The movie opens with a flashback where some sadistic pre-teens torment a girl who just wanted to play hide and seek with them. The girl falls out of a window and dies, setting the stage for a classic revenge tale. Fast forward 6 years and Jamie Lee Curtis is the girl's grown up sister. Someone wants to kill all the kids that had a…
Look, I'm a die hard Alien fan. I loved the first movie for its creepy subtleties, the second one for its humor and bombast, and the third one for its darkness and attempt at something fresh. I even liked some parts of Alien: Resurrection, though it was terribly flawed. Then time passed and eventually we got the mother of all pre-prequels: Prometheus. I wanted…
Alien electricity has taken over a Russian research ship and it's up to the crew of a salvage tugboat to not die. Jamie Lee Curtis plays Foster, the heroine. In a 2010 interview, Curtis stated this is the worst movie she's ever done. Grab the popcorn, this is gon' b good. The movie also stars Donald Sutherland and William Baldwin, but the characters are…
Also known as Killbots, this movie is about a mall security force comprised of clunky autonomous robots. The bots are supposed to be harmless, but become lethal after a lightning strike. A group of furniture store employees decides to have an after hours party with their significant others (*wink*), and all hell breaks loose as the bots go on a killing rampage once the mall…
While perusing some of the movies available to stream on Amazon Prime, I noticed there were a lot of what looked to be terrible movies. We're talking low budget schlock from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. I started thinking it might be fun to review all of them. So, I'm starting a new series called Bottom of the Barrel. There is no set list and…
With an all-star cast and goofball premise, you can't really expect anything less than hilarious. It's also directed by the Napoleon Dynamiteand Nacho Libre director. The plot is based on a true story about a bunch of rednecks who successfully rob an armored car company and the ensuing high jinks. The movie isn't what I'd call a perfect comedy or anything, but it really gives you…
Now that it's December, the Christmas season is upon us. Gifts and movies and eating and decorating and putting kid presents together and white elephants and Christmas lights and freezing nuts off and cookies and egg nog and gingerbread houses and hot chocolate. Having worked in retail for a few years, I hated Christmas music that seemed to start earlier and earlier each year…
When there's something strange and it don't look good... I have been a huge Ghostbusters fan since the first time I removed an Ecto Cooler juice box from my lunch bag as a young lad. The original movie is such a classic that it can be watched at any time and still kill with the laughs. And if I'm feeling ghosty, but I feel…
DC Comics bad guys take on one of their fellow bad guys that was unleashed by the government intelligence officer who assembled the team of bad guys to stop other bad guys. This is pretty lame, even for an anti-superhero superhero movie. I watched the "Extended" version and I think I would have liked the un-Extended one better, simply because it would have been…
Here we go again with the remakes/reboots/re-imaginings/re-living-the-past/'member-berries. It's not a bad movie. It's got some well known characters and the production is top-notch. I loved Bill Murray as Baloo. It's a classic story that probably was due for an update. Probably. At the same time, I can't say it really captures the essence and free spirit of the animated Jungle Book. I know it's…
