Archive for the ‘Fantasy’ Category
Aug
31
Posted by Justin
“Help! Help! I’m being repressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system!”
The Scoop: 1975 PG, directed by Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle and Michael Palin
Tagline: And now! At Last! Another film completely different from some of the other films which aren’t quite the same as this one is.
Summary: Monty Python, that wacky British street gang, travel old England in search for the Holy Grail and a sorcerer named Tim
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Aug
05
Posted by Justin
“Dude, I just spent the afternoon in Middle-earth with glee-glop and the floopty-doos, all right?”
The Scoop: 2008 R, directed by David Wain and starring Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks
Tagline: Danny and Wheeler were just sentenced to 150 hours mentoring kids. Worst idea ever.
Summary Capsule: Uh… I think the tagline did just fine in this case. Go see him.
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Jul
27
Posted by Justin
“Did I know that I just met the most dangerous dark wizard of all time? No.”
The Scoop: 2009 PG, Directed by David Yates and starring Daniel Raddcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson
Tagline: Once again I must ask too much of you, Harry.
Summary Capsule: Young wizard learns about evil guy’s past while his friends get all caught up in teen hormones. And somebody dies. Based on some book you might have heard of.
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Jul
23
Posted by Justin
“You probably think this world is a dream come true… but you’re wrong.”
The Scoop: 2009 PG, directed by Henry Selick and starring Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher and Keith David
Tagline: Be careful what you wish for.
Summary Capsule: Little girl explores her house to find… another house, her house, but not quite.
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Jul
22
Posted by Courtney
“Did I know that I just met the most dangerous dark wizard of all time? No.”
The Scoop: 2009 PG, Directed by David Yates and starring Daniel Raddcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson
Tagline: Once again I must ask too much of you, Harry.
Summary Capsule: Young wizard learns about evil guy’s past while his friends get all caught up in teen hormones. And somebody dies. Based on some book you might have heard of.
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Jul
08
Posted by Kyle
“I hate you for making me want you so much.”
The Scoop: PG-13 2008, directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Billy Burke
Tagline: When you can live forever what do you live for?
Summary Capsule: The new girl’s first day at her high school introduces her to all the usual teenage angst, including the boy/man destined to be her immortal vampire boyfriend
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Jun
02
Posted by Courtney
So I was watching the MTV Movie Awards the other night, and while the Twilight cast swept every category possible (Kristen Stewart over Kate Winslet? Really? Do the voters actually watch movies?) I realized that I had written a Mutant Viewing for the film weeks and weeks ago and never finished it. I’m blaming premature senioritis. Anywho, after watching Twilight win the award for Best Movie of the Year over Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, and High School Musical 3 (which was totally underrated, but that’s a rant for a different day,) I set out to finish what I started… two months ago.
Let’s start with the necessary introduction for any of you sane/lucky enough to steer clear from the Twilight trend: it’s a crappy romance between a high school girl and a century-old vampire I’m calling Cedward for obvious reasons. I got dragged into it by a couple friends who insisted I give it a chance. And I gave it a very generous chance. Because I read the whole dang series, which is pure crap. The first book is crap, each book after that is crap, and the movie is crap. I mean, it’s not just that Stephanie Meyer is a terrible writer and the story sucks; I was actually deeply offended by it’s message. But it’s got some great comedy material, so I think this is going to actually be fun!
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May
15
Posted by Drew
“Ahhh, these monsters are as stupid as human beings!”
The Scoop: 1964, directed by Ishiro Honda and starring Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi Tezuka and Shoichi Hirose
Tagline: The Three-Headed Monster battles Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan for the world!
Summary Capsule: Giant monsters fight, then unite against a common foe as the series takes its first steps toward humanizing its star.
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May
14
Posted by Justin
“It’s all true. God’s an Astronaut. Oz is Over the Rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters live.”
The Scoop: 1990 R, directed by Clive Barker and starring Craig Sheffer, David Cronenberg and Anne Bobby
Tagline: Lori thought she knew everything about her boyfriend… Lori was wrong!
Summary Capsule: Guy goes on a quest, of sorts, to join the underworld monster kingdom. This doesn’t go over so well with the locals.
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May
06
Posted by Lissa
I’m a sap. I’ve said it before, numerous times, but making me cry at movies is often like shooting fish in a barrel, at least the first time through. And I love it.
Interestingly, it’s not always the sad moments that make me cry. I wrote this list before I wrote the introduction, and only three are officially truly sad moments. The other seven are bittersweet, some even more sweet than bitter. A few are even downright happy (well, by tearjerker standards). What can I say? Strong emotion makes me cry.
So, my ten moments I cry, no matter how many times I’ve seen the movie (and with #7, that one feels like it’s the triple digits.)
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