This one seems to be exceedingly creepy. Gotta see it! (Via Twtichfilm.com).
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Warm Bodies (2013)
Every time I think of you...
First, I love zombie flicks and have watched a good number of them. So when I heard about a story where a zombie and a girl fall in love and then he becomes human, I was interested, to say the least. The premise is intriguing, even original. The introduction gave me hope that this would be one of my next favorite movies. Sadly, the rest of the film fails to live up the promise shown in the first five minutes. I was hoping for something more on the level of Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, or Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, but got stuck with another sappy romantic comedy that wasn't very funny.
With only 2 out of 5 Poblanos Warm Bodies failed to get my heart pumping...
Director: Jonathan Levine (50/50)
Writer: Jonathan Levine (screenplay), Isaac Marion (novel)
Starring: Nicholas Hoult (X-Men First Class), Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four, The Sorcerer's Apprentice), John Malkovich
Rotten Tomatoes: 81%
Metacritic: 59 out of 100
First, I love zombie flicks and have watched a good number of them. So when I heard about a story where a zombie and a girl fall in love and then he becomes human, I was interested, to say the least. The premise is intriguing, even original. The introduction gave me hope that this would be one of my next favorite movies. Sadly, the rest of the film fails to live up the promise shown in the first five minutes. I was hoping for something more on the level of Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, or Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, but got stuck with another sappy romantic comedy that wasn't very funny.
With only 2 out of 5 Poblanos Warm Bodies failed to get my heart pumping...
Director: Jonathan Levine (50/50)
Writer: Jonathan Levine (screenplay), Isaac Marion (novel)
Starring: Nicholas Hoult (X-Men First Class), Teresa Palmer (I Am Number Four, The Sorcerer's Apprentice), John Malkovich
Rotten Tomatoes: 81%
Metacritic: 59 out of 100
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Incendies (2010)
One plus one equals one
When the mother of a set of adult twins passes away, she leaves them with some bizarre final instructions. They are instructed to find their father and their brother, both of whom they've never met. The interwoven narrative moves seamlessly between the past and the present to tell the story from two perspectives - the perspective of the twins in the present and their mother's perspective in the past. This is a very engrossing film. It is hard to pigeonhole into one genre. It has some thrilling elements, a lot of drama, but there is also some mystery. Overall, I love this film because of the strong story and the way the story is told. Plus its in French!
Incendies gets 4 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Wajdi Mouawad, Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 82 out of 100
When the mother of a set of adult twins passes away, she leaves them with some bizarre final instructions. They are instructed to find their father and their brother, both of whom they've never met. The interwoven narrative moves seamlessly between the past and the present to tell the story from two perspectives - the perspective of the twins in the present and their mother's perspective in the past. This is a very engrossing film. It is hard to pigeonhole into one genre. It has some thrilling elements, a lot of drama, but there is also some mystery. Overall, I love this film because of the strong story and the way the story is told. Plus its in French!
Incendies gets 4 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Wajdi Mouawad, Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 82 out of 100
Friday, February 8, 2013
Jeff Who Lives At Home (2011)
Is this all there is?
Jeff is a pothead slacker who lives in his mother's basement. He is also a philosopher at heart. When his mother asks him to run an errand for her, his day takes several interesting turns. This film is very funny. It is well written, well paced, engrossing, and just a plain old good movie. I have nothing bad to say about this film.
Jeff Who Lives At Home gets 4.5 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Writer: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Starring: Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother), Ed Helms (The Hangover) and Judy Greer (Thirteen Going on Thirty)
Rotten Tomatoes: 78%
Metacritic: 60 out of 100
Jeff is a pothead slacker who lives in his mother's basement. He is also a philosopher at heart. When his mother asks him to run an errand for her, his day takes several interesting turns. This film is very funny. It is well written, well paced, engrossing, and just a plain old good movie. I have nothing bad to say about this film.
