The League of Extraordinary Bloggers wants to know who, who, who are you?
And believe me, they won't get fooled again!
(make it stop!)
Hello, my name is… Tell us a little about yourself — even if we all know who you are, there are plenty of new folks wondering if you’re in fact a dog.
Where to start? I generally go by the name Dex, online and in the "real world." In high school, my group of friends had a few Eds so we all had specific names to avoid confusion and the truncated version of my last name has stuck with me. It's kinda like having a secret identity apart from my public everyday persona.
I've been a Star Wars geek since there's been Star Wars. The only time I haven't loved Star Wars were the six years of my life before there was Star Wars. I don't blog a whole lot about it but I should be, at least more than I am. As corny as it sounds, I can only try to imagine what my life would have been like without it. I've met so many great friends (and my wife!) because we share a common love of a movie. Crazy ain't it?
The passing of a month means two things around here. One, there's going to be a Monthly Movie Recap and two, there's going to be a Loot Crate review! The fine folks at Loot Crate provide me with a box of awesome in exchange for dragon eggs each month.
Dragon eggs, or a blog review...I know it's one of those things.
It's time to play Brad Pitt's favorite game: What's in the BOX?!?
The theme for August was "Cake" because Loot Crate is celebrating its one year anniversary/birthday. Sadly, they did not send actual cake. But given what all was packed in the box, that may be a good thing! Or maybe the cake is a lie...more on that later.
Egads! Can you believe it's September already?! Can you believe someone outside a musty comic book used the exclamation egads? The majority if films I took in this month were recent, which is definitely a change from the norm!
Zero Effect (1998)
I had no idea this movie even existed before hearing about it from the Cult Film Club. It's a little off-beat and quirky and turns into a pretty good detective movie. Was getting a little Fletch vibe while watching it.
Cool: Pullman does a great job at being a Holmes-like detective; good soundtrack Lame: I was just not into the Stiller-only scenes, which weren't many. Rating: 6/10
The Heat (2013)
Hey, it's a buddy cop movie with two completely opposite personality types that are forced to get along! It was entertaining and I was certainly laughing but some of it was from McCarthy's creative slinging of profanity.
Cool: It was mostly shot in my neck of the woods. The Denny's in the movie is one I drive by frequently. Lame: A few minor roles were done by people that could be really funny if given the chance; No post-credits outtakes?! Rating: 5.5/10
Freaked (1993)
What the Hell did I just watch?! Whatever it was, it was Awesome!! I felt like I was watching Garbage Pail Kids by way of Ed Roth, it's just that kind of disgusting, gross-out goodness
Cool: Great cast including an uncredited Keanu as Dogboy Lame: I can only imagine how much awesomer this would have been if the post-production budget hadn't been cut Rating: 7.5/10
The Wolverine (2013)
While it may not quite be the Wolverine film I've been waiting for, it's a hell of a lot better than his last solo outing. One day, someone will have the balls to make an R rated Wolverine movie. That's the one I want!
Cool: Big props for having the stones to do an actual story instead of an all-out superhero action flick Lame: The actress playing Viper! I don't mind how they changed the character but this actress, ugh! Plus it sounded like all her dialog was done ADR. Rating: 7/10
Detention of the Dead (2013)
Stop me if you've heard this one before: a jock, pretty girl, nerd, burnout and an alterna-girl are stuck in detention together. Sound familiar? Now add zombies! Sound awesome? It does, but that's not this movie.
Cool: The best thing about this movie for me was the soundtrack Lame: I'd say it feels like something made for YouTube but I've seen much better stuff there Rating: 4/10, check out Dance of the Dead for a better high school zombie flick
Sexy Evil Genius (2013)
If you'd told me I'd really enjoy a film where 95% of it takes place with the characters talking around a table at a bar, I would never believe it. I was drawn to this one because of the genre TV stars and enjoyed it so much beyond that. It's got a modern-noir vibe to it.
Cool: I haven't watched the recent BSG so I haven't see Sackhoff in much but she is great in this; the slow Hitchcockian revealing of the plot. Lame: Seeing Oz and Dawn smooch is still a little disturbing no matter how long ago Buffy ended. Rating: 8.5/10
Men in Black 3 (2012)
I saw MiB 2 when it came out and only vaguely remember thinking it
wasn't that great of a sequel. With 3, I feel like they got they're
groove back and it was a lot of fun! I especially enjoy how they tied everything together at the end.
Cool: Brolin's young K is about as perfect as it gets; retro-aliens in the 60s Lame: The main baddie was just a little too weird Rating: 7/10
Saturday Morning Mystery (2012) aka Saturday Morning Massacre
A group of young paranormal investigators and their dog drive around in a van and bust spooks. I know it sounds familiar, but this is taking the Scooby-Doo template in a non-cartoony, fairly standard horror movie direction.
Cool: The first case they open the movie with was a good homage to the Scooby Gang. Lame: Effects are so-so Rating: 5/10
