— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — I think that I would be able the make the next great B-movie, but that’s just me, but before I start writing up a script, let me ask my lovely readers their opinion on my would-be debut, which I would direct, write and, of course, produce (because doing all thr[...]
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Under Review: ‘The Switch’
— by ADAM POYNTER — I will start off by saying the concept for “The Switch” seemed a bit formulaic at first. With recent romantic comedies failing at the box office and also in the movie-goers’ eyes to impress on any level of originality or authenticity, the directing team of J[...]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: ‘The Last Exorcism’
— by H.G. WATSON — In Peter Biskind’s excellent book “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls,” Biskind documents the rise of the great directors of the ’70s, including: Spielberg, Lucas, Scorsese, Coppola, De Palma and William Friedkin. In a chapter dedicated to Friedkin’s seminal horro[...]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Japanxploitation
— by H.G. WATSON — Exploitation films are, for me, in many ways often the most difficult films to review. They are, obviously, exploitative of whatever subject matter the filmmaker has chosen. Keeping that in mind, it’s pretty hard to come down on a film for being sexist, racist, or ju[...]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Zombie Appreciation Night
— by H.G. WATSON — You know you’re at a unique film festival when the festival director kicks things off by having the audience chant: What do we want? Brains! When do we want them? NOW! But that’s just a regular Saturday night at Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Saturday night was [...]
Under Review: ‘The Expendables’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — I consider myself a decently sophisticated intellectual. I enjoy great literature – actually I hate reading (unless it’s Ayn Rand or Dave Mustaine’s new biography). I enjoy art – damn, it seems that I’ve caught myself in another lie. Okay, on second[...]
Under Review: ‘Eat, Pray, Love’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — I think it has been becoming increasingly evident to the readers of It’s Just Movies that I’m an egotistical pig. This means a couple of things: People hate me, I have problems finding stable relationships, and I’m not in need of the “eat, pray, love”[...]
Under Review: Grown Ups
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — Have you ever looked at photos or watched a home video of a friend who was so stoked about his or her recent vacation, and it looked like a good time, but you just “should have been there” to get the gist of the trip? That’s pretty much what the […][...]
Under Review: ‘L’affaire Farewell’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Following a thorough read-through of Ayn Rand’s literary classic, “The Fountainhead,” a close friend and myself have been using the fictionalized tale of Howard Roark, a god-like architect who overcomes the struggles of the collective by remaining true to[...]
Under Review: ‘The Other Guys’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — I’ll speak for the male population when I say that most of us wanted to become enforcers of the law at least once in our lives. It just seems like a rite of passage for a young man to dream of the loaded gun, the badge that shines ominously in […][...]
Under Review: ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’
— by H.G. WATSON — If we are to believe the hype for “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” it’s the film that blows your socks off, represents an entire generation, steals your girlfriend and knocks her up, makes you see God and is, without a doubt, the best movie since the invention of t[...]
Under Review: ‘Charlie St. Cloud’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Stepping away from the genre that made him famous, Zac Efron decided not to do another movie connected to musicals or dancing. So he turned down the main role in the “Footloose” remake to do something new and different. “Charlie St. Cloud” — based off th[...]
Under Review: ‘Dinner for Schmucks’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — I just concluded my reading of a several response discussion on the topic of Jay Roach’s “Dinner for Schmucks,” in which the original author stated that the film is “destined to be the meanest movie ever” because he believes that the plot is “just abo[...]
Under Review: ‘Freedom’s Thirst’
— by BEV QUESTAD — “Kashmir is India’s heart” says the narrator of this film, but the Kashmir region is not a safe place. Last summer, there were 47,000 deaths and 3,400 disappearances resulting from political struggle. Some news analysts have speculated that the Kashmir area is th[...]