Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Weekly Reel

            Another great week of wacky, surprising, enraging and cool news bits for you to peruse.  Only one film on the watch list that wasn’t reviewed this week and it was awesome.  Here we go… Legend             Finally got around … Continue reading

Posted in The Weekly Reel | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Review: ‘Horrible Bosses’

              Since the opening minutes of the first episode of Arrested Development I have been a huge fan of Jason Bateman.  He has perfect comic timing and fantastic comedic reactions when interacting with other actors.  He was the big … Continue reading

Posted in Review | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Terrific Trailer Tuesdays: ‘Chronicle’

              I’m glad to be able to put up a new trailer to talk about.  We have seen many Blair Witch copycats over the years, bringing only one good one called Cloverfield amidst numerous atrocities that were in it … Continue reading

Posted in Terrific Trailer Tuesdays | Tagged | 1 Comment

Review: ‘Bridesmaids’

              Kristin Wiig is an incredible comic presence in film and television; the thing is, this might not have been the movie to have her as the star.  She is so good in small hit-and-run roles; in fact, for … Continue reading

Posted in Review | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

The Weekly Reel

              Not much movie viewing this week because the wife and I decided to start watching the first season of The Walking Dead.  We watched all six episodes and they were fantastic.  I would have liked more zombie tension, … Continue reading

Posted in The Weekly Reel | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Why Did You Recommend That? ‘Something Borrowed’

               I have a buddy who has a really cool wife; who, apparently, likes horrible movies and drinks heavily and early.  What possessed her to recommend this pile to my wife and I is beyond me.  Do we have a … Continue reading

Posted in Why Did You Recommend That? | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Terrific Trailer Tuesdays: ‘Pulp Fiction’

            I was obsessed with this movie when I was a junior in high school.  I even started to grow my hair out like John Travolta’s character, a fact my dad brought up during his speech at my wedding.  I … Continue reading

Posted in Terrific Trailer Tuesdays | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Weekend Afternoons in Utah

              Many people of my generation no doubt remember renting videos from places that were not Blockbuster.  Not only that, they remember renting some movies over and over and over again.  Cliffhanger was one of those movies for me.  … Continue reading

Posted in Personal/Memories | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

The Weekly Reel

            Another week down and so here we are again: Young Guns             I think this was one of the first R rated movies for me and to be honest, comparable to what is shown today, this would not be … Continue reading

Posted in The Weekly Reel | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Review: ‘Scream 4′

              The Scream trilogy was borderline genius.  It sought to create satires out of all the horror films that went before it.  It did that part of its existence well and unfortunately, spawned a myriad of copycats.  The films … Continue reading

Posted in Review | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment