Category: Horror
Subcategories: Independent, Lovecraft, Black & White, Monster, Alien, Strange things in the woods of Vermont that aren't hippies
This is making the festival rounds right now, but they say that the DVD will likely be available in the fall. See The Whisper in the Darkness blog for more details.
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Chinese, Andy Lau, Sherlock-Holmesiness, General Awesometude
Subcategories: Chinese, Andy Lau, Sherlock-Holmesiness, General Awesometude
Shark Night 3D
Category: Horror
Subcategories: College Kids, Bikinis, Evil Sharks, Evil Shark Wranglers
This movie has been referred to as "Jaws" in a lake, but the trailer hints that there is evil plotting behind this, which pushes this over into the horror genre, in my opinion.
Subcategories: College Kids, Bikinis, Evil Sharks, Evil Shark Wranglers
This movie has been referred to as "Jaws" in a lake, but the trailer hints that there is evil plotting behind this, which pushes this over into the horror genre, in my opinion.
Don't be Afraid of the Dark
Category: Horror
Subcategories: Guillermo del Toro, Haunted House, Movies to be Avoided by Schizophrenics
Subcategories: Guillermo del Toro, Haunted House, Movies to be Avoided by Schizophrenics
X-Men: First Class
Category: Superheros
Subcategories: Comic Book, Sebastian Shaw, Kevin Bacon, Hellfire Club, The Origin of Magneto's Party Hat
Here is a series of clips in which the future X-Men are introduced to Sebastian Shaw and the Hellfire Club. I finally understand the scene I kept seeing in the trailers where "Magneto" blows up a room by stomping on the floor.
Subcategories: Comic Book, Sebastian Shaw, Kevin Bacon, Hellfire Club, The Origin of Magneto's Party Hat
Here is a series of clips in which the future X-Men are introduced to Sebastian Shaw and the Hellfire Club. I finally understand the scene I kept seeing in the trailers where "Magneto" blows up a room by stomping on the floor.
A Chinese Fairy Tale (A Chinese Ghost Story) 2011
Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Chinese, Fantasy, Ghosts, Remake, Dubious Translation
Subcategories: Chinese, Fantasy, Ghosts, Remake, Dubious Translation
Melancholia
Category: Science Fiction
Subcategory: Romance? End of the World, What the Hell is becoming of SciFi?
Another entry in the tiny sliver of Venn overlap between SciFi and chicflicks. At least someone here recognizes that finding another planet in our orbit isn't going to turn out well...
Subcategory: Romance? End of the World, What the Hell is becoming of SciFi?
Another entry in the tiny sliver of Venn overlap between SciFi and chicflicks. At least someone here recognizes that finding another planet in our orbit isn't going to turn out well...
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Category: Science Fiction
Subcategories: Moon, Movies Based on Comic Books Based on Toys, Sequels that Micheal Bay Promises Don't Suck
Two more TV spots - a bit of new footage in the first
Subcategories: Moon, Movies Based on Comic Books Based on Toys, Sequels that Micheal Bay Promises Don't Suck
Two more TV spots - a bit of new footage in the first
The Ward
Category: Horror
Subcategories: John Carpenter, The British Guy from Mad Men, A Nurse Ratched Wannabe, Mental Wards that Specialize in Hot Female Twenty-Somethings and Group Showers
Subcategories: John Carpenter, The British Guy from Mad Men, A Nurse Ratched Wannabe, Mental Wards that Specialize in Hot Female Twenty-Somethings and Group Showers
The Divide
Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Apocalyptic, Basement, New York, Bomb, Roommate Issues
No word on when this will be released, but the fact that it was just show at SXSW at least tells us it's finished.
Subcategories: Apocalyptic, Basement, New York, Bomb, Roommate Issues
No word on when this will be released, but the fact that it was just show at SXSW at least tells us it's finished.
Cowboys & Aliens
Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Jon Favreau, Cowboys, Aliens, My Future Wife
New TV Spot
Subcategories: Harrison Ford, Daniel Craig, Jon Favreau, Cowboys, Aliens, My Future Wife
New TV Spot
Take Shelter
Category: Urban Fantasy?
Subcategories: Hallucinations, Storms
This feels like "Field of Dreams" meets "Donnie Darko" to me, and it generated a lot of excitement at Sundance...
Subcategories: Hallucinations, Storms
This feels like "Field of Dreams" meets "Donnie Darko" to me, and it generated a lot of excitement at Sundance...
