...Your ass better CALL SOMEBODY!!!Can't wait for @the_moviebob to make his triumphant return to @ScrewAttack with The Game OverThinker this Sunday!— ScrewAttack Crew (@ScrewAttack) April 27, 2015
This Is Your New DC Cinematic Universe JOKER
There may come a day when there's no more need for (by now) tired, cheap-shot references to how effortlessly satisfying the Marvel movies have been versus the endless cycle of self-inflicted stumbles Warner Bros. DC Cinematic Universe has undergone.A day when we can actually look forward to the JUSTICE LEAGUE-adjacent features with "I hope it's good" anticipation and not "I wonder what *type* of trainwreck" anticipation.A day when it's no longer appropriate to point out the disparity between a studio dithering over whether or not a woman can carry a feature film versus another putting a talking raccoon on a marquee.A day when you can assume that at le
Avengers : Age of Ultron
Rating : 8/10Release Date : 24th April, 2015Time : 142 minutesDirector & Writer : Joss Whedon, based on characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; Music : Danny ElfmanStarring : Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader (voice), Paul Bettany (voice), Don Cheadle, Samuel L Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Idris Elba, Hayley Atwell, Stellan Skarsgard, Claudia Kim, Thomas Kretschmann, Andy Serkis (whew, some cast, isn’t it….)If you havent seen the first one, you could read my review hereWasn’t it in Megamind where someone said, a sup
Margarita With A Straw
Rating : 6/10Release Date : 17th April, 2015Time : 100 minutesDirectors & Writers : Shonali Bose, Nilesh Maniyar; Music : Mikey McClearyStarring : Kalki Koechlin, Sayani Gupta, Revathy, Kuljeet Singh, Malhar Khushu, William Moseley, Tenzing DalhaI’ve never liked films about disabled people – but that is probably just me, my journey through life, I guess. There are several enjoyable moments in the movie but equally was squirming uncomfortably at timesIt’s the story of Kalki, who has cerebral palsy, lives in Delhi, and just wants to be treated normally. She goes to Ramjas College, has a good circle of friends, an extremely loving, supportive family,
Mr X
Rating : 1/10Release Date : 17th April, 2015Time : Way Too Long !Director : Vikram Bhatt; Writer : Shagufta Rafique; Music : Jeet Ganguly, Ankit & Ankur TiwariStarring : Emraan Hashmi, Amyra Dastur, Arunoday SinghWalked out during the intervalOnly so much punishment someone not into S&M can take…Can’t think of a single redeeming feature in the film, not one nice thing to sayThe acting is terrible, extremely hammy - by everyoneThe music is bad and predictable – I can now tell from certain Emraan Hashmi expressions when he is about to break into ‘soulful’ balladsThe story has no connection whatsoever to logic or rationality – random things happe
Home
Rating : 7/10Release Date : 10th April, 2015Time : 94 minutesDirector : Tim Johnson; Writer : Tom J Astle, Matt Ember based on the book by Adam Rex (The True Meaning of Smekday); Music : Lorna BalfeStarring (voices of) : Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Matt JonesHalf the points here are for the story, the animation and the dialogue. The other half are for the voice of Jim Parsons, who’s dialogue delivery so uncannily suits the scrambled Yoda like grammar of his race, that it just makes everything funnier. And this is despite my being a very intermittent viewer of his act as Sheldon in Big Bang TheoryThe Boovs are a species that spe
Broken Horses
Rating : 6/10Release Date : 10th April, 2015Time : 101 minutesDirector : Vidhu Vinod Chopra; Writer : Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi; Music : John DebneyStarring : Chris Marquette, Anton Yelchin, Vincent D’Onofrio, Maria Valverde, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jordi Caballero, Henry Shotwell, Nicholas Neve, Jeremy LukeIts slow, dark, predictable, slightly twisted, claustrophobic and grippingIts a movie set in redneck country, somewhere around the Mexican border, about brotherly love.One, Chris, is a little slow but being elder, becomes a hit man after his father’s death to protect the younger oneThe younger one, Anton, is a violinist. Had been asked by his
It Follows
Rating : 5/10Release Date : 10th April, 2015Time : 92 minutes (100 minutes in USA)Director & Writer : David Robert Mitchell; Music : VariousStarring : Maika Monroe, Lili Sepe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, Bailey SpryYou get the atmosphere - the unmistakably horror film kind – where spooky, unexplained bad things happen. Where you watch almost every frame in anticipation of the next attack. Where the music plays tricks with you – building up a crescendo all too often, including for a few false alarms. But what you miss a credible story – where the mystifying events begin to make sense and get woven into a satisfying
Pitch Me, Mr. B - RESULTS!
A week ago, I asked fans to vote on a list of four licensed nostalgia properties I'd been working up hypothetical movie pitches for as a writing exercise. The votes have been tallied, and the lineup (read: order you'll be getting these in by popular demand) looks like this:1. MEGA MAN2. CAPTAIN PLANET3. X-MEN (hypothetical Marvel Cinematic Universe-compliant reboot)4. CARE BEARS.Look for MEGA MAN this week. Thanks to everyone who voted. This should be fun - looking forward to it.
