Kill Speed Review – Direct-to-DVD Dreck
I worked really hard to sift out the good parts of this film. For example: Tom Arnold dies in the first five minutes by fiery explosion. Kill Speed explores a new realm of dudebro-ism with, as the film calls them, “light, experimental aircraft!”, but in reality, they’re just the small prop planes that your fifty-year old uncle is totally yammering on about all the time. Our three “fer real, yo” playas (including a one Nick Carter, former Backstreet Boy) use these lightweight craft to smuggle Mexican drugs across the desert southwest while Robert Patrick acts as the President in three scenes for no reason whatsoever. And then the film keeps going.
Prometheus Review – A Lavish, Long-Awaited Return
If you were tasked with bringing new life to a franchise you created thirty-five years ago, what would you do? If you’re familiar with some small science-fiction properties like Star Trek or Star Wars, you know the best option is to ditch the established lore with a clean slate. Retcons – or retroactive continuities – are ways that writers can add to new universes without having to abide by many of the rules established prior. So it makes sense that in pursuing his first science-fiction film since Blade Runner, Ridley Scott would have the hots for telling a prequel to Alien that doesn’t hinge much on that film’s existence. While Scott’s been busy since then, science-fiction stories have changed a lot in that time, so how does he do?
Noobz World Premiere Red Carpet Interviews
We got a chance to hit up the world premiere of Noobz and even though Nick didn’t really like it we got a chance to get pictures and interviews with the stars of the film. Take a look below for the interviews with Jason Mewes, Blake Freeman, Matt Shively, Adam Sessler, Cliff Bleszinski, Carly Craig, Jesse Heiman, Billy Mitchell & Chenese Lewis. We also got some pictures of everyone below also. Read the rest of this article…
E3 2012: Noobz World Premiere Review – By Gamers, For Gamers, For Better Or Worse
If you’re going to play (pun intended) to an audience, you may as well do it right. Blake Freeman’s Noobz debuted tonight in downtown Los Angeles a block away from the convention center that’s currently housing the world’s largest gaming expo. Many on the media side of the red carpet premiere still had E3 badges slung around their necks as they stepped up to question the actors and VIPs involved with the film. Noobz is strictly a movie for gamers. There are overt references to games and its culture. Jason Mewes wears a shirt at some point that says “gamer.” in stark white-on-black and works in a GameStop-esque retail closet. Adam Sessler plays himself. Unfortunately, in its attempt to pay tribute to the audience it represents, it doesn’t quite come together.
Machine Gun Preacher Review: Prophet or Profiteer?
I’ve spent some time pondering how to write a fair review of Machine Gun Preacher—this week’s Blu-ray release—and I’ve come to the conclusion that it probably can’t be done. Director Marc Forster has crafted a technically fine biopic on the controversial Sam Childers, the former drug dealing biker who converted to Christianity and initiated his own personal crusade against Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, but what viewers take away from the film will depend entirely on their own political leanings.
Snow White and the Huntsman Review: Snow White, Warrior Princess
Ready for a gritty reboot of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves starring Kirsten Stewart and Chris Hemsworth? No? I know what you mean. I feel like this movie had already been made by Hollywood just a few months ago. But here we are, and you know what? Snow White and the Huntsman is actually a pretty good film. It suffers from a laborious screenplay and uneven acting performances, but there’s enough gorgeous spectacle here to keep all but the most cynical cinema goers mildly satisfied.
Goon Review: Saint Among Hockey Players
I’ll admit up front that I don’t know anything about hockey. As far as I know, the only two things that distinguish hockey from any other sport where athletes try to place an object in a goal is that hockey takes place and ice and hockey players are renowned for beating the crap out of each other. Lucky for me Goon—not to be confused with Eric Powell’s brilliant comic series The Goon—doesn’t seem to be a hockey movie so much as a boxing movie on ice.
Chernobyl Diaries Review: Been There Done That
A handful of twenty-somethings travel to Europe and hit the road. They journey across two continents from France to Russia seeing the sights, meeting the people, and embracing the culture. They end their trip after a brief visit to Pripyat—the site adjacent to the Chernobyl disaster—and they all return to America a little wiser, a little more worldly, and enriched with some wonderful experiences they’ll never forget. Chernobyl Diaries is a modern day retelling of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road.
Phoenix Comicon ’12 Early Wrap Up
Last year, the crew from FleshEatingZipper joined forces together for the first time to cover panels, forums and cosplayers at Phoenix Comicon ’11. It was amazing. Since then, we’ve grown tremendously! Needless to say we’ve been putting the majority of our resources into E3 and because of that I’m the only one able to attend PHXCC ’12. The good news — some pictures and a podcast!
Men in Black 3 Review: Going Back to the Well
Fifteen years after the classic Men in Black and ten years after the outright terrible Men in Black 2 comes the next entry in the series, a sequel that no one except Will Smith seemed to particularly want. Regardless, here it is with a shiny new coat of prosthetics and updated CGI. And you know what? Not only did Men in Black 3 turn out to be a good movie, it’s even better the original. Who would’ve thought?
