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| Blog Name: | Filmcans |
| Url: | http://filmcans.wordpress.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | movies, reviews, film |
| Description: | Movie news, reviews, and opinions from John Gholson. |
| Popularity: | 33 Followers |
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>> 9 (6.5/10)
Shane Acker’s CG-animated 9 would have been a must-see when I was in my late teen’s/early 20’s. The dark visuals (nothing says “I am sooo dark” like the discarded head of a baby doll), Tim Burton’s co-producing credit, and the Playstation-ready action sequences would have guaranteed my butt in a set on opening day. Frankly, I’ve been surprised by my fully adult self’s disinterest in the film. I can recognize that this is something that might’ve grabbe
Shane Acker’s CG-animated 9 would have been a must-see when I was in my late teen’s/early 20’s. The dark visuals (nothing says “I am sooo dark” like the discarded head of a baby doll), Tim Burton’s co-producing credit, and the Playstation-ready action sequences would have guaranteed my butt in a set on opening day. Frankly, I’ve been surprised by my fully adult self’s disinterest in the film. I can recognize that this is something that might’ve grabbe
>> All About Steve (4/10)
The makers of All About Steve want to present Mary Magdalene Horowitz (played with tics and smiles by Sandra Bullock) as a desirable, attractive, brain-damaged idiot woman-child–the sexiest, smartest weirdo you’ve ever met–and in doing so, create one of the most insufferable characters Sandra Bullock has ever played. The issue here is that she’s the heart and soul of All About Steve. If she doesn’t win you over as a
The makers of All About Steve want to present Mary Magdalene Horowitz (played with tics and smiles by Sandra Bullock) as a desirable, attractive, brain-damaged idiot woman-child–the sexiest, smartest weirdo you’ve ever met–and in doing so, create one of the most insufferable characters Sandra Bullock has ever played. The issue here is that she’s the heart and soul of All About Steve. If she doesn’t win you over as a
>> Gamer (3/10)
“Is this bad?” asks Michael C. Hall as Gamer’s Ken Castle, the villain of the new film from Crank auteurs Mark Neveldine and Bryan Taylor. The answer is a loud and clear “YES!” Gamer could be viewed as either an ADD-addled exercise in deplorable, violent garbage or an astoundingly juvenille z-grade popcorn movie, but there can be no denying that it is very, very bad. Neveldine and Taylor are back, ladies and gentle
“Is this bad?” asks Michael C. Hall as Gamer’s Ken Castle, the villain of the new film from Crank auteurs Mark Neveldine and Bryan Taylor. The answer is a loud and clear “YES!” Gamer could be viewed as either an ADD-addled exercise in deplorable, violent garbage or an astoundingly juvenille z-grade popcorn movie, but there can be no denying that it is very, very bad. Neveldine and Taylor are back, ladies and gentle
>> The Final Destination
Does the “The” added before the title, in lieu of a number four, mean that this series is dead now? Final Destination had the efficient idea of cutting out the middle man from slasher films, just offing its teenybopper cast members through awful, gory accidents, and skipping the whole killer thing, but the films have gotten progressively lazy. Click here to read my full review at Horror’s Not Dead…
Does the “The” added before the title, in lieu of a number four, mean that this series is dead now? Final Destination had the efficient idea of cutting out the middle man from slasher films, just offing its teenybopper cast members through awful, gory accidents, and skipping the whole killer thing, but the films have gotten progressively lazy. Click here to read my full review at Horror’s Not Dead…
The Nature of the Wannabeast
One of my biggest fears, possibly my biggest fear of them all, is being perceived as a wannabe. This fear has its own set of pluses and minuses specific to the way I function–specifically when it comes to things I have a natural talent in. A plus is that my fear of being a wannabe means I appear humble. I don’t ever want to be perceived as “that guy”–the one whose ability to talk about his own ouput exceeds the actual talent on display. When I draw something, and the drawing is good
One of my biggest fears, possibly my biggest fear of them all, is being perceived as a wannabe. This fear has its own set of pluses and minuses specific to the way I function–specifically when it comes to things I have a natural talent in. A plus is that my fear of being a wannabe means I appear humble. I don’t ever want to be perceived as “that guy”–the one whose ability to talk about his own ouput exceeds the actual talent on display. When I draw something, and the drawing is good
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