Joss Wheden’s Dollhouse, Episode 1

Season 1  :  Ep. 1|50:15|

Going to start watching Joss Wheden’s Dollhouse.  Figured I’d give you a chance to watch too! Here’s the pilot.

Movie Review: Alien Raiders

Alien Raiders

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Directed By: Ben Rock

Starring: Carlos Bernard, Mathew St. Patrick

Plot Synopsis:

It’s the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket, an idyllic family grocery store in Buck Lake, Arizona. But the normal monotony of rounding up shopping carts and settling out the cash drawers is broken at 11:07pm, just before closing when a group of masked and armed-to-the-teeth militants invades the store, immediately killing several of the employees and shoppers and holding the rest hostage.

Though the hostage-takers at first appear to be robbers or terrorists, they reveal themselves to be a cadre of rogue scientists that has discovered and tracked an alien infestation to this store on this night, and they are determined to find out which of the survivors are extraterrestrials and end the invasion at any cost. (Trailer Addict)

Review:

So, the award for the lamest title of a good movie goes to … Alien Raiders.  I mean, seriously, this is where studio intervention is a bad thing.  Originally titled Supermarket (I know, not much of a better title), Alien Raiders is a movie that is way better than the title suggests.  When I first heard of this movie, I was thinking it would be a low-grade Sci Fi Channel original crap-fest.  But, then I started hearing some good things and decided to check it out.  Alien Raiders has no right to be as good as it is.  It’s a blast.

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Movie Review: Slumdog Millionare

Slumdog Millionaire

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Directed By: Danny Boyle

Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor

Plot Synopsis:

Slumdog Millionaire is the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”

But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show’s questions.

Intrigued by Jamal’s story, the jaded Police Inspector begins to wonder what a young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on this game show?

When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out… (Trailer Addict)

Review:

It’s not every day a movie with no stars and small budget has the success that Danny Boyle’s newest movie Slumdog Millionaire has had.  This film came out of nowhere, with very little marketing and is now winner of the coveted Best Picture Oscar (along with numerous more Oscars including Best Director for Danny Boyle).  Slumdog Millionare is one of the most memorable, beautiful and affecting movies I’ve seen in a long time.

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Movie Review: My Name is Bruce

My Name Is Bruce

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Directed By: Bruce Campbell

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Grace Thorsen, Taylor Sharpe

Plot Synopsis:

My Name Is Bruce is the heroic struggle of a small mining town (Gold Lick, Oregon) to rid itself of a vengeful monster. Guan-di (James J. Peck), the Chinese god of war and protector of the dead, has been unleashed by cemetery desecrating teenagers to protect the graves of Chinese miners lost in a deadly cave-in of yesteryear.

The deadly demon’s mission is to eradicate all those who transgressed against the tomb (relatives included), which is virtually the entire population of Gold Lick. The inbred community has to find a solution so Jeff (Taylor Sharpe), the sole survivor of a deadly Guan-Di encounter, takes it upon himself to kidnap his idol, Bruce Campbell (Bruce Campbell), star of countless B-movie horror films, and recruit him to be their local savior. (Trailer Addict)

Review:

I love me some Bruce Campbell.  My first introduction to him was in the 3rd Evil Dead movie, Army of Darkness.  Yes, I was young and impressionable.  I remember seeing the Army of Darkness trailer with it’s skeleton army and heavy metal background music.  Once I saw the introduction of his chain saw hand, I knew this was a movie I had to check out.

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Movie Review: The Midnight Meat Train

The Midnight Meat Train

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Directed By: Ryûhei Kitamura

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones

Plot Synopsis:

When Leon Kaufman’s (Bradley Cooper) latest body of work – a collection of provocative, nighttime studies of the city and its inhabitants — earns the struggling photographer interest from prominent art gallerist Susan Hoff (Brooke Shields), she propels him to get grittier and show the darker side of humanity for his upcoming debut at her downtown art space.
Believing he’s finally on track for success, Leon’s obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer, Mahogany (Vinnie Jones), the subway murderer who stalks late-night commuters — ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways imaginable.

