The Passion of the Christ

It is a story we all know. Jesus (Jim Caviezel) is pinned to a cross for all the wrong reasons and put to death. The story that turned Jesus into who he was and changed the world. This film from 2004 really had many unexpected things in it frankly.The Passion of the Christ is directed by Mel Gibson. I guess his first decision was who was going to be cast as Jesus and he chose Jim Caviezel? I liked Caviezel...

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The Rite

I find the exorcist genre in movies to be an interesting one. It is a genre that has many ideas to it and can be really scary and dark if done right but also a genre that can be quite lacking if not done right. With the exorcist movie, The Rite, I really came into this with low expectations. It is interesting no doubt. The cast is good and has been around and they know what they are doing....

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The Devil Inside

As many movie fans know, January is a terrible month for released films coming out. The film quality of January-released movies is usually very low, and for a person like me living in Michigan, it is  usually better to just watch the snow fall. The year 2012 was no better for January-released movies. Stinkers like One for the Money, Red Tails and the very crappy limited release...

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Grosse Pointe Blank

I have grown up and lived in Michigan for all of my sixteen years. I can't imagine living outside Michigan and of course our state is not the setting for many Hollywood movies. There have been a few movies set in Michigan like the American Pie films, Beverly Hills Cop and Robo Cop. Grosse Pointe Black from 1997 is another one of the few films set in my state as the city of  Grosse Pointe is right...

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Stake Land

I had a skeptical feeling coming into Stake Land but I do with most vampire films anyway. Well Stake Land is a road film that follows around a character trying to survive a vampire apocalypse.For a film about vampires, there is nothing particularly noteworthy here but the movie does get a lot of the little things right. The make-up is done well and there are some good apocalypse...

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Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood

We are now at the final movie of the Leprechaun series, Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood. Here, we learn more about the origins of the leprechaun and how leprechauns are supposed to protect their gold in this world which is exactly what the plot involves in this movie. This movie is from 2003 and again is mercifully the last film in the strange series.The setting is just like the last movie in...

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Leprechaun: In the Hood

One good thing about the Leprechaun movies is the settings whether that is in Las Vegas, a tree house or in space. The fifth Leprechaun movie is set "in the hood" with the leprechaun being more of an evil character than before. Frankly, it seems like another strange and questionable movie unlikely to work. Unlike the fourth movie though, Leprechaun: In the Hood is not completely terrible.This movie has a bigger...

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Leprchaun 4: In Space

Even though it is a really bad series, the Leprechaun films have always had interesting settings. The North Dakota setting in the first movie was interesting and a surprise. The second movie had a tree setting that was only fun because of how laughable it was. Las Vegas was the setting for the third movie and now for the fourth movie, the setting is.......well outer space....

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Leprechaun 3

Even though I am not a fan of most sequels, Leprechaun 3 could have been something. Maybe something likable if done right and put in the right hands. Maybe add an interesting idea or two and build  on the first two. Well, Leprechaun 3 didn't do that and missed it's mark all together, and is a film that really took this series to a new low.As with the other films in this series, there...

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Leprechaun 2

After seeing the first Leprechaun movie, I was pretty much done. It is a film that is only worth one visit and it is generous to say that it probably should have never been made.You left it with a weird feeling. So why not see Leprechaun 2? Well I did and Leprechaun 2 is more of the same and frankly of lesser quality than the first one. It is another film that is really not needed, bringing a...

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Leprechaun

With St. Patrick's Day coming up, I thought it would be fun to review the Leprechaun movies. Here is the first one!When you think of St. Patrick's Day, you think of non-stop drinking, the "green river" in downtown Chicago, parades and well, a lot of green. Can't forget about leprechauns though they kind of are just "around" with not a lot of influence on things. Leprechaun the film is kind of...

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Oz the Great and Powerful

 The Wizard of Oz is a film that has had some adaptions throughout the years. There were animated versions, a rock musical, a 1985 unofficial sequel that has a cult feel now and the Muppets even were in one version in 2005. Oz the Great and Powerful is one of the more interesting adaptations. It is one that I will definitely remember both on it's own and also...

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Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer is the first film in a while where I had some mixed feelings beforehand. This film was supposed to be released in the summer of 2012 but it got moved back to now which sometimes is not a good sign. It is also a film from director Bryan Singer who can be good or bad. It does however have Nicholas Hoult in the lead role and he was very fun to watch in Warm Bodies. My...

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Sideways

As a person who was born in 1996, I grew up with actors, Thomas Haden Church and Paul Giamatti even though it was only two films. I liked Church in George of the Jungle which is now just a film to see how skinny Brendan Fraser was back in the day. I liked Giamatti in Big Fat Liar which now I can see as an awful film though as a kid I liked it. Seeing these two was the only reason...

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