Week Three: Five Mini Movie Reviews by James Roland Monday Hell Night The barrage of teen scream flicks in the ’80s was a real mixed bag in my opinion. While I can’t fault them for having fun, not many of them were what I’d call well made. While Friday the 13th, My Bloody Valentine, and […]
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For the month of October I’ll be watching one (new-to-me) horror movie each day and writing up my thoughts. Please post your thoughts, reactions, or arguments in the comments! Oh, and Happy Halloween!
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For the month of October I’ll be watching one (new-to-me) horror movie each day and writing up my thoughts. Please post your thoughts, reactions, or arguments in the comments! Oh, and Happy Halloween!
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The American Fever Dream by James Roland Americans look east for their fantasy — borrowing Tolkien’s dream worlds and Ireland’s fairies to escape from everyday doldrums or, if they happen to be artists, for inspiration. But for British writer Christopher Neilan, the grass is always greener on the other side of the pond, so he set […]
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Whether she’s plinking at her toy piano, accompanied only by a bass drum, or backed by a full band, Rickman’s stage presence has the gravity of a seasoned performer, capable of pulling the attention of the most introspective barfly nursing a beer in his back-corner booth.
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Part Five – Dracula by James Roland I realized that I was 26 years old and had never read the classics, so now I’m catching up, one volume at a time. You can read the intro to this blog series here. Schlock is eternal. Despite the changing tides of opinion, Bram Stoker’s Dracula has claimed […]
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Our late night movie review of Battle Los Angeles (aka Battle: LA): Director: Jonathan Liebesman Starring: Aaron Eckhart’s chin cleft, Michelle Rodriguez Rotten Tomatoes: 32% Our Rating: D- (A for unintentional humor) The 2 o’clock Critics: Regan Hutson Jill Collet Danny Liota Laura Jane Roland Sarah Carman Troy Smith James Roland
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Delirium à la carte by James Roland Director Werner Herzog: best known to American audiences for Rescue Dawn, that one movie where Christian Bale was sweaty and yelled a lot (in the jungle). For film buffs his résumé stretches farther back into the ‘70s and ‘80s, when he made such foreign-language masterpieces as Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre: […]
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I realized that I was 26 years old and had never read the classics, so now I’m catching up, one volume at a time. You can read the intro to this blog series here. Brave New World by James Roland I decided to bump Brave New World up my list because of some recent discussions […]
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Tangled marks the true return of quality Disney 2D animated films. It’s infused with a creative energy that’s been missing from the Mouse House for a decade, a movie filled with adventure, romance, clever gags and exciting action, all wrapped up with great animation.
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