Imprint
Category: Horror
Subcategories: Masters of Horror, Gory, Evil Geisha, Things You Can't Un-see
This is a 60 minute film/episode from the Masters of Horror series, and considered to have some of the most disturbing imagery of any horror film. Just the trailer is disturbing enough...
Rotten Tomatoes: 3 of 4 critics liked it, 57% of the masses
Netflix: 3 stars
Subcategories: Masters of Horror, Gory, Evil Geisha, Things You Can't Un-see
This is a 60 minute film/episode from the Masters of Horror series, and considered to have some of the most disturbing imagery of any horror film. Just the trailer is disturbing enough...
Rotten Tomatoes: 3 of 4 critics liked it, 57% of the masses
Netflix: 3 stars
Fighter in the Wind
Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Korean, WWII, Biography, What 'Bloodsport' could have been if it wasn't terrible
Netflix doesn't know when it is going to get this movie, but you can buy it on Amazon
Rotten Tomatoes: No critic's reviews, but recommended by 79% of the masses
Subcategories: Korean, WWII, Biography, What 'Bloodsport' could have been if it wasn't terrible
Netflix doesn't know when it is going to get this movie, but you can buy it on Amazon
Rotten Tomatoes: No critic's reviews, but recommended by 79% of the masses
Haute Tension (High Tension)
Category: Horror
Subcategories: French, slasher, and fence-posts wrapped in barb-wire
Rotten Tomatoes: liked by 41% of the critics, 68% of the masses
Netflix: 3.3 stars
Subcategories: French, slasher, and fence-posts wrapped in barb-wire
Rotten Tomatoes: liked by 41% of the critics, 68% of the masses
Netflix: 3.3 stars
Andante
Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Israeli, Post-apocalyptic, Dreams, Psychedelic, Maybe I'll Understand it Better if I Watch it High
Subcategories: Israeli, Post-apocalyptic, Dreams, Psychedelic, Maybe I'll Understand it Better if I Watch it High
X-Men: First Class
Category: Superheros
Subcategories: Comic Book, Banshee, Professor X Gettin' Gangsta' on Magneto's Ass
I haven't posted all the TV spots, since many are just showing the same footage in a slightly different sequence. However, this one shows us some interesting new elements of the plot.
Subcategories: Comic Book, Banshee, Professor X Gettin' Gangsta' on Magneto's Ass
I haven't posted all the TV spots, since many are just showing the same footage in a slightly different sequence. However, this one shows us some interesting new elements of the plot.
The Silent House
Category: Horror
Subcategories: Uruguay (Spanish), Ghost? Slasher?, Suspense, One Continuous Shot, Reason to Never go to Uruguay
Rotten Tomatoes: 76% by the critics, liked by 38% of the masses
Subcategories: Uruguay (Spanish), Ghost? Slasher?, Suspense, One Continuous Shot, Reason to Never go to Uruguay
Rotten Tomatoes: 76% by the critics, liked by 38% of the masses
Super
Category: Superhero
Subcategories: Comedy, Rainn Wilson, Chic from Juno
This one is coming in with mixed reviews.
Rotten Tomatoes: enjoyed by 47% of the critics, 67% of the masses
Subcategories: Comedy, Rainn Wilson, Chic from Juno
This one is coming in with mixed reviews.
Rotten Tomatoes: enjoyed by 47% of the critics, 67% of the masses
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Category: Science Fiction
Subcategories: Moon, Movies Based on Comic Books Based on Toys, Sequels that Micheal Bay Promises Don't Suck
New Trailer
Subcategories: Moon, Movies Based on Comic Books Based on Toys, Sequels that Micheal Bay Promises Don't Suck
New Trailer
Green Lantern
Category: Superhero
Subcategories: Comic Books, Lanterns, Things that are Green
Another new trailer
Subcategories: Comic Books, Lanterns, Things that are Green
Another new trailer
Dragon (Wu Xia)
Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Chinese, Donnie Yen, Bizarre CSI-like Explicit Anatomical Illustrations
Subcategories: Chinese, Donnie Yen, Bizarre CSI-like Explicit Anatomical Illustrations
We Are the Night (Wir Sind Die Nacht)
Category: Horror
Subcategories: German, Vampires (non-sparkly), Permanent state of Ladies Night Out
Sadly, I'm not in one of the cities chosen for the American release of this movie next Friday (May 27th).
(I normally prefer to watch movies and trailers in their native language with English subtitles, but I couldn't find them for this movie, so here are the dubbed versions.)
