What’s it about? “Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.” — IMDB via YouTube Who made it? Directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill. Who’s […]
Get Out – The Trailer Reaction
Hey, will you look at that, it’s been almost two years since I’ve written about movies! Anyways, I just caught the trailer for Jordan Peele’s directing debut, and I’m pretty excited about it. I’ll describe it now, but feel free to scroll down and watch it for yourself first. The trailer for Get Out opens […]
Annabelle Review
So a man buys his pregnant wife a doll to complete the set she’s been collecting. And wouldn’t you just know it, the doll has a demon in it (more or less). Very quickly, bad things start to happening to the couple. They try to explain it away logically, and of course that fails. […]
The Maze Runner (The Long and Short of It)
Thomas (played by Dylan O’Brien) awakens inside a rising elevator. He has no idea where he is, how he got there or even who he is. The elevator stops, and the doors open in the middle of a field to the hardened faces of more young men. These boys barely know any more about […]
For the Movie Buff in Us All
If you’re anything like me, you have oodles of useless movie trivia in your brain. It sits there doing no one any good until you’re at a party and you overhear someone saying, “Who that actress from the Scream movies?” Of course you then cut your friend off mid-sentence to lean over and say, “Neve […]
New Releases in Theaters – June 20, 2014
It’s not the biggest weekend at the box office, but that’s fine with me as I’m still playing a little catch up. My mpm (movies per month) has seen a steep decline this year as my other hobbies edge in on my time. So I’m thankful for weekends like this where there’s nothing I’m dying […]
MY MOVIE WISHLIST: PREMIUM RUSH
Posted by Nic on July 2nd, 2012
What’s it about? A New York City bike messenger picks up the wrong package and finds the city turning into an obstacle course as he tries to escape the people pursuing him. via YouTube Who made it? Directed by David Koepp and written by David Koepp and John Kamps. Who’s in it? Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael […]
People Like Us
Posted by Nic on June 29th, 2012
Sam is a salesman. Sort of. He barters companies’ excess goods. He’s just made a rather large barter with a hefty commission, but that same day he finds out that one of his previous deals has gone bad, costing the company a lot of money, even getting it in trouble with the FTC. His entire […]
MY MOVIE WISHLIST: THE MASTER
Posted by Nic on June 29th, 2012
What’s it about? “A 1950s-set drama centered on the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as “the Master” whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man.” — IMDB via YouTube Who made it? Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Who’s in it? Philip Seymour […]
MY MOVIE WISHLIST: LOOPER
Posted by Nic on June 26th, 2012
What’s it about? It’s the future, and time travel exists. When the mob wants someone killed, they send him/her back in time where a hitman, or a Looper, is waiting to kill that person. Everything changes for one particular Looper when the person sent back to be killed is his future self. via YouTube Who […]
Brave
Posted by Nic on June 22nd, 2012
Set in the highlands of Scotland during a more mystical time, Brave tells the story of a Scottish princess named Merida (voiced by Kelly MacDonald) . She lives in a castle with her father, the brawny King Fergus (voiced by Billy Connolly), her mother, Queen Elinor (voiced by Emma Thompson), and her three rambunctious little […]
MY MOVIE WISHLIST: RED LIGHTS
Posted by Nic on June 20th, 2012
What’s it about? “Psychologist Margaret Matheson and her assistant study paranormal activity, which leads them to investigate a world-renowned psychic who has resurfaced years after his toughest critic mysteriously passed away.” — IMDB via YouTube Who made it? Written and directed by Rodrigo Cortés. Who’s in it? Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, and […]
The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies (1/13/15)