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Inception

Dave Wiskus — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:40:11 +0000

Kirk Hamilton over at Kotaku has written the best review of Inception I’ve read yet, and does an excellent job of explaining why I think the film fails.

Spoiler alert:

My problems with the story can be summed up by the spinning top. The idea is that you choose something that is personal to you and has some secret characteristic that nobody else could duplicate in the dream world. So someone chooses a top? And the secret is that it falls over after spinning for a minute? This is lazy and thoughtless.

Attack of the Clones Review

Dave Wiskus — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:05:58 +0000

Over 90 minutes worth of review. And worth it.

Alice in Underland

Dave Wiskus — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:03:33 +0000

Rod Hilton at The Editing Room has summed up my feelings on Burton’s Alice, right down to the comparison to Hook. Not as bad as what he did to Willy Wonka, but very close.

Academy Award Winning Movie Trailer

Dave Wiskus — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:48:17 +0000

Link to video. Statement stressing my enjoyment of said video. Punchy closing line.

Cop Out Review

Dave Wiskus — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:20:42 +0000

Jersey Girl was more enjoyable.

Abridged Avatar

Dave Wiskus — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:10:59 +0000

Oh, did you just say “enhance” while looking at a paused video? I think I just got Movie Cliche Bingo!

They’re Rebooting Spider-Man

Dave Wiskus — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:19:42 +0000

And it’s slated for 2012.

Netflix Losing New Releases

Dave Wiskus — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:56:44 +0000

First those annoying pop-under ads, and now this? So long, Netflix.

Amazon Blu-Ray Sale

Dave Wiskus — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:53:48 +0000

Fight Club for $15.99? Anyone who got a Blu-Ray player for Christmas should be very excited.

Avatar’s Box Office

Dave Wiskus — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:54:47 +0000

$77.2 million domestic, $241.6 million worldwide.

My one-word review: watch.

Rain Man Died

Dave Wiskus — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:55:03 +0000

Kim Peek — the man who inspired Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rain Man — has passed away.

He was born in 1951 in Salt Lake City and doctors diagnosed him as severely mentally retarded and advised his parents to place him in an institution.

Yet he learned to read and could read eight books a day, committing large sections of text to memory. He could read two pages simultaneously, his left eye reading the left page and his right eye reading the right page.

2012

Dave Wiskus — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:28:39 +0000

The abridged script.

Iron Man 2

Dave Wiskus — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:09:49 +0000

May 7th can’t get here fast enough.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Movie

Dave Wiskus — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:59:52 +0000

I shit you not.

Transformers 2 FAQ

Dave Wiskus — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:36:45 +0000

Topless Robot (linked from the High-Def Digest review) has an excellent FAQ for anyone who hasn’t seen Transformers 2. This is from way back in June, but still an excellent read.

The Enemy’s Scrotum

Dave Wiskus — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:13:14 +0000

Joshua Zyber reviews the Transformers 2 blu-ray over at High-Def Digest:

[A]n otherwise respectable actor demeaning himself in one of the worst performances of his career, as his character is teabagged by the enormous steel testicles of a giant robot from outer space.

I give this review five stars.

Fight Club Blu-ray on Sale

Dave Wiskus — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:21:35 +0000

Amazon has the Fight Club Blu-ray available for pre-order for a mere $18.99.

Fight Club on Blu-Ray

Dave Wiskus — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:32:05 +0000

Finally. This is the reason to buy a Blu-Ray player.

They’re Making Another Indiana Jones Movie

Dave Wiskus — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:42:08 +0000

Fuck.

S. Darko

Dave Wiskus — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:21:55 +0000

The direct-to-DVD sequel featuring but one of the (minor) players from the first movie — a movie in which the titular character died — and absent of the creative minds behind the original. Apparently it’s just as awful as it sounds.