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Total Recall (2012) – Review

From the man who brought us the Underworld franchise, Len Wiseman tackles the remake of the 90s Schwarzenegger cult classic Total Recall. Apparently more faithful to the source material “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick, Wiseman pumps up the action and packs the screen with sharp, visually stunning eye candy.
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21 Jump Street – Review

21 Jump Street returns, this time on the big screen. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller continue the story of youthful police officers sent into high schools to infiltrate the gang and drug scenes. The original series was an hour long weekly cop drama that ran 5 seasons (1987-1991) and gave actors like Johnny Depp
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Night Of The Demons [2010] – Review

1988, they don’t make movies like they used to… The original Night Of The Demons is one of my favorite 80s horror flics starring one Linnea Quigley, scream queen extraordinaire. The 80s was a different time, and films like that possessed a certain charm that this new breed of film makers have had problems capturing…
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) – Review

First let me get something off my chest. When reviewing a re-make, any critic worth his salt should at the very least re-watch the original before using runaway comparrisons to the source material. I don’t consider myself a critic by any means, but the first thing I did to prepare myself for this film, was
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The Crazies (2010) – Review

So I rushed out to see The Crazies first showing of the day. There’s something to be said about matinees, you just don’t have to deal with all the crowds. Anyways, I walked out of the theater this afternoon thinking “that was pretty damn good”, but I couldn’t shake this feeling that something was missing…
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