Letterboxd — Your life in film

Claiming to be disappointed by a little-seen Indonesian action flick with awful dubbing and a lead actor with a massive REO Speedmullet and an inability to button more than two shirt buttons sounds kind of silly. But having just watched director Arizal's other 1986 gonzo action flick, Final Score, this was a little bit of a let down.

Unlike Final Score, The Stabilizer wisely has some action pieces right up front, but when stuff isn't blowing up real good I…

This is not my kind of movie. Once upon a time I had the ability to open up emotionally and really let a film get inside me and affect me. Sadly, those days are long gone. Now I just wanna see people get roundhouse kicked in the throat.

That being said, I thought The Impossible was a watchable version of a supposedly true story. It looked nice and was well enough acted (mostly thanks to Naomi Watts). I was aware…

Terry's got a problem. He's the middle child and he's always being ignored by his family. He's also a massive dweeb who plays cello and dresses like a complete tool.

Terry decides it's time for a change. On his way to his summer job running a hotel daycare center, Terry ... goes punk! At first everyone is terrified of Terry's new look. Then, every five minutes, someone gets to know Terry and realize he's a really nice guy who just…

I recognize that many kids have their teenage years ruined due to bullying, and I respect the makers of Bully for attempting to shine a light on the problem, but this film is ultimately a failure.

My problem with Bully is that it is really fucking lazy. I get that these kids are being bullied for no real reason besides their being different, but the filmmakers never bothered to give me a reason to care for them other than the…

Astron-6 are punk as fuck.

On a $1,000 budget, the Winnipeg-based collective have created a loving and knowing tribute to the movies that littered the bottom shelves of every video store in the 80’s. They’re clearly making films for themselves, shooting everything on green screen in their garage and cobbling together costumes and special effects from every imaginable source. But the bubble that Manborg encompasses includes those who hold Eliminators and Alienator as close to their hearts as The Terminator…

Turns out a 15 year break from Ralph Bakshi gave me no further insight to his work, nor did my opinion of his work change in any way: I can appreciate it, but I don't actually like it.

Wizards is a mixed bag of of animation styles, characterizations, storylines, and odd soundtrack choices, all of which reeks of bad 70's dirt weed. The upside to cramming so much into your film is that some of it is bound to work.…

This might hold the record for the most explosions I've ever seen in a movie. Things are constantly blowing up. It's insane.

It may also hold the record for most innocent bystanders brutally gunned down, 'cause it seemed like an awful lot to me.

Anyway, this is a gonzo action flick starring Robert Mitchum's son, Chris. It's the kind of dumb where the hero's motivation is exacting revenge on the men who killed his wife, then he goes ahead and…

This may be the dumbest movie I have ever seen. That shouldn't be read as a damning statement because it was clearly designed to be dumb, so in that regard it is 100% successful.

The plot's not worth mentioning, so let's skip that. Here's what you need to know:

• A lot of the characters have names like Melvin Jerkovski and Bootsie Goodhead, and the high school is named Taft and Adams High. Yes, T & A High. This is the…

I'm still not totally certain where I sit with Life of Pi.

It is undoubtedly a very good looking film, and one I'm kicking myself for not seeing in the theater, in 3D. But it didn't do its one simple task, which was connect with me emotionally. I just never gave a shit about Pi. I found much of his adventure enjoyable, but for a story that's reaching for such lofty heights it never bowled me over.

Now, the fault…

Django Unchained was facing an uphill battle with me considering it was following Inglourious Basterds, a film that was not only a return to form for Quentin Tarantino after missing the mark with Kill Bill Vol.2 and Death Proof, but one that saw him very successfully expanding on his style.

Django is a good bit of fun, filled with everything we've grown to expect from Tarantino: colorful characters, brutal violence, great dialogue, brutal violence, salty humor, and brutal violence. But…