Lights Out (2016)
https://s7.postimg.org/gkj357vuj/lights_out_poster2.jpg Simple but effectively scary. Beautifully done. >>: B+ Suicide Squad (2016) https://s8.postimg.org/ko9j1f3qd/image.jpg Initially I thought they were going to adapt 2014 Batman animated flick Assault on Arkham for the big screen this time which offers more or less the same characters but a different plot where Joker was the main antagonist and Batman appears as the final savior! I enjoyed that one. Anyway, with a different villain and set up, DC-WB's this 3rd major installment wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be (particularly, after even looking at the headlines on some of the recent critic reviews i.e. 'worse than Fant4stic'!). But that doesn't mean it was good either; just an okay, time-passing but at the end forgettable average flick for DC-WB collaboration. The villain(s) and the final showdown were the major disappointments as well as the way they put Joker into the story was a big letdown, IMO. >>: C+ |
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Summer Camp (2015)
C/D Big disappointment. I expected better from the people who made Rec. There was a cool angle to the story but it got ruined by everything else. |
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Star Trek Beyond (2016) "The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test." Another great addition to the reboot series. Not quite as good as the previous two installments, Into Darkness being my personal favorite, but it's very action-packed and exciting. The story is simple and feels a lot like an episode from the series, which is a good thing. It's fun, not pretentious and has incredible special effects. One of the few good mindless summer blockbusters this year. 8/10 |
Insane, 2016. 7/10
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Dread I.M.D.B. Three college students set out to document what other people dread most The performances weren't strong enough to carry this movie in which very little happens for the first 60 mins or so. When it finally got to where it was going, it wasn't strong enough to justify the wait. Better performances and better dialogue, or more action/horror throughout were needed to make this worth watching. A more convincing/stronger friendship between the two guys would have elevated this movie. 6/10 |
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