Rorschach Reviews
Like most art forms, a Rorschach personality test shows us something abstract and allows us to determine our own interpretation of what it is and what it means to us. This blog is my attempt to explain what I see when I look at these metaphorical movie ink blots, and I hope that along the way I can learn what you see from time to time as well.
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Category Archives: Family
The Croods Review: Never Not Be Afraid
Since the dawn of computer generated animation, Dreamworks has always been the late night snack to the three course meals of Pixar and Disney. Sure, it knows what you want and it gives that to you in heaping portions, but … Continue reading
Posted in Family, New Releases, Reviews
Tagged belt, catherine keener, Clark Duke, creature combinations from the croods, emma stone, Guy, how is The Croods different from Ice Age?, nicholas cage, Ryan Reynolds, sloth, the creatures from the croods, the croods, the croods 2013, the croods eep, the crude grug, Thunk, who plays the brother on the croods?, who plays the mom on the crudes?
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Escape From Planet Earth Review: Goodbye February!!!
While some of you may remember that this little nugget of second tier animation cam out nearly a month ago on Valentines Day weekend, I didn’t get around to seeing it in theaters until a couple days ago. This is … Continue reading
Jack the Giant Slayer Review: How Not to Waste $200 million
I keep waiting for Hollywood to finally give it a rest with modernization of classic fairytales, but I think with Jack the Giant Killer now posed to become this year’s John Carter in terms of catastrophic Box Office Failure we just might … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Family, New Releases, Reviews
Tagged afro giant, armor for jack the giant slayer, automatic crossbow, bill nighy, brian singer, cgi giants, costume design for jack the giant slayer, Ewan Bremner, fee fye foe fumm, flaming trees, general fallon, ian Mcshane, isabelle, jack, jack and the beanstock, jack the giant killer, jack the giant killer remake, jack the giant slayer, jack the giant slayer box office bomb, jack the giant slayer production budget, King Brahmwell, magic beans, Nicholas Hoult, princess isabelle, Roderick, Stanley Tucci, the crown, the final battle, the monk, two headed giant
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits Review: Bootylicious
Well, I’m now one step closer to seeing every film nominated for a significant Academy Award for the past year. Now, all I have left are Frankenweenie, The Sessions, The Master, and Amour. All this plus new releases to cover … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Reviews
Tagged Aardman animation, best animated picture nominees, Black Bellamy, brendan gleeson, charles darwin, Cutlass Liz, darwin's monkey butler, david tennant, Dodo bird, hugh grant, imelda staunton, Jeremy Piven, martin freeman, Money bulter, number two, Polly, queen victoria, salma hayek, stop motion animation, surprisingly curvaceous pirate, the pirate captain, The Pirate with a Scarf, the pirates! Adventures with Scientists, the pirates! Band of Misfits, The Pirates! Band of Misfits Oscar nomination, voice of the gir pirate the pirates band of misfits
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ParaNorman Review: Something for Everyone
When it comes to family entertainment, there are usually three types of paths a film will take. The first is one of complete pandering to children, using slapstick comedy and over-exaggerated characters to get as many cheap laughs out of the under-12 … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Reviews
Tagged agatha prenderghast, Alvin, angry mob, anna kendrick, Bully, christopher Mitz-Plasse, courtney, drama teacher, john goodman, kodi smit-mcphee, mitch, mitch gay paranorman, Mr. Prenderghast, neil, norman's hair, paranorman, paranorman oscar best picture nominee, paranorman review, the babcock family, the witch, the zombies
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Rise of the Guardians Review: Take That, Uncanny Valley!
This is what I imagine the creative process for Rise of the Guardians began: Guy #1: Oh my god, dude, what if we made a movie that had Santa Clause, The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Fairy, The Sandman and Jack … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Genre, New Releases, Reviews
Tagged alec baldwin, and man, bunny, chris pine, despicable me, easter bunny, elves, hugh jackman, isla fisher, jack frost, jude law, minions, movie reviews, north, rise of the guardians, rorschach reviews, sandys, santa clause, the guardians, the tooth fairy, tooth, toothiana, yeti
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Wreck-It Ralph Review: +10 Nostalgia, Level Up!
If you’re looking for a movie that makes you feel old this year, look no further. Seriously though, I’ve got to hand it to Disney for picking a very smart topic for a movie. The video-game generations of the 80′s … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Family, Genre, New Releases, Reviews
Tagged ain terminal, alan tudyk, army girl, bad guys anonymous, calhoun, diet coke and mentos volcano, disney animation, donut cops, felix, felix and calhoun, fix-it-felix, glitch, jack mcbrayer, jane lynch, john c reilly, king candy, main terminal, marine girl in wrecking ralph, old games, pac man, q-bert, race-car, sarah silverman, soldier girl, sour man, sugar rush, turbo, vannellope, wreck-it ralph
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Ice Age: Continental Drift Review: Evolution of the Cash Cow
Today I’m writing from Vancouver, Canada. My girlfriend and I are celebrating two wonderful years together and figured why not do so in a city with such great sushi and a drinking age that accommodates us both. As she is … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Family, New Releases, Reviews
Tagged Drugs, family films, ice age, ICE AGE 4, ice age: Continental drift, ice GE, manny, movie reviews, movies, ray romano, Rock and Roll, Sex, wooly mammoty
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Brave Review
Quick Note: I’m going to keep this review short because I’m intending on posting a further rant about the past, future and present of Pixar soon which shall cover more of the minor issues I had with the film. Keep an … Continue reading
Posted in Family, New Releases, Reviews
Tagged animation, archery, bears, Bill Connelly, brave, Disney, Emma Thompson, kelley MacDonald, magic, merida, pixar, princess, scotland
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