The word unnecessary comes to mind when I think of this movie. Unnecessary plot twists, deaths, and when you get right down to it and unnecessary movie altogether due to the fact that the film The Last Winter already covered this hypothesis last year.

 I have seen some of the worst of the gore, Ichi the Killer, Audition, B-Movie Bloody Movies, tons of zombie flicks and yet nothing had really prepared me for this movie. I will start off with the good points, the few ones that there were because had it not been such an obvious “let’s take advantage of the R rating!” plot it could have been a good movie.

I thought that Mark Walhberg did a good job playing the main character/leader. Zooey Deschanel character I think was meant to be portrayed as flakey in the beginning so that’s probably why the acting threw me a little off but she pulled it together towards the end with a strong finish to the film. I thought that John Leguizamo did a great job. In fact his last scene in the film moved me to tears & almost made me leave the theater at the same time.

Now for the bad… So much death and it was just so completely pointless. I guessed the plot as soon as someone mentioned a park and the twists and turns made no sense in the overall story. The ending was okay I guess, it ended the way you would expect in a M. Night film. Almost happy but then again, not.

In short I do NOT recommend this film for former cutters like myself; it will shake you up a lot. And those who have thought of suicide in the past might want to consider renting. It’s very disturbing and a bit overboard if you ask me. Enter at your own risk.

By the way, new layout. And please don’t text message me while I’m asleep to tell me you hate it…you know who you are. Thanks. I do work after all. And a facebook message would work just fine.

I have updated a few things. New layout, not sure If I will keep it and I added a link to my personal livejournal. I also removed this wordpress from my facebook. I think it’s better that way. That’s about it. I will add some new reviews this week when I get a free moment. There is a really great link to another blog on Jason Grant’s WordPress. Check it out…

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson will star in several episodes of the next season of the FOX series ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.’ Manson plays Catherine Weaver, the chief executive of a cutting-edge high-tech company.

Totally Awesome. That’s all I have to say about that. Hopefully. I don’t actually watch the show but I love Shirley Manson and the fact that she’s on a Sci-Fi show is what’s so awesome.

This Memorial Day weekend I watched a few movies. The most memorable being The Last Winter directed by Larry Fessenden with Ron Perlman and James LeGros starring. I had read a good review about it in EW magazine and had waited a while for it to come out. It sucks how those independent films always take forever to come out on DVD after they leave theaters. And they aren’t ever in theaters long enough to see them either. A week tops where I live. Be Kind Rewind was only in theaters for a week; so sad and such a great movie too.

But anyways…so the movie starts out with a lot of artistic white-out shots of the tundra in Alaska; beautiful filming with little images here and there of the cast on snowmobiles. It slowly picks up with the cast filing into place in the plot, and I can’t say that the character dynamic isn’t predictable but still it manages to keep your attention with the slight sense of something being eerie about the setting and the characters being there.

The general reasoning for these people being in the middle of nowhere is oil, and lots of it. The characters are divided by the “greenies” or the environmentalists hired by the oil company and the oil company employees. I wasn’t really expecting the plot to go the way that it did, it twists from being eerie to down right creepy with the simple matter of a home made video tape (that just so happens to have nudity – R- rated). From there things start to fall apart for everyone, and I mean everyone.

My only complaint about this great film was the villains (or their visual attributes at least). Seemingly to me a kid pencil drawing but then again were they even there to begin with or just the mind playing tricks? The movie never says for sure only that something caused the deaths. Gas from the ground? Creatures? Who knows…Crazy either way. It was a great movie with an original concept. Fresh and beautifully shot. I really liked it.

I have waited what seems like forever to finally see this movie. I read great review after review and sadly didn’t get it view it in theaters. When it finally came out on DVD I did what I normally don’t do, I bought it before seeing it. I almost never do that and I don’t recommend it but Buster’s didn’t have it the two times I went so I just gave into the pressure and bought the darn thing.

I was expecting a supernatural-thriller that would keep me covering my eyes and jumping out of my seat. The kind of movie that makes me embarrassed to watch in theaters because I hide behind my fingers during the really scary parts. I really thought this one would rival some of the Asian horror-flicks that I love so much when it comes to scares but I was not exactly disappointed as much as I was surprised that it was more of a drama than a thriller. I was afraid a few times but most of the “thrills” were a matter of suspense building to a not-so creepy end. Not to say that I didn’t enjoy this movie, because to the contrary I loved it. It just wasn’t what I had expected.

The story is basically about a Mother who after returning to her childhood home which just so happened to be a really creepy Orphanage, looses her son and spends the majority of the movie trying to find him. The bond between the mother and her son is very moving and you really feel for the Mother who is willing to do whatever it takes to find her son. The creepiness is overshadowed by the sadness and helplessness that the Mother feels for the loss of her son. The ghosts in the film which you see on the commercials are not so much scary as they are sad because they are children. There is one particularly moving scene when a paranormal investigator/medium visits the home in search of the son and she encounters the children and they are in such torment that I got chills.

The ending is very emotional and I admit to shedding a few tears. So if you are interested in a tear-jerker with a few spooks and thrills then this one is definitely for you. And if you enjoyed this film try seeing other Del-Toro haunts like The Devils Backbone.

I just read this article in the latest edition of EW that really seems interesting. It seems Oliver Stone is making a movie (simply called W) about none-other-than George W. himself. Supposedly a comedic piece with obvious dramatic undertones this sounds like it just might be worth seeing. Also it stars one of my favorite actors Josh Brolin. It’s really strange how much he looks like the W with the makeup and hair.

