This was requested of me a long time ago when someone found out how fond I am of zombie films. This one in particular is a George A. Romero, who is pretty much the undisputed king of zombie flicks with his impressive "of the Dead" resume. However, as Romero moves along with this whole zombie thing, his concepts really do end up getting worse. 'Land of the Dead' contained the worst in zombie piss-offs I've ever seen when he allowed the zombies to think for themselves and start an uprising. See, in my opinion, zombies should be heaps of mindless meat who only have one thing on their mind; the need to feed, and they should act like lemmings chasing after the flesh they so crave. A zombie should NOT know how to work a fuel pump, or lead! Anyway, this chapter of the 'Dead' series takes place over the course of that first night. A group of film students tries to survive while one in particular documents everything using a good quality camera. Other cameras including one found in a hospital and a cell phone are used in this as well. It ends up being a high quality found footage film in the end, as its cut together to show how a film student edited it and made it. She even narrates over it. I give the film respect for trying a new approach in this way, but it doesn't work as well. It's not nearly as scary as the effect of a found footage film generally goes for because its just too high quality. Hell, we don't even really know if this really IS found footage from someone or not 'cause there's no surprise attack at the end like in any other film like it. It actually manages to end well and with a close, and as dumb as this sounds, a movie like this shouldn't do that. You completely lose the effect that way, and now all your surviving characters' fates are complete mysteries. The acting was pretty damn bad in this as well, and there were definitely scenes in the film where I felt like it just made no sense. Like how about the camera man watching a zombie chase a girl in the woods instead of trying to help her. I'm pretty sure he can at least manage to put down the camera to do something and still get the basics of his documentary on tape. I have to admit, its easily one of the worst zombie films I've seen... as a horror movie. If you go into this under the impression that its a B movie or even a comedy, its still bad, but its more forgivable. Truth be told though, despite some really creative and cool kills, and despite its fairly high ratings, I really didn't enjoy it for myself.
Final Rating: 2/5

I'd be telling a flat out lie if I told you I actually wanted to ever watch this movie. Judging from the ditsy cheerleader-like look of the 3 girls in the background of the poster, the overall girly colour of the poster, and well, Lindsay Lohan, I was pretty dead set against it. But time and time again I've heard the same thing; "You should watch 'Mean Girls' if you liked 'Easy A'." But apart from that, various reviews for this film also grasped my attention from various critics, and so this Easter Sunday, 2011, I decided to give in and see what it was all about... I'm pleased to say that I was 100% wrong about this movie! Its essentially about a girl named Cady (pronounced "Katie", played by Lohan) who has been home schooled up to this point in her life. Her parents decide its time they enrolled her in high school, and she soon befriends a girl named Janis and her gay friend Damian. They warn hr abut a particular group of three girls they call "The Plastics"; popular as all hell, but also fake, mean bitches. The group consists of 3 girls; Gretchen (Lacy Chabert), Karen (Amanda Seyfried), and their leader Regina (Rachel McAdams). Opportunity knocks for Janis and Damian to finally bring down the Plastics via their new friend when Regina invites Cady to be in their group. Janis is out for revenge due to a rumor Regina started about her, and Cady goes along with this very quickly once she sees that Regina basically steals the guy she's interested in, fully knowing. The movie unfolds as a great example of human nature in high school years. You go in expecting it to be the new girl in school who gets picked on by a bunch of girls and there's some lesson at the end, but what you get is something very different. What the story really revolves around is Cady's evolution in high school life. You get to various points where you're not sure if you should be routing for her to succeed or just hating her altogether. You also see that even the most popular people in your high school aren't necessarily the coolest, and it makes for a great life lesson for any high school student. Truth be told, the movie still has a girlishness to it considering the only primary male roles are of a gay guy and a love interest. It does seem clearly aimed at a female audience in this aspect. I also wasn't too fond of some of the overall ditziness of some of the dialogue. But that being said, the movie also carries a charm with it, and had me laughing out loud several times. I have to admit, overall I was pleasantly surprised. It's true. This is pretty much the original 'Easy A'.
Final Rating: 4/5

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I did it. I sat through the epic plane crash known as 'The Room'! This is a movie that exists on the same plane as films like 'Plan 9 From Outer Space', 'Troll 2', and 'Manos: The Hands of Fate'. Its a movie so incredibly bad that it has its own cult following, and will every once in a while be brought back to theaters for people to go see, laugh at its horribleness, and just have a good time. The story, written, directed and produced by Tommy Wiseau centers on Johnny, who is also played by Tommy Wiseau... Jeeze, egotistical much?... Anyway, Johnny's incredibly dedicated to the friends and family in his life, especially his wife to be, Lisa. The rest of the movie is pretty much about how Lisa is betraying the living hell out of Johnny by cheating an awful lot on him using the most long and boring sex scenes available to film. Meanwhile there's Lisa's mother, and a young man named Denny who have no bearing on the story whatsoever; really just throw-in characters. Hell, the only reason to ever watch this movie is to laugh at how incredibly horrible it is. The story constantly contradicts itself, the acting is horrible, there's a TON of filler using sex scenes, hell... they even get a new actor to portray the character of Peter half-way through, and they look NOTHING alike! But there's one thing about this junk pile I simply cannot deny... I laughed at it... quite a lot! And just for that, it scores a little extra.
Final Rating: 1/5

Director Steve Anderson films this documentary about the debates on the taboo that has to do with the big F-word. Various celebrities are interviewed on the subjects of whether the word is bad, good, serves a purpose, why we say it, the word in music, movies, politics, television, sex, the English language and more. Celebrities include a wide range of variety with people like Ron Jeremy, Drew Carrey, Pat Boone, Billy Connelly, Janeane Garofalo, Ice-T, Alanis Morissette, Kevin Smith, Tara Patrick and several others that even include the one and only Hunter S. Thompson (who, by the way, the film is dedicated to). As far as documentaries go, this one certainly earned its place as one of my favorites. Many good points are made on either side of the debate, but there are several points made here and there that you can’t help but roll your eyes at as well, again, on either side of the debate. It all boils down to a pretty hilarious film as long as you can stand to hear the F-Bomb uttered so frequently (I believe the film counted the word for itself 800 times). For me personally, it’s something right up my alley ‘cause the good old F-word has never been something offensive to me and I use it so frequently. If you do get offended by the word though, fair warning that this particular documentary may very well not be for you as it’s pretty to-the-point about things. I found it to be both informative and hilarious, and I tip my hat to Mr. Anderson for having the guts to make something on a simple four letter word that can affect anyone in various ways.
Final Rating: 5/5