Okay. If you want to watch this, know this movie is extremely aware of how cheesy it is. With that being said, this movie is so amazingly B that it's epically amazing. I love horror movies, I love horror movies that are crazily cheesy even more. The acting in this is so bad. The script is terrible. The effects are awful, but this movie is fantastic. Don't take it seriously. With a tagline like: Volunteer work is killer, how you can you not be intrigued? If you like movies like the horror films: Black Sheep, Evil Dead, and Bubba Ho-Tep, this movie is right up your alley!! The people who made this film know exactly what they were doing. Seriously, if you can't handle a ridiculous horror film-- don't watch this. IF YOU DO-- watch it!!

Labels: 4 star film, horror movie, movie review

Oz: The Great and Powerful was a movie that I wasn’t looking forward to, or expecting, but I enjoyed it all the same. James Franco plays Oz, a conman. He is working in a travelling circus, but his act isn’t very good. In standard Wizard of Oz fashion, a twister sweeps Oz away to…Oz. This is a bit disconcerting at first. The CGI is so badly done, that it takes away that moment of grand awe and beauty. The colors are vibrant and beautiful, but the lifelessness and dull textures instantly make you think “fake”. I remember the first time seeing the Wizard of Oz and Dorothy’s world came into color, wow. That moment still sticks with me. She really wasn’t in Kansas anymore. Although the backdrops of the original movie were nothing but painted scenes, the land of Oz still had a very realistic life of its own without all the cgi and effects of the new “OZ”. The overdone world of the new Oz somehow takes focus off the wonders of the world itself. Kids may enjoy the overdone gaudy cgi, but I enjoy a more simple manmade feel.  What shines in this movie, is not the computer generated world, but the characters themselves. Oz is cheeky and every bit the salesman you would expect, but he learns to think of more than him once he is hit with two evil witches to defeat. The witches are played by Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz, and they are both played wonderfully. Another thing that made the rating on this movie raise for me, was the costume designs. They were very well done and fun to look at. So while the cgi detracts from the movie, the story and characters make up for the less than impressive imagined world.

Labels: 4 star film, family movie, fantasy movie, movie review

A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.

Director: 

Ole Bornedal

Writers: 

Juliet Snowden, Stiles White, and 1 more credit »

Stars:

 Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick | See full cast and crew


This movie may rely on simple horror techniques, but it tells a good story anyways. This movie tells of a divorced father and his two girls. When the family stops at a yard sale, one of the daughters are drawn to a small box. The youngest daughter Em opens the box and begins to act all weird. She actually stabs her fathers hand with a fork. I think the father didn't really act like someone who got stabbed by their young child. I mean I would be like.... OH BOY YOU ARE GETTING COUNSELING! But no, he is just like.. okay you just aren't acting like yourself. If that was me I would be horrified! Anywho, Em becomes fully posessed by said box and acts like every creepy little girl in a movie. I liked a lot of the creepy elements about this, and I liked that there is a box that actually exists that is supposedly haunted. The film says it's based on a true story, but obviously that can be taken with the teeniest tiniest grain of salt. I liked it. It wasn't the most original and wasn't really scary, but I enjoyed all the different myths in it. Here is a link to the wikipedia page talking about a similar box called a Dybbuk Box.

Labels: 4 star film, movie review, The Posession