Movie Review: District 9

Director: Neill Blomkamp
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure/Action
Year: 2009

I consider myself lucky to have been one of the few people that got to see the world premiere of this particular movie at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, it has given me the opportunity to post a review for this particular film a good two weeks before the film is [...]

Movie Review: Revolutionary Road

Director: Sam Mendes
Genre: Drama
Year: 2008

Right off the top of my head I would say this was one of the best films of 2008 and it goes to explain the number of nominations and awards it received, though disappointingly, that list does not include Best Picture. Given that the field was five and and that I [...]

Movie Review: Les Poupées Russes (Russian Dolls)

Director: Cédric Klapish
Genre: Drama/Romance/Comedy
Year: 2005

Few are the films that match or improve on the first installment. By nature, it would seem, sequels are destined to suck, with a few notable exceptions. Oftentimes the trap is to use the formula for the original film, change a few aspects here and there, add more drama and call [...]

Please Excuse the Mess :: Under Construction

For the next few days you might notice that the site is a bit off and costantly changing, I am updating to a different theme and changing options. I will try to make the process as quickly as I can so please bear with me. If there are any concerns, questions or comments, [...]

Architectural miracles – Beautifully intimidating houses of God by Christoph Morlinghaus

Regardless of your stance on God, it is undeniable that these houses of worship are downright amazing. For some Architectural candy, click on the link below and be sure to click on the gallery of ‘related images’ on the right to see all fourteen, mind-blowing pictures.

Architectural miracles – Beautifully intimidating houses of God [...]

Movie Review: High Tension

Song of the Day: “Varka Sto Yalo” by Karl Zero

High Tension

Director: Alexandre Aja
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Year: 2003

For starters, allow me to say that you should not watch this movie while eating cold pizza. Or eating anything for that matter…not very conducive to the appetite. Really.

With that out of the way, I should also disclose that slasher films [...]

Movie Review: Look

Song of the day: “SFM” by Basement Jaxx

Look

Director: Adam Rifkin
Genre: Drama
Year: 2007

This movie is like that dessert you had all the right ingredients for but either you put too much of it, or too little and by the time you take it out of the oven and bite into it, you are no longer so [...]