Movies
01/10/2010: Skjult/Hidden

Kai Koss (Kristoffer Joner) unwittingly ends up in his hometown, which he ran away from nearly two decades earlier. We see flashback sequences of his family, including a psychotic mother nearly drowing a child, and then Kai is led to see a corpse. It’s the same woman, his mother.

11/20/2009: H.H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer

Holmes is best known for his “murder castle,” where he rented rooms during the Chicago World’s Fair. There were greased chutes for bodies, acid vats, torture instruments, and sealed rooms where he could turn on a gas pipe to suffocate people. The extent of his crimes isn’t known for certain, since he was also an accomplished con man and liar.

11/16/2009: Bathory

Running a bit more than two hours and divided into three segments, Bathory was one of the highest-budget Central European productions ever. Where one might be expecting a salacious tale of bathing in blood and lesbianism, this actually negates the whole legend of Erzabet Bathory.

11/11/2009: Clash of the Titans Remake

Just when you thought they couldn’t possibly rape childhood memories anymore. Then this turd burger comes sliding down the poop pike. Do we REALLY need a remake of Clash of the Titans? I mean REALLY NEED it?

11/10/2009: Jennifer’s Body

id you ever watch one of those movies that going into it all you can think is “man this is going to suck, why am I doing this to myself” but then you watch it and shortly find yourself enjoying it? Well that was me and Jennifer’s Body. I went fully in expecting a crappy movie about stupid stuff, and found a rather amusing movie that offers a really unique perspective on the friendships between hot girls and plain girls.

11/10/2009: The House of the Devil

Most often when movies try to homage other horror movies is just seems to be clunky and heavy handed. However The House of the Devil is one of the few exceptions. Written, directed and edited by Ti West this movie hits on all 6 cylinders and actually feels like it could be a tender love letter to classic horror, grindhouse and 80s horror.

11/07/2009: Where the Wild Things Are

This may not be the best film for kids because it just teaches you to eat your friends and rip their limbs off, while lying that you were a Viking king for twenty years; and it’s certainly not a film for adults, unless they want their childhood memories ruined.

10/28/2009: Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity,written and directed by Oren Peliin, was created in 2007 as an Indie mockumentary film in which a couple, Katie and Micah, chronicle a haunting that is taking place in their home.

10/24/2009: District 9

I remember seeing the commercials for this and not being terribly impressed. I ended up watching it anyway. The main idea here is that an alien ship ran out of fuel and ended up in Johannesburg

10/22/2009: Hostel: Part 2

The follow up to Hostel, Eli Roth returns to give us Hostel: Part 2. I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed when I first heard that Roth’s third movie was a sequel. Then the movie came out, and it came with a slew of negative press. Condoning this movie for all it’s [...]