Sunday, February 22, 2009

32. Punisher War Zone

Coming soon (sneak peek: started off promising only to be a cock tease of awesomeness)

31. Alien

Coming soon (sneak peek: one of my all time faves)

30. Senseless

Coming soon (sneak peek: still loved it)

29. Choke

Coming soon (sneak peek: not as bad as I thought it would be)

28. The Ruins

Coming soon (sneak peek: pretty close to the book)

27. Malefique


A really good horror film from France. A white collar criminal named Carerre is locked up with three more violent offenders in a shabby, stone prison. But Carerre has nothing to fear. Soon, his wife and lawyers will have his bail money straightened out and he'll be out of prison in no time. But then the bad news. His wife is leaving him. Stuck in prison with no chance of getting out, Carerre's answer is found in a journal hidden behind a brick. Yet, as he and his fellow bunk mates begin to explore the journal, they find there may be darker secrets found in its pages.

I had really low expectations going into this low budget film, but was pleasantly surprised. The first hour rolled along quickly without any dull moments. The last 30 minutes gets a little strange, but fits well with the rest of the story. It seems like France is taking its place as the new king of horror with Japan still spinning its wheels with the long haired ghosts and America with its 320932023 remakes. Not as gory as Inside and Frontier(s), but just as tense. Good stuff.

7/10

This was director Eric Vallete's first movie. He could be something to watch out for in the future.

Monday, February 16, 2009

26. Gran Torino

All you need to know is that Clint Eastwood fucking tears through this movie. He gives one of the best performances ever. This movie would be an all time classic if fucking ANYONE else in the movie showed up. The other two main roles are terribly acted. In fact, to be fair, only Clint Eastwood shows up in this movie, except for maybe the barber's role.

8/10

As my brother put it...this movie is a borderline comedy due to the racist statements. Too funny. Movie would be 10/10 if Eastwood actually cast somewhat decent actors in the other roles.

From now on, I will keep track of the best performances/movies.

Performances:
1. Val Kilmer in Tombstone
2. Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven
3. Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York
4. Heath Ledger in Dark Knight
5. Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino
6. Choi Min-Sik in Oldboy
7. Mickey Rourke in Sin City
8. Lee Byung-Hun in A Bittersweet Life
9. Jung Woo-Sung in Musa
10. Song Kang-Ho in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Best Movies
1. A Bittersweet Life
2. Jaws
3. Dark Knight
4. Oldboy
5. Unforgiven
6. Sunshine
7. Equilibrium
8. Musa
9. Sin City
10. Se7en

Keep in mind, the Best Movies category changes daily. The Best Performances might change ranking, but the top 10 are pretty much always the same.