Posts under ‘Movies’

Horror movies I’ve watched this October and recommend (with one exception) for the 2009 Halloween season:
Zombieland (2009): The newest movie on this list is also the most fun.  More of a comedy than a horror movie, there are few scares to be had here because you’ll be laughing too hard to remember to be [...]

Meant to post this one last week…here is a wonderful review of what happens in Hollywood when you combine my two favorite holidays:  Christmas and Halloween.
Top 10 Christmas Horror Movies
Happy holidays!  No, really!

I just read an interesting article that makes the argument that the Bourne trilogy of movies is the best American film trilogy around:
Why the Bourne Series is the Best American Film Trilogy Ever Made
He makes a lot of good points, and I’d be closer to agreeing with him if any individual film in the series were [...]

You know those AFI Top 100 lists?  This guy put together a very well-done montage that counts down from 100 to 1 via movie quotes, called 100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers:
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 Fun:  how many of these movies can you identify?

An interesting take on the James Bond classic Goldfinger:
The dirty secret at the heart of Goldfinger
And you know what?  He’s right.  :)
(Don’t get me wrong.  I love Bond films.  Even the bad ones, because campy can be fun.  But the films did get awfully ridiculous as time went on, and with Pierce Brosnan (whom I also [...]

William Arnold, a film critic with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer whom I respect a great deal, has written a review for The Bourne Ultimatum, which opens this weekend:
‘Bourne Ultimatum’ is spy trilogy’s final, and weakest, link
In the review, Arnold praises the movie’s effort to be different from other action movies, and notes the satisfaction it provides in [...]

A co-worker of mine has granted my wish:
The Man Who Saves the World (Turkish Star Wars)

Turkish-made film commonly known as Turkish Star Wars because of its notorious bootlegging of Star Wars film clips worked into the film.  Released in 1982, Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam was created in Turkey caught in the midst of massive political upheaval. [...]

So, that Turkish Star Wars thing I posted the other day?  It’s for real.  Really.
Video Review:  Turkish Star Wars
The review seems pretty spot-on:

Years before Star Wars was ruined by Ewoks, ruined again by Episode One, and then pissed all over by Episode Two, Turkey had already done it. Turkey was light years ahead of George Lucas [...]

This just has to be seen to be believed…
Turkish Star Wars final scene
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Just…wow.  It’s like Ed Wood gone wild in the editing room.  The Indiana Jones music is really the crowning touch, don’t you think?

I’ll try to get around to writing some full reviews soon.  In the meantime, a list of the recent movies I’ve watched along with some brief comments and ratings (out of 4 stars possible):
Black Snake Moan *** – An earthy, uncompromising study of redemption and salvation.  Excellent performances from Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake (yes, [...]