I have a little bit of free time, so I was able to put in some movie time. Here's three movies I've watched lately, in the order I watched them: Feature 1: The Lorax. My daughter received a few movies for Christmas and this was the first one she wanted to watch. I have not read the book, so I didn't know what it was about, but Sam said it was this book that made her learn that humans are capable of hurting the environment. The makers of Despicable Me made this movie, which made me think I Read more [...]

It seems I haven't gotten over my horror movie fixation since October was done and it's just carried over into December. It also seems that I've now watched two movies in a row now that depict our jolly ol' cookie-eating, toy-toting, bearded friend as an evil killer of sorts. This movie had me convinced, the whole sleigh-ride through, until it veered way off course at the end. So, like my last post about evil Santa, this one was also European (Finnish) and this time, it had subtitles, so I wasn't Read more [...]

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I really don't think I've watched this much Christmas-horror in my life! This one's available on Netflix instant, too! This one was called Saint Nick. Doesn't sound scary, does it? Unlike my last Xmas-horror film, I actually kind of liked this one. I didn't think I would at first, as the Xmas-horror genre doesn't exactly put out Academy Award nominees, but Saint Nick, or sometimes called just Saint, did a really good job of setting up tension at the beginning and not showing exactly what was Read more [...]

I like Christmas movies. We have our favorites that we watch every year, but I'm always on a quest to find any unseen gems. After watching Silent Night Bloody Night last night, I think I'm still must continue my quest. Here's the story. There's this guy. He's selling this old house for super cheap because he doesn't want to worry about it anymore after he inherits it from his grandfather, but when he sends his old, ugly lawyer over there (with young, hot girlfriend in tow), it sets off a string Read more [...]

I watched this movie in about 12 parts, but still really enjoyed it. Every time I started it up again, it seemed like I knew exactly where I left off. Very much like reading a novel, I guess. There were lots of famous actors involved in this film, but I think my favorite was Anthony Hopkins, and my least was Gene Hackman. Ever since I read (or maybe saw in a making-of) that Sam Raimi had a hard time working with Hackman on the set of The Quick and the Dead because Hackman was a jerk, I really Read more [...]