DEVILS BACKBONE" Score B+ 87%,"BOUNTY HUNTER " Score C+ 78%,"INCEPTION" Score A 97%, "DESPICABLE ME" Score B 85%, AND MORE FILM REVIEWS!!!

SO AS IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAVE UPDATED THIS BLOG I JUST NOW HAVE RETAKEN TO POSTING SOME MORE REVIEWS HERE.... NOW I HAVE SOME 100 MOVIES PLUS THAT I HAVE SEEN SINCE MY LAST BLOG POST ITS GOING TO TAKE ME A WHILE TO CATCH UP ON THE FULL REVIEWS. I HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE MOVIES I HAVE WATCHED BUT I WILL ADD THE REVIEWS A FEW AT A TIME AS I WRITE THEM AS I FIND THE TIME TO DO SO DVD Review "THE DEVILS BACKBONE" Score B+ 87% Guillermo Del Toro’s creepy orphanage film. With a un-exploded bomb in the center of a ghost story. This subtle yet interesting tale of a young boy sent to an orphanage meeting a ghost in the basement where the little one was killed. Leads to the discovery of who killed him. Well shot and well directed this one is worth checking out DVD Review "BOUNTY HUNTER " Score C+ 78% Gerald Butler and Jennifer Anison star opposite each other in this typical predictable Rom Comedy. Not a whole lot of laughs to be found and its more of a date film. The dialogue is mundane and the relationship is barely believable along with this premise. Butler and Anison are doing there best with this limited material. This is a DVD home at the couch date with your significant other type of movie. Nothing special here. BLUERAY DVD Review "INCEPTION" Score A 97% Another look at this masterpiece instead of the Theater on Blueray at home translates well. Big or Small screen Nolan's brilliant writing, direction and film making stands out. The cast is perfectly assembled and they all execute the material with solid deftness. Its so nice to see a film that didn't need to be dumbed down for an audience but it still had mass appeal and did incredible business at the theaters and in the DVD market. I look forward to Nolan's future work as much as reviewing this and other of his works. If you haven't seen this yet then run out and get it, its worth the viewing and if you have seen it check it out again it is even more layered than you originally thought. Loved it and can't recommend it enough! BLUERAY DVD Review "DESPICABLE ME" Score B 85% Its Sooooo Fluffy!!! This little gem of an animated offering is fun for everyone. Steve Carell voices the villain in this film and lead. There is lots of great well rendered animation going on here. And its fun for fans of all ages. Has some replay value and the Minions and children steal plenty of the scenes. This one is already geared up for it sequel. Check it out before part two arrives. DVD Review "CENTURION" Score C 75% This rather boring offering of gladiator type epic wanna be film is mostly forgettable. This one leaves nothing that jumps back into your memory after seeing it. There is nothing but rehashed battles, rehashed dialogue and rehashed shots from any period movie you have seen before this. The actors don’t spark at all and there is not much to be found in way of real entertainment. DVD Review "AFTER LIFE" Score B- 81% Christina Ricci stars with Liam Neeson, as a woman who is dead... or is she? This odd little independent film, kind of creeps up on you as you watch it and try to figure out what is really going on here. Limited locations and good actors add to this well written film. In the end you are left with questions and the movie makes you think about it a while after viewing. There is the added bonus of a good bit of nudity from Ricci for those interested in that perk. This mystery is worth checking out if you have the time. DVD Review "FOLLOWING" Score C+ 78% Inception and Batman film maker Chris .... first film. This black and white film creates a shroud of paranoia across its wake. The film is written with a daft hand of Nolan and brings with it his signature style we now know form his later films. A good start and his directing prowess is shown off here and we can see how he started his expanding career here in this one. DVD Review "DEATH TO SMOOCHY" Score C+ 79% Robin Williams and Edward Norton star in this bizarre dark comedy. This film is funny in a very dark and very disturbed manner. Both stars here turn in good performances in this quirky piece of film. A Williams, popular kids show host is ousted for a younger new dancing dinosaur host ( Norton as a Barney rip off). So Williams exacts his revenge to gain his spotlight back again. Things do not go the way he plans. DVD Review "EYEBORGS" Score C- 70% The actor from the Highlander TV serial show shows up in this badly computer F/X laden futuristic "B" Movie. If you are bored and have nothing to do this might fill up some time you have. But be warned this is almost as bad as those SCI FI channel original movies where they get high school student level computer animators to create their creatures, this is what you will get in this. Although the premise is good : Computer surveillance robots always watching everything and recording everything for the police go haywire and “bad”… the execution of this premise is poorly done. The acting is on par with student films. Don’t expect anything here and you will be OK after watching it. DVD Review "SALT" Score B- 83% In this