Metropolis by Fritz Lang

Metropolis by Fritz Lang

As an owner of the original 1927 Metropolis DVD by Fritz Lang, it never dawned on me that what I was viewing was only a portion of the man’s creation. Although it flowed well, it was hard to get my Spike TV buddies to sit down and look at the mother of Science Cinema. Recently while perusing my Netflix queue I saw a movie with the title Metropolis Restored...

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil Afterlife picks up where the last one ended with Alice taking the fight to the Umbrella Corporation, complete with her newly discovered Jedi powers. I will admit that I only went to see this movie to see the big zombie’s axe spiral at me in threeeeeee deeeeeee but by the time the credits came up at the end I was actually excited for the next...

Tekken (2010)

Tekken (2010)

Tekken marks yet another movie in an extremely long line of badly portrayed video game adaptations. You would think that with all the blaring examples of what not to do when making a video game movie, these newer titles would get it right. Tekken annoyed me, from the ugly character actors, to the cheesy Tekken City and the choice of characters to lead the...

Inception

Inception

Can Christopher Nolan do any wrong amongst fans? The man has become the silent Jerry Rice of Directors, making big plays whenever he’s thrown the ball and stepping aside gracefully until it’s his time again. Inception was described to me by a friend as having left him with the same feeling of wonder that he felt when he first saw The Dark Knight. For...

Predators (2010)

Predators (2010)

Suddenly the Asian guy, who has spoken maybe 2 lines throughout the entire movie stops and settles himself. Looking back the team wonders why he hesitated and he motions them to keep moving… they do so without anyone caring to question his suicidal motives. Not even the pragmatic but empathetic Isabelle (Alice Braga) gives a thought to saving Hanzo the Yakuza...

Splice

Splice

A mid-level thriller with an excellent cast and decent writing, Splice started off slowly then quickly sped up into a race of emotions for this viewer. I went from bored, to empathetic, to disturbed upon the final scene. Splice left me impressed that the premise of the story had actually gone “there”, the “there” being a rather dirty place which most...