With his concerned girlfriend Maya (Leslie Bibb) fearing for his life, Leon’s relentless fascination with Mahogany lures him further and further into the bowels of the subways and ultimately into an abyss of pure evil – inadvertently pulling Maya right along with him.

The horror thriller Midnight Meat Train stars Bradley Cooper (Wedding Crashers, TV’s Alias), Vinnie Jones (X-Men: The Last Stand, Snatch), Brooke Shields (Nip/Tuck), and Leslie Bibb (the upcoming Trick ‘r Treat, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby).

Also starring are Roger Bart (Hostel: Part II, TV’sDesperate Housewives), Peter Jacobson (Good Night, and Good Luck), Barbara Eve Harris (TV’s Prison Break), and UFC mixed martial arts fighter Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson.

Midnight Meat Train is directed by critically acclaimed Japanese director Ryûhei Kitamura (Versus, Azumi) in his American debut, and based on legendary horror writer Clive Barker’s popular, eponymous short story from his classic Books of Blood collection. The screenplay was adapted by Jeff Buhler. (Trailer Addict)

Review:

Clive Barker is one of the few Horror Genre storytellers that genuinly creeps me out.  As a director he’s responsible for some genuine creep-fests (Hellraiser,Lord of Illusions) that are extremely creepy and visually stunning.  As a writer, I haven’t given Clive Barker a chance.  All I know whenever his work is adapted, it’s been hit or miss (Candyman).

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

I can’t wait for this book to come out in May.  Just added it to my Amazon Wish List

Product Description:

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! (Paperback)

by Jane Austen (Author), Seth Grahame-Smith (Author)

“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” features the original text of Jane Austen’s beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone crunching zombie action.

3 Posters for QT’s Inglorious Basterds

3 Posters for Quentin Tarantino’s WWII epic Inglorious Basterds have surfaced.  Totall awesomeness.  Read the full story Here. See them at Empire with a full story also.

Movie Review: Fritt Vilt (Cold Prey)

Fritt Vilt (Cold Prey)

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Directed By: Roar Uthaug

Starring: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen

Plot Synopsis:

Five teenage snowboarders are forced to spend the night in a mysteriously abandoned ski lodge. Except somebody – or something – already lives there. It is huge, savage and unstoppable…and now it’s pissed off. But if you think this is going to be the usual ‘trapped teens stalked by a maniac’ movie, you’re dead wrong.

From the first chilling kill to the final horrific twist, prepare yourself for the smart, intense and award-winning European sensation that has terrified audiences around the world and put the edge back into the body-count genre.

Review:

Slasher movies are never going to win any awards for plot or characterization.  What separates the multitude of films in this sub-genre of Horror is the execution.  The most recent Friday the 13th remake comes to mind as well as it’s classic original and films like John Carpenter’s Halloween.  Young adults or teens stalked by unstoppable killer.

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Movie Review: Friday the 13th (2009)

Friday the 13th

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Directed By: Marcus Nispel

Starring: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, and Derek Mears

Plot Synopsis:

After the supposed death of her son at a summer camp, a mother begins to kill the camp employees. After her death at the hands of the remaining employees, her son returns to continue her bloody work.

Review:

10:15pm, on Friday the 13th 2009 I sat in a packed theater filled with 75% black hoodie and T-shirt wearing males.  The remaining 25% was comprised of high school guys with unsuspecting girlfriend in tow.  Oh, and one parent who thought they could hid their infant (hearing a baby crying during a horror flick is really strange).

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Joaquin Phoenix + David Letterman = Comic Gold

Wow.  My brother Sam just let me know about Joaquin Phoenix’s appearance on The Tonight Show with David Letterman.  This HAS to be an elaborate stunt.