Paranormal Activity (review)
So I finally saw this Paranormal Activity flick that all the kids are into today, and all I could conclude was, Really? They think this is pants-wetting scary?
horror
‘Torchwood’ blogging: “Children of Earth: Day Four”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen ALL five episodes of *Children of Earth*!
Zombieland movie review: dead funny
Kinda sorta Shaun of the Dead done up American style, so instead of cricket bats as weapons and jokes about tea, it’s shotguns as anti-zombie devices and a quest to find the last Twinkie.
‘Torchwood’ blogging: “Children of Earth: Day Three”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen ALL five episodes of *Children of Earth*!
Jennifer’s Body (review)
Now I get what everyone was bitching about last year with *Juno,* about how self-conscious screenwriter Diablo Cody’s dialogue was, how desperate it was to sound cool and hip even to the point of distraction.
‘Torchwood’ blogging: “Children of Earth: Day Two”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen ALL five episodes of *Children of Earth*!
The Final Destination (review)
It’s death porn, pure and simple…
I Sell the Dead (review)
If it were a 30-minute comic episode of *The Twilight Zone,* this ambitious low-budget flick might not have overstayed its welcome, but dragged out to three times that running time, it cannot help but be more miss than hit.
Orphan movie review: John + Kate plus hate
Oh, how I wish this was a knowing parody, not an unwitting one. All the overbaked tropes of the genre are deployed: the “scary” music, the “menacing” camera angles, the telegraphing every boo.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (review)
So, is this the fourth Harry Potter movie, or the fifth? It’s the sixth? Really, already? Ah, that’s the one where Harry goes to the magic school, which has yet another new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, right? And Harry fights the evil wizard?
