Review: "Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Phantosaur" (2011)- written September 8, 2011

Now I suppose it is strange to be writting a review of a childrens movie on this blog but I Love Scooby-Doo, but really, I watched it and it was the best Scooby-Doo movie since (for me personally) the Cyber Chase. The animation is beautiful and the jokes were so funny it had me laughing. For a Scooby-Doo veteran like myself, it wasn't hard at all to 'figure out the mystery' and who was behind it but that was no deterent for how good a movie it was. New, fresh, and surprisingly good, I recommend giving it a watch.

Review: "Grave Encounters" (2011)- written September 8, 2011

So, "Grave Encounters" is a pretty good movie. This group of people are making a tv show called Grave Encounters, a really, extremely, cheesy, I'm not gonna watch this, sort of show. Now this is one of those movies that claims to be 100% real and has no special effects. There is even an introduction by a producer saying this. There is a lot of set up of the show they are making which takes up the first chunk of the movie, but the pace quickens once they get locked inside the haunted building. Now this movie is just a great scary movie. Reminding me of Paranormal activity, only kind of better. Horror and tension is maintained throughout once things pick up(and hair). It is a terrific movie, fair to say that it does have disturbing content. Along this frightening journey with the television crew, you will experience fear just like they do.

Review: "Final Destination 5" (2011)- written August 16, 2011

Well, it definitely is a good movie. The gore is as disturbing as ever if not more disturbing. The 3D is quite good in my opinion and it is recommended over 2D. It is hard for me to pick favourites with the Final Destination movies but I would have to put this one up there. The story is very good and fresh, adding something new to the franchise. The fact that the ones destined to die can kill another person to gain the years of life they have left. This works well into the story. From the trailers, it appears that our friend the coroner has a bigger role than in previous movies. He is in more scenes but his role hasn't really changed. Also, the opening titles were probably the best in the franchises history. It was also nice to see Emma Bell from "Frozen" in this movie. So see it if you like the Final Destination series, have fun, and do not bring your girlfriend. She will hate you.

Review: "Insidious" (2011)- written August 9, 2011

"Insidious" overall, is a good horror movie. What makes it special and different from other movies from the genre is that it is an Actual Horror movie, a True horror movie. It is based on fear and scaring you. Another thing that makes this movie quite unique for a horror film is the lack of swearing and gore. There are only, to my recolection, less than four or five swear words used. As for gore, you don't technically see anything that could qualify as gore. Violence however, is used in some of the major scenes. Also, there are some frightening images. I Highly recommend this movie to horror fans.

Review: "The Ward" (2011)- written July 21, 2011

Now this was an excellent movie, Scary and Awesome. At first it strongly resembled an episode from Season 5 of "Supernatural" called "Sam, Interrupted". This does take place in a mental institution so there were some things that seemed typical. Such as the doctors trying to 'help' are only making things worse for the patients, but let's talk about what the movie is. John Carpenter's "The Ward" has one of the scariest faces in horror. Something is attacking the patients of the ward, doctors and patients are all quiet about the disappearances. It doesn't always scare you in a typical way in fact it rarely or never does. Here is how I would describe the movie: It's like a scary ride but at the end you are given $5, then a dollar is taken away from you. Though a dollar was metaphorically lost, it is still a great movie. Now the end of the movie, and I mean the last second not just 'the end', is GREAT! It is what takes that dollar away but it is so Unique! You NEVER, EVER, see the main actress do THAT. Warning of disturbing death scenes. Have fun,...

Review: "Robot"/"Endhiran" (2010)- written July 12, 2011

I was watching a list of old Ray William Johnson =3 videos on youtube and when I got somwhere around 5 month old ones. The episode was called "Indian Action", in the video one of the 'viral videos' shown was a montage clip of this Indian action movie. Now it was only the action sequences that were shown and by American film standards, the visual effects were quite laughable, but then I watched the movie.

"Robot" is a movie where a, nevermind I don't want to describe what the movie is about, I just want to say it's awesome. It reminded me of "I,Robot"(2004) with Will Smith but if you didn't like that one, you just might like this. This movie is so amazing because of the character 'Chitti' the robot, along with the other main cast members. All of whom have great acting talent. The female lead is played by Aishwarya Rai, who also starred in "The Pink Panther 2" (as well as some other stuff).

What great thing to type about next? Well, this is an Indian film and so some song and dance have been added to this Great...Action...Drama. There are 6 total music numbers throughout the movie, basically all of which are great. Numbers 4 and 6 have this robotic element to them which can make it feel like a Black Eyed Peas video. Speaking of which, it would be impossible for anyone not to compare Aishwarya with Fergie in these sequences. The dancing parts of the film all take part in this imagined state with the two main people and the backup dancers, which is good.

Finally I will say something about the story. A scientist named Vasse finishes work on a robot he's been making for 10 years. Vasse intends his robot to be used in the military, so he is essentially superhuman. He tries to get it approved but he can't unless he can give Chitti emotions, I forget how that makes sense at the moment but whatever. Anyways, once Chitti gets emotions he starts to fall in love with his creators fiance, so to speak. That's all I'll say for now. "Robot", is definitely one of the best foreign films I have ever seen!

So now, just watch the movie and have a great time!

Review: "The Shrine" (2010) - written June 15, 2011

By definition "The Shrine" is not a bad movie, at least in mine. It isn't great, but it isn't, really, bad. There are some moments that might seem cliche or typical of the 'tourist horror' genre. The worst thing I have to say about this movie is that there is a lot of green screen, and it is easy to tell when. However the movie will surprise, not on a big scale mind you, but there will be moments where you let out a mild gasp or shriek(possibly). On the DVD case it does say something along the lines of "The ending will surprise you", which is true, only it's not the ending and it's three words. Another quote on the case says horror fans will be pleased (or something like that). In my opinion, horror fans will be mildly pleased. Gore just enters the realm of 'disturbing', but a little disturbing nonetheless, language is low to my twenty minute recollection, and nudity is brief and partial.