I had really high hopes for this movie. With such a great cast, storyline and special effects I just knew it was going to be awesome and I wasn’t disappointed in the least bit when I saw it with my Dad a week or so ago. I was lucky enough to see it in the biggest theater of the Cinema I went to on a huge screen with very few distractions.

Probably the best part about the movie to me was the fact that it didn’t take itself too seriously. There was enough decent comedy in the film to make it fun and interesting. Tony Starks character played by Robert Downey Jr. had just the right combination of Movie Star and Hero qualities. Not to mention all the funny one liners Stark’s character gets in.

Another great part of the movie was Pepper Potts character played by Gwyneth Paltrow. Gwyneth was able to make a role that could have appeared completely sexist and dated seem more modern and liberated. I would have liked to have gotten more of a back-story to Potts character though, along with the other secondary characters but I’m sure we will learn more as the franchise goes along. I can’t wait to see the next one.

So, I’ve been a really busy lady lately. I haven’t even gotten a chance to review Iron Man or The Orphanage which I have recently seen. I thought I would take a minute out of my busy schedule to jot down what I am spending my some of my free time on these days. I have been working constantly it seems but have taken some time out to start reading a new book.  Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow has been keeping my attention steadily. It’s elegantly dark and just asking to be made into a movie. Not that I would actually like that because they would probably botch it. But then again, who knows. There have been exceptions to the old book-better-than-the-movie rule. The characters so far are very interesting and as a novice writer myself I really love branching out and exploring different literature and writing styles. I will definitely write a review once I am done reading it.

I have also been listening to some pretty decent music lately and have a few songs that I can’t seem to get out of my head. I have definitely loving Santogold’s new album. I can’t seem to get the song “I’m a Lady” out of my head. The hooks and beats fit perfectly and I just can’t find a single song on the album that I don’t like. That is very rare for me because usually on Itunes I don’t buy the whole album but this time I did. I am also really loving Sons & Daughters right now too. I adore This Gift: Gilt Complex and just love Adele Bethel’s voice in general.

So that’s basically it. Oh and I might have found a house. I am going to take pictures of it this weekend. It’s so cute and there are huge renovations being made to it right now before I can move in this fall. It’s not a definate yet but it’s a solid hopefully!

Starring Jackie Chan & Jet Li:   I was expecting this movie to be good considering the leads, I mean Jet Li and Jackie Chan are both martial arts greats and have been in many wonderful films. So why shouldn’t this one be right up with the martial arts of Crouching Tiger and comedy relief from Jackie Chan. My hopes weren’t that high but I certainly wasn’t expecting it to be as bad as it was.

It’s rare that in the midst of a movie I honestly want to get up and walk out of the film. Very rare. And usually it’s due to the nature of the material being against my beliefs or morals, not because of sheer boredom. This film however is one of those rare gems that I had to fight my way through shouting at the screen at times. The cheesiness of this movie is beyond comparison to any recent movie I have watched. And I’ve seen Bee Movie. In fact I will go as far as to say I bet the Disney Channel TV shows have more original dialogue material than this film.

Jet-Li’s plays a couple of roles in the film and one role is that of The Monkey King where he basically acts like a 6 year old girl who knows kung-fu and has mutton-chops the size of Hong-Kong, oh and did I mention they make him Blonde? Yea, blonde…It just seemed wrong seeing Jet Li like that. I always saw him as this martial arts master but this movie kind of makes him look like a joke.

In all the film seems a bit confused as to whom its audience is. They almost try to copy earlier films like Big Trouble in Little China with the mixture of darker drama, comedy and action but fail in every category to deliver fully. It’s got a lot of comedy that is too childish for adults and teens but yet there a scenes of violence that children couldn’t see, which makes no sense whatsoever. The Kung-fu itself is decent though and were it not for that I would say it was a complete waste of film altogether. 

So I’m deleting my MySpace. Dun dun dunnn lightening clashes in the distance as an emo kid screams. Yes, much to my horror, it’s true. I have to look as this deletion as the start of a new beginning, a new MySpace horizon if you will. I am not giving up the Spaceinator cold turkey though; I’ve made a new one. It’s cooler looking anyways. Why is it that everyone is so obsessed with MySpace and of course its nerdy little bro Face book? I mean, maybe it’s the need to feel connected. Or maybe it’s just a little bit of vanity mixed with narcissism. Probably all of the above Whatever the reason tweens, teens, twenty-something’s and kids born before 1979 will continue to MySpace until something better comes along.

In other news…IRON MAN get’s released this week! I can’t wait!! I still don’t know when I will go see it. I am considering getting off work early on Friday and seeing it with my Dad. Who knows, but I know I will see it this weekend if I have to go by myself, which isn’t really that bad to tell you the truth. I use to think seeing a movie by yourself was sad and lonely but now I prefer it sometimes to having someone who talks or makes noise during the film. Distractions are annoying, sometimes unavoidable of course but when your talking or making noises I just want to make one of those perfect enunciated Shhhhh’s. The ones grade school teachers made famous. I will be sure to write a full review by the end of the weekend but my predictions are it’s gonna be totally awesome. (Please excuse my inner geek)

Oh and I updated my header, a little artwork on my part. I’ll probably change it next week. I can never make up my mind of how I want things to look. Indecisive Libra, guilty as charged.