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A Serious Man

By Ben • Feb 25th, 2010 • Category: Media, Movies
A Serious Man

I really liked A Serious Man. It was much better than the Coen’s previous effort; being more thoughtful and much funnier. It’s not just about some man and his midlife crisis, but about faith and perspective in 60’s suburbia. God plays a big role in the film, governing everyone’s lives for better or for worse, [...]



Pandorum

By Ben • Feb 2nd, 2010 • Category: Media, Movies
Pandorum

Nobody is knocking over any shelves for the last copy of Pandorum. It had a low budget (40 mil) and a lousy theatrical run (10 mil), despite a decent ad campaign and wide release. Maybe it’s because it had to compete with Paranormal Activity, a much bigger movie that attracted all the remaining horror fans [...]



Halloween!

By Ben • Oct 30th, 2009 • Category: Media, Movies
Halloween!

If you, like me, need to watch the campiest, goriest, straight-to-DVD-iest horror bloodbaths come Halloween night, but don’t feel like sampling the weekly offering of uninspired torture-flicks and dull remakes as a result, then you have found a semi-suitable solution! That’s right, I have for you a scrumptious banquet of gems to share, but be [...]



If ya ain’t first, yer last

By Ben • Aug 28th, 2009 • Category: Media, Movies
If ya ain't first, yer last

As our last summer weekend has come, so has a new entry into a popular franchise about people dying. This could be the header for the new Halloween movie as well, and maybe I’ll review that one in the future. But for now, I’ll introduce a movie that completes a series which uses the big [...]



District 9

By Ben • Aug 20th, 2009 • Category: Media, Movies
District 9

If you want to call it a new genre, I wouldn’t blame you. District 9 is probably the strangest movie of the year, and it’s great that such a new formula can be put into an imaginative summer blockbuster and not be released in fewer than 100 theaters. If you want an original, gritty, and [...]



Star Trek

By Ben • Jul 5th, 2009 • Category: Media, Movies
Star Trek

So, of the 2 or 3 people that read my Quantum of Solace review, you may recall a harsh statement about the new Star Trek movie I made as a closing statement. My issue then was that Hollywood was going to once again rehash an old idea hoping they can make lightening strike again by [...]



Dead Space

By Ben • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Games, Media
Dead Space

I apologize, I really shouldn’t be reviewing (or knowing me, complaining about) a game, especially one like Dead Space, because it isn’t the sort of thing that many people are too excited about or eagerly awaiting a review for. But I haven’t seen many movies lately, and I have been playing a lot of Xbox [...]



Taken

By Ben • Mar 5th, 2009 • Category: Media, Movies
Taken

If you thought that Bond had too much plot and Transporter had too much goofy action, then you will absolutely love Taken. It’s about a bunch of people who kidnap young American girls, give them hard drugs, and sell them as sex slaves. I’m sorry, that was a bit dark. Here, I’ll add in a [...]



Ok, let’s make this clear…

By Ben • Dec 14th, 2008 • Category: General Sod

Whoever says that you should respect other people’s opinions, no matter how dim-witted they are, is both wrong and a hypocrite.
I’m sorry, this is something that needs to get out in the open. I know once in your life, you’ve gotten into a conversation that somehow lead to horrible movies, let’s use Meet the Spartans [...]



The Transporter 3

By Ben • Dec 5th, 2008 • Category: Media, Movies
The Transporter 3

To tell you the truth, I was quite looking forward to reviewing the action-packed, techno blasting Transporter 3, and if you’ve been paying attention, the last handful of reviews consisted of inhumane bashing of films (or as I should be calling it, “constructive criticism”). I needed to enjoy myself for once, even if only 100 [...]