DVD: Chronicle

Source: The Independent

Chronicle is a superhero movie with a difference. When three high-school friends gain telekinetic powers, they don't bother putting on costumes and fighting crime. Instead, they video themselves mucking around. The Blair Witch / Cloverfield "found footag ...
Full article at: The Independent  More like this  5 hours ago, 6:45pm CDT

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Sorry, I'll be away for awhile

Source: Dan's Media Digest

Just a quick blog to say I'm away for awhile now. I definitely won't be able to blog until Monday at the earliest because I'll be in Wales. (Next week's TV Picks are going up automatically.) I'll have to play next week by ear, ...
Full article at: Dan's Media Digest  More like this  18 hours ago, 6:28am CDT

Four Lions, an appreciation

Source: Movie Morlocks

Several times over the last year I have sat down to write something about Four Lions, one of my favorite films of the past couple of years, but each time I abort the mission. As much as I love the movie and wish to celebrate it ...
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Chronicle - The Lost Footage Edition: Blu-ray/DVD Review

Source: Suite 101

This 'found footage' take on superhero origins offers a unique perspective on both the popular filming style as well as the genre itself on Blu-ray and DVD. Chronicle is an interesting hybrid of superhero fa ...
Full article at: Suite 101  More like this  1 day ago, 9:53pm CDT

The Cabin in the Woods

Source: Time Out kl

Every few years, a horror movie comes along that promises to revitalise the genre, sometimes for the better (‘Night of the Living Dead’, ‘Ringu’), sometimes not (‘Scream’, ‘Hostel’). From the pen of ‘Buffy’ creator Joss Whedon and ‘Cloverfield’ scri ...
Full article at: Time Out kl  More like this  1 day ago, 6:14pm CDT

Stop blowing up NYC

Source: On Milwaukee

Keep your explosions out of NYC - or else. Action movie writers and directors – put up your dukes. I've got a longstanding issue with you blowing up U.S. cities on the big screen – especially when you attempt to n ...
Full article at: On Milwaukee  More like this  1 day ago, 4:54pm CDT

REVIEW: Is Chernobyl Diaries Offensive? No, It's Just Dumb

Source: Movieline

The premise of Chernobyl Diaries, in which a group of twentysomething tourists are menaced by malevolent beings while paying a visit to Pripyat, the abandoned Ukrainian town that used to house workers at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, has bee ...
Full article at: Movieline  More like this  1 day ago, 3:20pm CDT

The aliens still bite, but the movie's actually funny this time

Source: NBC 17.com

Although it's my goal to enter every movie with no expectations whatsoever, human nature does not allow for this completely. I know, in two weeks, that I might completely set myself up for a massive letdown because I am going to be so excited to see R ...
Full article at: NBC 17.com  More like this  1 day ago, 11:40am CDT

Chronicle REVIEW

Source: SFX

Watching debutant director Josh Trank’s superheroic spin on the found-footage film, you may find yourself wondering, “Why did they bother?” That’s nothing to do with its quality, and everything to do with the format. The ...
Full article at: SFX  More like this  1 day ago, 6:40am CDT