Subcategories: German, Vampires (non-sparkly), Permanent state of Ladies Night Out
Sadly, I'm not in one of the cities chosen for the American release of this movie next Friday (May 27th).
(I normally prefer to watch movies and trailers in their native language with English subtitles, but I couldn't find them for this movie, so here are the dubbed versions.)
The Assassin's Blade
Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Chinese, Assassins, Egregious Use of Cliches
Subcategories: Chinese, Assassins, Egregious Use of Cliches
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Category: Pirates
Subcategories: Swashbuckling, Jack Sparrow, Blackbeard, Ian McShane, Mutiny, Another Case of Premature Celebration
Subcategories: Swashbuckling, Jack Sparrow, Blackbeard, Ian McShane, Mutiny, Another Case of Premature Celebration
Another Earth
Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Romance?, Coldplay?, The Bastard Offspring of the Unholy Union between a SciFi movie and a ChicFlick
This is another movie that is flirting with the edges of SciFi. Maybe it's just the Coldplay in the trailer that's throwing me off. And the fact that we supposedly have another planet sitting on our doorstep in a stable orbit around the sun without tidal disasters, planetary upheaval and neither one getting beaned by the other's moon. I'll try to keep an open mind, I promise.
Subcategories: Romance?, Coldplay?, The Bastard Offspring of the Unholy Union between a SciFi movie and a ChicFlick
This is another movie that is flirting with the edges of SciFi. Maybe it's just the Coldplay in the trailer that's throwing me off. And the fact that we supposedly have another planet sitting on our doorstep in a stable orbit around the sun without tidal disasters, planetary upheaval and neither one getting beaned by the other's moon. I'll try to keep an open mind, I promise.
Død snø (Dead Snow)
Category: Horror, Comedy
Subcategories: Norwegian, Zombies, Nazis, Weaponized Ikea furniture
I don't like this movie because it challenges my long standing zombie apocalypse plan of moving someplace cold, based on the assumption that the zombies would freeze. That said, this looks like a fun ride.
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% fresh (58% by the masses)
Netflix: 3.4 stars
Subcategories: Norwegian, Zombies, Nazis, Weaponized Ikea furniture
I don't like this movie because it challenges my long standing zombie apocalypse plan of moving someplace cold, based on the assumption that the zombies would freeze. That said, this looks like a fun ride.
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% fresh (58% by the masses)
Netflix: 3.4 stars
Shaolin 2010
Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Remake, Epic Ass-Kickery
Released earlier this year in China, but no word on when we might get to see it here in the US.
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% by the critics, liked by 69% of the masses
Subcategories: Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Remake, Epic Ass-Kickery
Released earlier this year in China, but no word on when we might get to see it here in the US.
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% by the critics, liked by 69% of the masses
Grave Encounters
Category: Horror
Subcategories: Independent, Found Footage, Ghost Hunting, Pants Soiling
Supposedly coming out in one form or another at the end of August.
Subcategories: Independent, Found Footage, Ghost Hunting, Pants Soiling
Supposedly coming out in one form or another at the end of August.
The Big Bang
Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Detectives, Physicists, Strippers, Snoop Dog, The God Particle
I'm not convinced this is a SciFi movie yet, but since is has Snoop Dog as a porn director, I'll include it. Of course, if they wanted to make a bold choice, they would have cast Snoop as the particle physicist. This isn't getting great reviews, but if you're interested the DVD is being released next week.
Rotten Tomatoes: 8% fresh, liked by 29% of the masses
Subcategories: Detectives, Physicists, Strippers, Snoop Dog, The God Particle
I'm not convinced this is a SciFi movie yet, but since is has Snoop Dog as a porn director, I'll include it. Of course, if they wanted to make a bold choice, they would have cast Snoop as the particle physicist. This isn't getting great reviews, but if you're interested the DVD is being released next week.
Rotten Tomatoes: 8% fresh, liked by 29% of the masses
The Adventures of Tintin
Category: Fantasy?
Subcategories: Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Child Detectives, Even More 3D Crammed Down Your Throat
Subcategories: Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Child Detectives, Even More 3D Crammed Down Your Throat
Calvaire (The Ordeal)
Category: Horror
Subcategories: Slasher, French rednecks
Rotten Tomatoes: 33% fresh (51% by the masses)
Netflix: 2.8 stars
Subcategories: Slasher, French rednecks
Rotten Tomatoes: 33% fresh (51% by the masses)
Netflix: 2.8 stars
Atlas Shrugged
Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Ayn Rand, Trains, Part 1's that probably won't have a part 2
The critics hate this movie, but the people who went to see it seemed to have liked it, although they may have all been members of the Ayn Rand Fan Club.
