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12 Pubs: THE WORLD’S END (Let’s Boo Boo)
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor There are so many themes which should be explored in this post: lost youth, failure, the nature of the human race and the bonds of friendship. But I’m spent. I’ve written and edited a lot this week and I’m really trying to focus on getting appropriate sponsors to advertise on the site! Check out Tinsel & Tine’s Rate Sheet and Google Analytics, if you are or know someone looking to get great exposure on a quality blog, please pass the links along 🙂 Just think of it as my ticket to Tribeca & Sundance in 2014! The World’s End reunites Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and…
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Mischief Night on Steroids: THE PURGE
Jesus said “For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. (Matthew 26:11). In the future, if things go the way of writer/director James DeMonaco’s (click for good interview) imagining, we will not only experience Godlessness, but also a method for keeping the poor down to a very few. The Purge evokes a wicked, nightmarish quality of tension and murderous intent, but this isn’t what makes it frightening. The real fear comes from the political and social issues it examines on inequality & class, the natural inclination of humans towards violence and what could happen if ever a radically Republicany/Teapartyish/NRAer type group were to…
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No Good Eats in 2077 – OBLIVION
Tom Cruise’s last film, Jack Reacher opened the weekend after the Sandy Hook shootings and I feel it hurt the movie’s box office, big time. He plays Jack Harper in his new movie Oblivion, opening just days after the Boston Marathon Bombing and I fear the timing may have the same effect. You would think Cruise with all his Scientology magic would have better luck. Oblivion joins the ranks of Post Apocalyptic Movies (click for IMDB list). I feel like an expert in this well-worn Sci-fi plot, so I was surprised to go thru the list and find out I’ve only seen a scant few – Logan’s Run, Planet…
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Candi’s Corner: Interview with new Evil Dead Director Fede Alvarez
*Please note- if you have not seen the original Evil Dead movie and would like to see it before watching Fede Alvarez’s version, you will be slightly spoiled reading this interview! You’ve been warned. As my journey in the movie industry continues, from acting to writing to reviewing, I find myself talking to the most interesting of people. However, I’ve met very few, where I can see in their eyes and from their body language and facial expressions, the look of cynicism. Many are passionate, yet because the odds seem very much not in their favor in this merciless business, you begin to notice more of the jaded, the cynical,…
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Missing Ingredients: MAMA
As the preview screening of Guillermo del Toro’s horror film Mama, came closer and closer, the more I was tempted to cancel my reservation out of fear. As previously mentioned, I’m too susceptible to supernatural movies. I think it’s because I believe that ANYTHING no matter how far fetched or out of this world, is possible. And this open-mindedness, combined with living alone, can really set my imagination working over-time. But to my relief and disappointment. MAMA isn’t very scary. It’s creepy, and at times disturbing, but it certainly doesn’t have that melancholy, haunting, can’t shake it feeling of The Orphanage, nor is it darkly sinister. The movie is based…
