Ugh. I watched 3 movies in the last three days that I couldn’t finish. Rather than write a whole review telling you about how I didn’t like them, I’ll just get it over with in one post.
John Dies at the End
Title: John Dies at the End Director: Don Coscarelli Actors/Actresses Worth Mentioning: Paul Giamatti (Sideways, The Illusionist, + lots of stuff) Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction Rating: 9/10
Rise of the Zombies
Title: Rise of the Zombies Director: Nick Lyon Actors/Actresses Worth Mentioning: Danny Trejo (Badass, Grindhouse, Machete, From Dusk Til Dawn), LeVar Burton (Reading Rainbow, Star Trek), French Stewart (3rd Rock From the Sun, Stargate), Ethan Suplee (Dogma, American History X) Genre: Zombie Movie Rating: 8/10
Hit and Run
Title: Hit and Run Director: David Palmer, Dax Shepard Actors/Actresses Worth Mentioning: Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Veronica Mars), Dax Shepard (Idiocracy), Tom Arnold (lots of stuff), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, Limitless, + more) Genre: Comedy, Action Rating: 8/10
Sherrybaby
Title: Sherrybaby Director: Laurie Collyer Actors/Actresses Worth Mentioning: Maggie Gyllenhaal (Jake Gyllenhaal’s sister), Brian William (has been in some other stuff you might recognize him from) Genre: Drama Rating: 7/10
Noobz
Title: Noobz Director: Blake Freeman Actors/Actresses Worth Mentioning: Jason Mewes (Jay from Clerks), the uncle from Napoleon Dynamite. Genre: Comedy Rating: 6/10
V/H/S
It’s a movie about a couple of different stories that have nothing to do with each other. Thank God. I am really starting to hate those ‘life is all interconnected’ type movies (think Crash, Powder Blue). However, it’s that annoying hand held camera type film (Blair Witch, Cloverfield). I can tolerate these, but I know lots of people hate them.
There is a decent amount of gore, but it isn’t excessive. The scariest parts of the movie are not the blood and guts. Again, I can tolerate blood and guts, but it doesn’t make a movie for me. Suspense and intrigue does, so good job on that with this one.