Rotten Tomatoes: 13% fresh (81% of the masses)
Subcategories: Ayn Rand, Trains, Part 1's that probably won't have a part 2
The critics hate this movie, but the people who went to see it seemed to have liked it, although they may have all been members of the Ayn Rand Fan Club.
Rotten Tomatoes: 13% fresh (81% of the masses)
Fright Night
Category: Horror
Subcategories: Vampires, Remake, McLovin
There may be a commercial in front of this - be patient.
Subcategories: Vampires, Remake, McLovin
There may be a commercial in front of this - be patient.
Mother's Day
Category: Horror
Subcategories: Psychological, Hostage, Mommy Issues
Coming out in the UK soon - I'm not sure when we'll be seeing it in the US.
Subcategories: Psychological, Hostage, Mommy Issues
Coming out in the UK soon - I'm not sure when we'll be seeing it in the US.
Iron Sky
Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Comedy, Nazis, Dark Side of the Moon, Space Zeppelins
I'm pretty excited about this movie. I'm betting we've never seen anything like it.
The older trailers:
Subcategories: Comedy, Nazis, Dark Side of the Moon, Space Zeppelins
I'm pretty excited about this movie. I'm betting we've never seen anything like it.
The older trailers:
X-Men: First Class
Category: Superhero
Subcategories: Marvel, Emma Frost!!, Dear God Just Show us the Damned Movie Already
Two more TV spots
Subcategories: Marvel, Emma Frost!!, Dear God Just Show us the Damned Movie Already
Two more TV spots
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Category: Fantasy
Subcategories: Wizards, Wands, Dragons, Giant Ass Snakes
New TV spot:
Subcategories: Wizards, Wands, Dragons, Giant Ass Snakes
New TV spot:
True Legend
Categories: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Chinese, Wire-work, Fantasy, Hobo with Fists and Feats of Death
I dare you to find a movie that kicks more ass.
Subcategories: Chinese, Wire-work, Fantasy, Hobo with Fists and Feats of Death
I dare you to find a movie that kicks more ass.
Super 8
Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Monster? Alien? Top Secret Government Project, Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams, Unrealistic Expectations
Here's a new TV commercial:
Subcategories: Monster? Alien? Top Secret Government Project, Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams, Unrealistic Expectations
Here's a new TV commercial:
Dark City
Category: Urban Fantasy
Subcategories: Amnesia, Dark, Jennifer Connelly
Rotten Tomatoes: 75% fresh (80% by the masses)
Netflix: 3.6 stars, 3.9 for the director's cut
My opinion: 8/10
Subcategories: Amnesia, Dark, Jennifer Connelly
Rotten Tomatoes: 75% fresh (80% by the masses)
Netflix: 3.6 stars, 3.9 for the director's cut
My opinion: 8/10
Stake Land
Category: Horror
Subcategories: Vampires, Post-apocalyptic
This appears to be like Zombieland, except with vampires instead of zombies and no Bill Murray...
Subcategories: Vampires, Post-apocalyptic
This appears to be like Zombieland, except with vampires instead of zombies and no Bill Murray...
Real Steel
On one hand, it's frikin' "Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots: The Movie", one the other hand, Hugh Jackman doesn't sign up for crappy movies...
Don't Be Afraid of The Dark
Written by Guillermo del Toro, and scheduled for release at the end of August.
The Host
This is a Korean monster movie that seems to have a very avid following.
Rotten Tomatoes: 92% fresh
Netflix: 3.3 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 92% fresh
Netflix: 3.3 stars
Immortal (2004)
This seems to be a 'love it or hate it' movie, and many are of the opinion that fans of Japanese anime will better appreciate this movie. I thought that the cinematography and world-building were interesting, but that the plot wandered. Still, I didn't regret spending an hour and a half watching this film.
Rotten Tomatoes: 43% fresh
Netflix: 3 stars
My opinion: 5/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 43% fresh
Netflix: 3 stars
My opinion: 5/10
Conan The Barbarian
Yet another redo, but I think this one will be good. Then again, I never really was a fan of the original series.
Shiver (Eskalofrio)
A Spanish Horror movie that seems to be getting decent reviews on Netflix (3.3 stars), but with no rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
One Point O (Paranoia 1.0)
Looks like a trippy ride...
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% fresh
Netflix: 2.7 stars
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% fresh
Netflix: 2.7 stars
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