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Whip It
October 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
(The following review contains MINOR spoilers.)
A Review by Mitch EmersonI really feel I need to start with some sort of disclaimer. It’s going to be hard to have an unbiased review of Whip It for many reasons.
1. I’m in the movie (well, upon first viewing my car is, lol)
2. It’s filmed in Michigan.
3. Drew Barrymore is one of my favorite... [Read full review]
Action
The Fog (2005)
August 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment
(The following is a review I wrote years ago for the original filmfanatix.com. Enjoy.)
My Rating: F- … oh, just give it a “Z“.I couldn’t even place this film under the guise of a “horror” flick. I even checked imdb.com to see what they categorized... [Read full review]
Adventure
Comedy
Whip It
October 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
(The following review contains MINOR spoilers.)
A Review by Mitch EmersonI really feel I need to start with some sort of disclaimer. It’s going to be hard to have an unbiased review of Whip It for many reasons.
1. I’m in the movie (well, upon first viewing my car is, lol)
2. It’s filmed in Michigan.
3. Drew Barrymore is one of my favorite... [Read full review]
Crime
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
July 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
(The following review contains MINOR spoilers.)
Mitch’s Rating: 3 out of 5An action western surrounding the private life and public exploits of America’s most notorious outlaw, Jesse James. As the charismatic and unpredictable outlaw plans his next great robbery, he wages war on his enemies, who are trying to collect the reward money–and the glory–that... [Read full review]
Documentary
Grizzly Man
August 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment
(The following is a review I wrote years ago for the original filmfanatix.com. Enjoy.)
My Rating: A+Forget penguins. Forget parrots. Who cares about Bob Dylan. The BEST documentary of 2005– and perhaps of all time — belongs to Werner Herzog’s GRIZZLY MAN, beeeeeeeeeotches!
Last night I watched the film in its entirety on the Discovery Channel. At first... [Read full review]
Drama
Cover (2007)
September 19, 2008 · 1 Comment
(The following review contains MINOR spoilers.)
My Rating: C-It took me a while to figure out the proper dASH “letter rating calculation” to give this film. On one hand, COVER was filled with so many clichés and over-the-top everything, that I was wondering if it would be plausible to give this film a letter rating so bad that it fell into the Greek alphabet. ... [Read full review]
Horror
Drag Me To Hell
June 3, 2009 · 1 Comment
(The following review contains MINOR spoilers.)
Mitch’s Rating: 4 out of 5Sam Raimi’s latest effort, Drag Me To Hell is obviously a return to what made him a success – The Horror Comedy. In short, DMTH is a moderately successful blend of Evil Dead and Thinner. Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) denies an old Gypsy woman an extension on her mortgage and is... [Read full review]
Sci-Fi
Eye Candy
Obligatory Blog
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Did you know Sean Astin, actor who played Samwise Gamgree in New Line Cinema’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy is the step-son of John Astin, the actor who most famously portrayed... [Read more]
Indie Spotlight
The Beekeeper
I would have never thought that someone could take the idea of bees and make a compelling story out of it. Not just a story, mind you, but a metaphor for relationships... [Read more]
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