Box Office Bits

The current 3-D craze is dominating screens this weekend. Dreamworks' "How To Train Your Dragon" dethrones the three week, 3-D fantasy epic, "Alice In Wonderland". The story revolves around Hiccup, a young viking hoping to become a dragon hunter. However, when he finds himself the owner of a young dragon, he assumes that there are more to these creatures than anyone realizes. Receiving decent ratings from critics I doubt this animated tale will maintain the number one position for long. Next week arrives the fantasy epic, "Clash Of The Titans". Another foray into the 3-D realm, "Clash Of The Titans" could deliver the first 1-2-3 punch to the box office next week with all three top films being in the 3-D fantasy genre. Cinemagoers rejoice!

Review: "The Bounty Hunter"

Let me first start off by saying that the studios seem to be churning out the romantic comedy genere by the truckload this year. So with that being said I was a bit hesitant about my latest cinematic outing. Being an avid fan of both Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, I had been eagerly awaiting the release of this film for some time and suffice it to say, they didn't disappoint.

Butler plays Milo Boyd, a down on his luck ex-cop turned bounty hunter while Aniston, his ex-wife, is his next assignment. Eager and willing, Milo sets out to stick it to Nicole (Aniston), but then his plans go haywire. Throw in a couple of bumbling pseudo gangsters and an enamored co-worker henceforth the hilarity ensues.

With all the comedy and deception the real appeal of the film is the chemistry between Aniston and Butler, this pair was enchanting, convincing and purposeful. I was ever hopeful, as I'm sure many of my co-viewers were, that the pair would overlook their perplexing situation and rekindle their romance.

I'll admit over the years I've developed an admiration for the romantic comedy genre, quite a departure from my usual viewing mainstay of slasher films. Two films, of this genre, have really stuck out this year, this being one and the earlier "Leap Year". I guess it's not so bad departing the cinema with a 'feel good' mood.

2010 Films I'm Anxious See

Back On The Scene

Well after a long hiatus, new job, working on other sites and a minor health scare, I'm hoping to start discussing everything to do with films. Due to my working hours the posts may be slow in coming and a bit more brief (reviews), but I'll do what I can.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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Review: "Autopsy"

"Autopsy" was one of the selections in last years After Dark Horrorfest collection brought to home video. Being backlogged in my home library viewing and wanting to keep within the Halloween season, I decided to give the disc a spin.

The story revolves around a group of twenty something friends celebrating the Mardi Gras festivities and then embarking on a road trip only to find themselves in an accident on a lonely country road. Miraculously an ambulance happens by, searching for a lost patient, and offers to take the group in for observation and to call for a tow. Mayhem ensues as the group is hunted down, tortured and offed one by one, by the sadistic skeleton crew at Mercy Hospital. Your standard psychotic doctor scenario.

I want to start off by saying that this film had so much promise, I mean the atmosphere alone grabbed me from the beginning, but then it went downhill. The acting was over the top, most characters were shallow and self-centered, so I didn't care about their demise. Our doomed gang seemed to be roaming and running down the same two halls, shot at different angles. I might as well have been watching an episode of the "Flintstones" watching the same scenery going by as Fred ran through his house. All that aside, and on a positive note, the film does star Robert Patrick ("Terminator 2: Judgement Day") and reunited co-star Jenette Goldstein ("Terminator 2: Judgement Day", "Aliens") as the psychotic doctor and his ruthless nurse. The film does offer us some juicy...and I mean juicy, gore. Innards are literally strewn all about as our group fights to stay intact.

All in all, I enjoyed the "T2" reunion, of sorts, and it's definitely great fun for the gore hounds in all of us.