conspiracy action-eer, Angelina Jolie takes over a part Tom Cruise turned down and they rewrote it for her. Jolie as a bad ass agent that goes rogue after being accused of a crime, is well played. Many of the action sequences are carried off well by Jolie, by here simply recalling her TOMB RAIDER role. This is a decent action movie, nothing spectacular, but worth a view if this is your Genre. Check it out. DVD Review "GEORGE CARLIN (70yrs old) STAND UP" Score B+ 86% The genius that is Carlin, he still delivers great stand up material as he always has. Even at 70 he holds modern topics and makes it all relate able. This comedian to be is the epitome of a class act who really delves into intellectual material.. Carlin always makes us think. And not only think but find the humor in the everyday things we all do and the collective societal rules we all seem to be OK with that really, after Carlin’s expounding upon them makes us laugh and question. Any stand up Carlin did is worth watching and this is no exception. See one of his final stand up shows on DVD and see how relevant he still was. DVD Review "BROTHERS" Score C+ 79% This dark dark drama about two brothers one who survives capture torture and forced killing in Iraq and his brother who takes care of the wife and daughter left behind. Something about this one didn't work. Toby McGuire as a vet who returns home after horrific experiences and survival. He finds his friend who had been taking care of his family has had feelings for his wife, and things may or may not have been going on. The soldiers ultimate PTSD takes over and he has a couple of dramatic breakdowns. Without spoiling this with details, if you are one into cerebral dramas this may be up your alley. DVD Review "DEAD SNOW" Score C+ 77% Campy Horror Zombie foreign import from Holland I believe. Completely subtitled but still a great fun watch. Zombie films will be around for a long time to come and film makers are seeking new ways to use them. In this one a cabin seeking group on a holiday find that the area of snow they are on is being protected by a violent group of dead Nazi soldiers and their captain who rise from the snow as zombies reeking havoc on the small group of 20 something Holland-ites. Fun to be had, and this is a decent little addition to the horror genre. DVD Review "LO" Score C+ 78% Stage play almost directly translated and turned into a low budget film. In fact this is practically the stage show simply shot for DVD. There is almost zero budget going on here except for the main creature (LO) full body makeup. The acting by LO is the only thing to pay attention to as the rest of the actors barely turn in watch-able performances. This simple love and a demon story is decently written and the words of this one are more important than the acting and film making (or lack there of). Its worth a view for the writing alone and I suspect this was better in a dark theater with a crowd watching this live on stage (opposed to the small screen). PBS Movie Review "MACBETH" Score B 85% Patrick Stewart tops this PBS full feature adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play. Stewart as MacBeth… I don’t really need to say much more than that. He delivers a great performance and steals the production. Overall the transition from Stage to a Film here works rather well. All of the actors involved in this production turn in great performances that lend to the overall value of this film. Shakespeare’s words in all their glory are laid out here in a nice rendition of one of his better and well known plays. Those who enjoy the Bard should check this version out. MOVIE Review "THE SOCIAL NETWORK" Score A- 91% Interesting adaptation of the real story of Facebook. The screenplay for this one is by Arron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, West Wing, Sport Night) and it is the writing that really carries this one up an above. In addition to the actors who carry those words along with this story. Writing a screenplay about the founding and creation of a website is hardly the topic to make a compelling film about. But it is the great writing, great direction and acting that make a seemingly start up company story into something compelling and worth watching. To watch it unfold as a drama adds so much more to the original story we heard about as Facebook developed into the Juggernaut it is today. A great film overall. MOVIE Review "THE KING'S SPEECH" Score A 95% Oscar winner. Another odd film to make. A biographical film about a stuttering British prime minister is hardly a tale that you could pitch easily and then go on to create an Oscar caliber project out of. But that is what these film makers did with this one. Now on this film I heavily put stock into the actors who made this what it turned out to be. Had this been in less capable casting hands this would not have turned out the same. Firth leads the pack with his believable dis ability (stuttering) that he clearly spent time working on and researching. Rush as his therapist turns in a great performance as well and his wife played by Bonham-Carter rounds out the great leads in this film. Overall the tour de force that is this cast made this film into the Oscar worthy earning movie.

