The wife and I just finished watching Whisper, which was aired on one of the Turner networks over the weekend. If I remember correctly, it was a direct to DVD film. I’d first heard about it a while back on a Lost fan site (probably Doc Arzt’s or The Tail Section) as it stars Josh Holloway (aka Sawyer).

A mysterious person hires 4 people to kidnap and ransom a kid from what appears to be a wealthy family. As you probably expect, the kid is not your normal 8 year old. Strange sounds in the middle of nowhere, and then people start dying.

By the end, you’ll have a couple of decent plot twists, and enough of the “jump out at you” type horror. Overall, I really enjoyed this film. It’s not the best movie you’ll see this year, but it was a good horror flick. It reminded me a lot of The Omen, so if you’re into movies like that (I am!) then you’ll probably enjoy this one as well.

A trailer for the move (which is now available on DVD) can be seen at the movie’s official website, whispermovie.com.

Last night was the premier of Spike TV’s first original comedy, The Factory. And boy does it suck.

I think I may have managed to make it through 15 minuites of this train wreck. For a comedy, there wasn’t a single thing that made me even crack a smile. The filming is done in such a way that made me think I was watching a mad homemovie. Aside from being dull, the characters are idiots.

Do you have one of those guys where you work that tells something that he thinks is funny, waits for you to laugh, and when you don’t he repeats himself? The experiance I get from that multiplied by four would sum up my experiance with The Factory.

Yesterday I saw Iron Man at the Regal Pinnacle Stadium 18. The movie was one of the best I have seen in a long time, not only was it one of the best Superhero origin movies, it was probably one of Robert Downey Jr.’s best performances. While I was thrilled with the movie, I’ve also got to say that this also happened to be one of the worst movie experiances ever.

I saw the digital showing of Iron Man. Who would pass that up, right? Well, the theater experienced issues with their digital projector causing the movie to skip and studder every couple of minutes. It studdered more than Max Hedroom… though Max was cool. Thankfully, the theater did give everyone a free pass, so I’ll probably go back and see it again later.

For me, this ranked right up there with Batman Begins. RDJ was an awesome Tony Stark, and I’ll love to see Iron Man 2.

I wasn’t the only one there who loved the movie. Despite the studdering, there was a scene that actually caused people to clap while the movie was still playing. I’d wager that they would have clapped afterwards as well if we hadn’t been ready to mob the box office.

Go see it. It’s fracking awesome!

The first of two straight to DVD Stargate movies was released a few days ago. Stargate: The Arc of Truth brings an end to the Ori story arc that began during season nine.

To be honest, I had forgotten most of what had happened during season nine and ten. Heck, it’s been a year now since season ten ended with a whimper. I highly recommend that if you pick up this movie that you first watch the prologue contained on the DVD. It recaps the last few seasons (previously on Stargate: SG-1…) and it’s only a couple of minutes long.

Yes, it really does wrap up the story, and you’ll find out if the ascended being killing device did the job. You’ll also be introduced to a few new faces, and of course get to see several old faces, including an encounter with an unexpected enemy. I really want to elaborate more, but I won’t.

The movie is about an hour and a half long, so it doesn’t feel like it’s much more than a normal episode. Though it’s pretty obvious the production quality went up a bit.

In all, it was really nice seeing Ben, Amanda, Christopher, Michael, and Claudia together again. Too bad there wasn’t any RDA action, I really miss his character. Oh, and Amanda is the Carter we all love in this movie, not the dud that she’s ended up being on Atlantis. I cannot wait for the next movie due out later this year.

If you can get past the extreme gore, the Saw movies so far have been fantastic. For those of you that cannot get past the gore, we’ll then you’ll end up missing the entire movie.

As with the other movies in the series, Saw IV picks back up right where the others left off, and continues to fill in the pieces of the puzzle (no pun intended). Saw IV brings in a few new faces, in addition to several that we’ve seen before. Tobin Bell reprises his role has Jigsaw, and he’s created some new traps for everyone to play with.

Bottom line is the Saw movies aren’t for everyone, but if you’ve enjoyed the others than you’ll like this one. I did.

Yesterday I took the wife out to see The Spiderwick Chronicles. While she enjoyed it, I felt the movie was pretty flat and boring. Granted, it was intended as a kids movie, and it did have some fairly nice special effects, but overall it felt rushed and like it was missing something.

Actually, for those of you that have read the books, this movie was actually missing quite a bit. It might have been better if they had split everything up into two movies. The movie could have also used a bit more Nick Nolte.

I just got back from seeing a 1:00 pm screening of Cloverfield, which was produced by Lost creator J.J. Abrams. By the time it ends, Cloverfield leaves you with more unanswered questions than a whole season of Lost. The movie, which runs for just under an hour and a half (feels more like an hour) was filmed entirely on a hand held camera. In fact, if you get motion sick easily, do not go see this movie. I’m surprised they didn’t have a warning at the ticket stand.

Since my little review here contains a few spoilers about the movie, I’ll continue after the jump. Continue reading »

I don’t remember seeing any previews or ever hearing about Shoot ‘Em Up at the theaters. If it was ever on the big screen, I missed it… thankfully with the magic of Comcast OnDemand, I was able to see this movie today.

If you enjoy the fast moving, action packed, ultra unrealistic stunts, then you’ll love this. For me, it ranks up there with Crank, Snatch, The Transporter, and maybe even Equilibrium. You can bet that I’ll be adding this one to my collection. There are so many things that make this hilarious, I couldn’t even begin to describe them all, lets just say that all most all of them involve bullets.

I really didn’t know what to expect from Sweeney Todd when the wife and I went out this evening. I knew it was a twisted musical,staring Johnny Depp, and well that’s about all I knew. Thankfully I’ve enjoyed just about everything that Depp has ever done, and Sweeny Todd was no exception.

Don’t expect the film to be completely dark and morbid. Wait, I take that back, it’s almost always morbid, even in the lighter moments. In fact, I loved the scene where Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett are devising their grand plan. Overall the movie was fantastic, and I enjoyed every blood drenched moment.

Decided to go see I Am Legend today at the new IMAX Theater here in Knoxville. For those of you that don’t know, I Am Legend is based on a novel of the same name. There has also been two other movies baesed off the book. One with Vincent Price called “The Last Man on Earth” and the other with Charlton Heston called “The Omega Man“.

Personally I liked The Omega Man better than I Am Legend. I don’t know, the movie was good, but I just have a hard time with Will Smith playing anything other than some goofy character. I wish we had gotten more of the vampire/zombie killing scenes and less of scenes of him talking to the mannequins.