Director André Øvredal convincingly turned the fairy tale troll into a reality via one of the best found footage films to date! By methodically creating a more modern day treatment of the Troll legend! He successfully bridged the gap between fantasy and reality!
The devil is in the details, in this department Øvredal left no stone unturned! From the mythology to the orchestrated government conspiracy to keep the trolls existence underwraps! To the storyline that would make it nigh on…
In a soulless world where celebrities are gods and tv screen's are their alter's and we kneel before them every day praying to be one with our god's! This may sound like Brandon Cronenberg's Sci-fi Thriller but it also defines the world we live in today!
We demand to know every minute detail no matter how small the detail may be about our stars but know very little about real life hero's, or government officials we vote into office! We…
#19 of 31 - HOOPTOBER 5.0 : We Don’t Need A Stretcher In There We Need A Mop
Clive Barker has a habit of dropping his audience straight into the meat grinder! Forget the concept of acclimation.. forget asking audiences to suspend disbelief! He and his films are far beyond that! You enter his world at your own risk! For me Barker's films are a boom or bust proposition!
Hellraiser for example rocked my world! Original, distinctive, as mind bending…
#18 of 31 - HOOPTOBER 5.0 : We Don’t Need A Stretcher In There We Need A Mop
Considering Frankenstein was the clear headliner of this creature feature one would expect to not only see Frankenstein but witness his bloody terror! I mean come on you don't need Sherlock Holmes the champion of deduction for this is a no brainer.. right? I hate to be the bearer of bad news.. This film had absolutely nothing to do with Frankenstein whatsoever!…
It would be easy to write director Dan Gilroy's (directorial debut) neo-noir crime thriller off as just another story about a sociopath when clearly it is about so much more! It is a scathing commentary on a corrupt media where ratings trumps the basic principles of ethics, integrity and morals!
"If it bleeds it leads" mentality reflects man's primal bloodlust! We've essentially replaced gladiators slaughtering Christians in Roman arena's with the network news!
And if you take it one step…
Went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised by how clever and entertaining it turned out to be!
One part Groundhog Day, one part Starship Troopers! Tom Cruise is getting a little long in the tooth but he proved he's still got it!
Only gripe was the anticlimactic ending!
Naughty Approved!
