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Pandorum Trailer

Redrum — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:01:00 +0000

From the creators of the “Resident Evil” film franchise comes “Pandorum,” a terrifying thriller in which two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they’ve been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they’re actually not alone — and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

Twilight Review

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:04:41 +0000

Twilight was directed by Catherine Hardwicke and the screenplay written by Melissa Rosenberg. I went went and saw this film with my family. It was double-feature night (once we decided to sneak into it after already paying for and seeing Bolt) as the price of movies is getting too large for me to handle. I see now why so many people are running to the internet to watch shitty bootlegged copies. I save the big screen for films that I really want to see badly. Anyone out there want to pay me to write reviews??? I thought not.

The film Twilight, based off of the mega best-selling books by Stephenie Meyer (which I have not read, but may plan to) was difficult to swallow. Why, you ask? It was difficult to swallow because I love the history and lore of the vampire and Twilight shattered all those truisms that I had read and thought I understood. In all my reading, I have never encountered the vampire that can hang out in the daylight, or in the case of the vamps from the Pacific Northwest, a constantly over-cast day, sprinkled with a dismal and rainy mist.

Lets get to the plot of the film before I pick it apart. Bella (Kristen Stewart) decides to live with her biological father when her mom remarries and moves from Phoenix, Arizona, where they were currently residing, to Florida to live with her new husband. Bella moves out to Forks, Washington and moves in with her father, who just happens to be a police officer. It rains everyday in Washington and they even nicknamed the mist that falls incessantly, calling it “spit”. My good friend lives in the Seattle area and told me this. I’m going to take his word about this since I have never visited Washington. I plan to though. If for no other reason than to see my friend. Anyways, so Bella starts living there and happens to fall for one of the local bloodsuckers.

The vampires in this film are fashionable, “cool”, gothic, and have their own little click. She falls for one in particular, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) when she happens to be his lab partner in chemistry and Edward is drawn to her smell like a fat girl to Cinnabons! The movie was interesting to watch, in a WTF AM I DOING WATCHING THIS CRAP, sort of way. It was like watching a GAP, Banana Republic, and Versace ad with a gothic edge all rolled-up in one. Each scene played out like a mini-music video. It definitely was for the fans of the books. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I had read them. One thing I noticed is the use of the colors they used in the film. Being something primarily filmed in Washington (and parts of Oregon), there were a lot of blues, grays, and greens. The cinematography was very stylized and MTV-ish. It was exactly what I was expecting.

There was not much blood. It was PG-13 so what did I expect? The best part was seeing the vampires playing a nice friendly game of BASEBALL??? WTF? Those vampires sure did latch on to America’s favorite past-time! I was expecting them to then head out to Dairy Queen to get some ice cream and sundaes afterwards. But these vegetarian vamps would probably prefer a latte and soy burger. Yeah, they are vegetarians. Go figure. The movie primarily focuses on Bella and Edward’s romance.

The focus group for this film is fat goth chicks and 14-year old girls that now think vampires are totally cool and kinda nice, and not the blood-thirsty, sexual, and savage monsters cinema and myths have portrayed them as for hundreds of years. I think someone has to make a violent and gory vampire tale to redeem the genre and put this kiddie, trendy vamp flick back to its grave (even though there is not one grave or casket shown in this movie because they really are not true VAMPS!).

The movie was all fluff and absolutely no substance. If one wants to rent a real vampire flick, go rent Romero’s Martin, Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In, David Slade’s 30 Days of Night, Steven Norrington’s Blade, or Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Unborn Scary Clip

admin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:04:30 +0000

I have a good feeling about this movie, which I can not say about all upcoming horror movies. The effects look awesome and the cast is strong. Check out this scary clip of Unborn starring Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, Carla Gugino, Jane Alexander, Idris Elba, Rhys Coiro, and James Remar.

New Twilight Trailer

admin — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:15:47 +0000

I was a little skeptical about this movie when I first saw the original trailer. My first thought was, another vampire movie attempting to adapt to current times, this won’t work! But, after looking at it again, this might just be a good movie. At least good enough to go see. Here is the latest and greatest trailer for Twilight coming to theaters November 21, 2008.

Synopsis – Bella Swan has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother re-marries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen, a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Edward is a vampire, but he doesn’t have fangs and his family is unique in that they choose not to drink human blood. Intelligent and witty, Edward sees straight into Bella’s soul. Soon, they are swept up in a passionate, thrilling and unorthodox romance. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for — a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when a clan of new vampires — James, Laurent and Victoria — come to town and threaten to disrupt their way of life?

The Unborn Trailer

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:02:48 +0000

Nineteen-year old Casey Bell is haunted by a dybbuk–the soul of a dead person barred from heaven–in the form of a young boy who perished in Auschwitz.

Second Twilight Trailer

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:02:37 +0000

From Yahoo we have the new trailer for TWILIGHT. The movie that has many fans but apparently not many here, based on our last discussion about Twilight. TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern day love story between a vampire and a human. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Intelligent and witty, he sees straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than a mountain lion, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands – and he hasn’t aged since 1918.

Like all vampires, he’s immortal. But he doesn’t have fangs, and he doesn’t drink human blood; Edward and his family are unique among vampires in their lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for – a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), the Cullens’ mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for her?