DVD Review "THE HOST" Score B+ 86%

Korean horror creature film. A great addition to the giant monster genre. Crazy action, great scenes of monster rampage. The Korean cast turn in great performances. The CGI work is mostly seemless and doesn't pull you out of the story too much. A giant Tadpole genetic monster rises from a local lake, and a noodle stand clerk and his daughter, are hunted down by it, she is swallowed up, but not dead. The clerk and his family of misfit help, must find the monster and get his daughter back. Great little hidden gem of a monster flick. Modern uptake on the old Godzilla, Giant "something" genre. Check this one out if you are a fan of this stuff.

DVD Review "POSTAL" Score D+ 68%

Odd Indy movie based off the video game of the same name. This schlock begins and ends nowhere and is mostly filled with bad acting, poor writing, mindless violence, horrible dialogue and a forgettable plot device. Pissed of nobody, goes on a killing spree, in this supposedly comedic adaptation of the game. Skip it.

DVD Review "THE GOOD THE BAD THE WEIRD " Score B 85%

Loved it!.. This turns out to be a Great asian mash up of American westerns. Three distinct “Asian” cowboys collide in this send up of The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Comedic but with plenty of great action. The three leads, a bandit, a bounty hunter and a train robber colllide and eventually are in search of a treasure. Some great action and shoot out scenes along with a touch of humor make this a fun ride. In the end they all come to a 'Mexican standoff' ...a finish to be seen. Liked this one, its a good subtitled action film.

DVD Review "ZACK GALFINACKIS STAND UP" Score C 75%

Good in parts, weird in others. Best part was his interview as his "brother". It comes across slightly as a comic ready to implode. Not sure if the drunkness is an act or real. Lots of obscure comedy that doesn’t really work, but he’s pushing the envelope into Andy Kaufmann and Chris Farley realms. Not a lot of laugh out loud stuff, but if you like Zach give it a go.

DVD Review "PARANORMAL ACTIVITY" Score C- 71%

Don't see the hype. This super low budget film (made for a supposed 11k over a few weekends) didn’t live up to the hype so poured on it up to its introduction and after its wide release. Its an innovative film in that its almost all POV with a few actors done on the cheap with one location and it got snapped up a festival and made tons of money, and produced sequels and rip offs galore. However its just not a great film. Limited scares mostly unseen ones. Basically its a new incarnation of the Blair Witch Project. It is OK if you like these type of ghost horror films, but don’t expect too much, or much at all.

DVD Review "PLANET 51" Score C+79%

Animated average-ness, this second rate Pixar type wanna be movie never really takes off. The animation is generic and the story is relatively low key. Spaceman lands on alien planet, planet is like old 1950's America, young teen alien helps spaceman get back to his ship as the town attempts hunt down and kill the evil spaceman menace. Young teen succeeds, gets the girl and spaceman goes home. The end