Friday the 13th
By admin | February 13, 2009
Let’s celebrate “Friday the 13th” with a little red meat, shall we? And hard numbers.
There are 13 grisly deaths in the re-boot of “Friday the 13th” - machete decapitations, an arrow through the head, somebody burned to death in a sleeping bag - you know the slasher drill. The murders are for shock and comic effect.
Three nubile young things take their tops off. Two of them have sex with not-nearly-as-naked guys in the same forest by the same Crystal Lake where all those camp counselors were butchered back in 1980.
This Michael Bay production is a graphic homage to the series that helped turn simple slasher pictures into a formula for success. It may have Bay’s big-budget sheen, and it’s every bit as efficient and heartless as the original Fridays. But for all its attempted jolts, it’s not all that scary. The genre is reduced to “Who gets it next and how?” and never for a second makes us care.
The difference between the worst slasher film ever and the best one is about as wide as a machete blade. They all turn bloody, horrific murders into comic sport, all feature faceless, soulless masked (hockey, etc.) slashers and all have plot holes so big you could drive a Zamboni through them.
“Friday the 13th” has no more room for “feeling” or “fearing” than “My Bloody Valentine.” At least last month’s slasher re-boot had 3D. “Friday” skimps on suspense and cuts straight to the beheadings.
But with every cheap scare, every surly, three-toothed local, every random moment of nudity (topless water skiing, there’s a resume skill!), “Friday the 13th” feels more quaint. For all its social ills, there is one good that came from “Hostel” and its torture-porn cousins. The simple “slasher” formula doesn’t cut it anymore.
The only terror here is that this “Friday” will be a hit, and “Friday the 13th” will enjoy another decade as the unluckiest day of the year for horror fans.
‘FRIDAY THE 13TH’
Starring: Jared Padalecki, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti, Aaron Yoo.
Directed by: Marcus Nispel.
Running time: 1 hour, 37 minutes.
Rated: R for strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, language and drug material.
Angels & Demons
By admin | December 15, 2008
The team behind the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code returns for the highly anticipated Angels & Demons, based upon the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. Tom Hanks reprises his role as Harvard religious expert Robert Langdon, who once again finds that forces with ancient roots are willing to stop at nothing, even murder, to advance their goals. Ron Howard again directs the film, which is produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and John Calley. The screenplay is by Akiva Goldsman and David Koepp. When Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati - the most powerful underground organization in history - he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization’s most despised enemy: the Catholic Church. When Langdon learns that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, he jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop, action-packed hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that mark the Vatican’s only hope for survival.
Genre:Drama, Thriller
Director:Ron Howard
Cast:Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierfrancesco Favino
Amusement
By admin | September 5, 2008
Amusement - Trailer 2008
The movie Amusement centers around three women are being stalked by a killer who holds a grudge that dates back to the girls’ childhoods.
- Director:John Simpson
- Cast:Keir O’Donnell, Katheryn Winnick, Jessica Lucas, Laura Breckenridge, Tad Hilgenbrink
Badland
By admin | November 30, 2007
Badland - Trailer
Badland is truly an accurate movie given the time we live in. An American soldier returns home his final tour in Iraq and is now unable to handle the harsh realities of everyday life.
ScarJo’s British admirers
By admin | September 6, 2007
Last year, Scarlett Johansson flatly denied an admirer’s claim that they had an affair. The said admirer is HARD-FI frontman Richard Archer. The story was that the rocker and Scarlett started dating while the talented actress was in London filming Scoop under veteran director Woody Allen. However, Scarlett announced (via a certain newspaper) that “I’ve never met him (Archer), and until all this started, I’d never even heard of him.” Ouch! Archer retaliated by saying “It was a total lie” what the paper printed. Yeah well, what else could he say?? Lol! Read the rest of this entry »