Jeff Who Lives At Home gets 4.5 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Writer: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Starring: Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother), Ed Helms (The Hangover) and Judy Greer (Thirteen Going on Thirty)
Rotten Tomatoes: 78%
Metacritic: 60 out of 100
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
I've got a bad feeling about this
When a group of young tourists signs up for a tour of the Chernobyl nuclear accident sight, they get more than they bargained for. Just reading the description of this film lets you know it won't turn out well for anyone. Bradley Parker makes his directing debut and does a very respectable job with this genre film. Co-written by Oren Peli, the man behind the Paranormal Activity film, Chernobyl Diaries has a lot of great things going for it including the fact that it is very creepy.
Chernobyl Diaries creeps 3 out of 5 Poblanos out of me!
Director: Bradley Parker
Writer: Oren Peli, Carey Van Dyke, and Shane Van Dyke
Starring: Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski and Olivia Dudley
Rotten Tomatoes: 20%
Metacritic: 32 out of 100
When a group of young tourists signs up for a tour of the Chernobyl nuclear accident sight, they get more than they bargained for. Just reading the description of this film lets you know it won't turn out well for anyone. Bradley Parker makes his directing debut and does a very respectable job with this genre film. Co-written by Oren Peli, the man behind the Paranormal Activity film, Chernobyl Diaries has a lot of great things going for it including the fact that it is very creepy.
Chernobyl Diaries creeps 3 out of 5 Poblanos out of me!
Director: Bradley Parker
Writer: Oren Peli, Carey Van Dyke, and Shane Van Dyke
Starring: Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski and Olivia Dudley
Rotten Tomatoes: 20%
Metacritic: 32 out of 100
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Total Recall (2012)
Its all in your head; or is it?
Douglas Quaid is a normal working stiff. He lives on an oppressive future version of Earth where the majority of the world has been wiped out. When he seeks an escape from his humdrum life, he infds out that there is more to himself than he could have ever imagined. Total Recall is a big budget action film with a sci-fi backdrop. It is not the greatest film ever made, but is a good entry into the 'sci-fi/ action' genre. Having said all that, this film is still way better than the 1990 Schwartzeneggar version.
Total Recall gets a respectable 3 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Len Wiseman (Underworld franchise)
Writer: Kurt Wimmer (The Thomas Crown Affair, The Recruit), Mark Bomback
(Live Free or Die Hard)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and Bryan Cranston
Rotten Tomatoes: 31%
Metacritic: 43 out of 100
Douglas Quaid is a normal working stiff. He lives on an oppressive future version of Earth where the majority of the world has been wiped out. When he seeks an escape from his humdrum life, he infds out that there is more to himself than he could have ever imagined. Total Recall is a big budget action film with a sci-fi backdrop. It is not the greatest film ever made, but is a good entry into the 'sci-fi/ action' genre. Having said all that, this film is still way better than the 1990 Schwartzeneggar version.
Total Recall gets a respectable 3 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Len Wiseman (Underworld franchise)
Writer: Kurt Wimmer (The Thomas Crown Affair, The Recruit), Mark Bomback
(Live Free or Die Hard)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and Bryan Cranston
Rotten Tomatoes: 31%
Metacritic: 43 out of 100
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Klown (2010)
Skip this one
Over the top crudeness made this unwatchable for me. The kind of humor in this film, jokes about bodily functions and crude sexual humor, might get laughs, but it is the most low brow form of humor out there. Too many writers and directors use these things to get easy laughs. I prefer writing and storytelling that is just a bit more intelligent than what I found in this film.
Klown just wasn't very funny and only gets 2 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
Writer: Casper Christensen
Starring: Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen and Marcuz Jess Petersen
Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
Metacritic: 62 out of 100
Over the top crudeness made this unwatchable for me. The kind of humor in this film, jokes about bodily functions and crude sexual humor, might get laughs, but it is the most low brow form of humor out there. Too many writers and directors use these things to get easy laughs. I prefer writing and storytelling that is just a bit more intelligent than what I found in this film.
Klown just wasn't very funny and only gets 2 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
Writer: Casper Christensen
Starring: Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen and Marcuz Jess Petersen
Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
Metacritic: 62 out of 100
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