Posted on May 23, 2013 by Uncle Critic
Most of the time when WWE is involved in a movie its bad; actually I think I’m going to say every time. It’s just how it goes. When I found out WWE was attached to this I was unsure that I should even go see it but the trailer looked like stupid fun so I went ahead with it. Ryûhei Kitamura directed this; it’s also something that made me unsure of the movie. The man has directed some great movies like Aragami, Versus and Azumi but he also directed one of the worst Godzilla movies made, Final Wars. Luke Evans is the only actor in the movie with any name that I recognized. I like Luke Evans but he wasn’t a sell point. Anyway about the actual movie, an out of town couple are moving, they’re passing through this town and they run into a group of guys that are up to no good. They steal from people’s houses when they’re gone and they’re most recent job got botched so they’re looking for something to make up for it, these out of towners seem like a good target. Soon they find out that it was more than they bargained for because this couple has something to do with a girl that’s been missing for months and it’s not long before it becomes a situation where people are waiting in a house to get killed off one by one. It’s a pretty fun movie, and was good as far as bad horror movies go. It’s not super violent though there are a few scenes of the ultra-violence and there is a ton of blood being spilled throughout. People that like fun horror movies that don’t have to be the best movie in the world will dig this one. I had fun watching it anyway.
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Posted on May 22, 2013 by Uncle Critic
In 2010 Matt Pless dropped ‘Short Tales and Tall stories’; it’s a collection of acoustic demos and unreleased songs. Some of these being demo’s means not everything is new but everything is great. I love listening to demo versions of songs and with Matt’s acoustic backing everything is perfect. The Unreleased songs are some real good ones as well, I’m real glad this collection happened because I’ve listened to it a fucking ton. If you know Matt Pless than you know the quality that you’re going to get out of this and the treasures that this collection may hold. If you’re unfamiliar with Matt you need to change that, he’s got an acoustic folk pop punk sound that’s unmatched and his song writing is on par with just about anything else going. Don’t wait, get on this right now.
1. Ashtray
2. Amber Lee
3. What You Will
4. Dirty Needles
5. In the Past Tense
6. Talkin’ Information Blues
7. Glassy Eyes
8. Down at the Gallows
9. Clean on the Other End
10. White Picket Fences
11. Pick Up the Pieces
12. Some like it Hot
13. Four Leaf Clover
14. The Joker and the Fool
15. The Girl of My Dreams
16. Bugs
17. My Crooked Ways
18. If I Was a Fountain
19. My Dark Room
20. Everything to Me
Get it from Matt Pless HERE
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Posted on May 21, 2013 by Uncle Critic
Another remake of a movie I love, this time they’ve taken the fantastic film from 1980 and remade it. Originally one of the more psychologically disturbing movies I’ve seen the 2012 version presents a version that really tries very hard to imitate it but just ends up with a watered down version. Playing Frank Zito is Elijah Wood, I like Elijah Wood and I think he can pull off some really weird roles but he’s just nowhere near as crazy as Joe Spinell and I think that’s a big part of the problem with this movie. Wood isn’t bad in the role; he just doesn’t have the inherent creepiness that Spinell did. The score on this is pretty great though; again not as cool as the original’s but I did enjoy it. There were also some pretty cool kills too (sadly no shotgun on the hood of the car). But in the end the movie just left me feeling bored and robbed. I guess if you’re a big Maniac fan you might want to check out what they did to the movie you love but besides that I can’t see a reason for watching this movie. Do yourself a favor and just watch the original; it’s superior in every way.
Get Maniac from Amazon HERE
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Posted on May 21, 2013 by Uncle Critic
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/542863959089319/
::::Fri. 8/23 – Columbus, OH @ Ace Of Cups
::::Sat. 8/24 – Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class
::::Sun. 8/25 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Belvedere’s (Skull Fest 4)
::::Mon. 8/26 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
::::Tue. 8/27 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
::::Wed. 8/28 – TBA
::::Thu. 8/29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Europa
::::Fri. 8/30 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater (2000 Tons Of TNT Fest)
::::Sat. 8/31 – Philadelphia, PA @ Voltage
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Posted on May 20, 2013 by Uncle Critic
Deadpool Killustrated is a four issue series from Marvel and it’s one of the most fun Deadpool stories I’ve read in years. It takes place after Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe. It seems that after he killed everyone he came to the conclusion that they’re all just fictional characters. From there he’s gone to different universes and killed their hero counterparts and there appears to be no end in sight, so he decides to go to the heart of the problem. With some help from some mad scientists Deadpool travels to the stories of classic literature in an attempt to kill off the ideas that spawned the creation of the heroes he’s sick of killing. Through all this Sherlock Holmes finds out and assembles a team of characters to help him stop Deadpool. This book was incredibly fun, there’s really not one bad thing I can say about it, it was pretty damn perfect. Chances are Deadpool fans already know this is a must but anyone that likes goofy stories should pick this up. Even if you’re one of those people (like me) that got really sick of the oversaturation of Deadpool, if you haven’t come back to him already this is a great one to pick up. Highly recommended!
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Posted on May 20, 2013 by Uncle Critic
| 6/15 |
Dumb Fest, Black Sheep Cafe |
Springfield, IL |
| 6/27 |
Shrunken Head |
Columbus, OH |
| 6/28 |
Insubordination Fest, Ottobar |
Baltimore, MD |
| 6/30 |
Knitting Factory |
Brooklyn, NY (w/ Direct Hit!) |
| 7/1 |
O’Briens |
Boston, MA (w/ Direct Hit!) |
| 7/2 |
Barbary |
Philadelphia, PA (w/ Direct Hit!) |
| 7/3 |
Clancys |
Keyser, WV |
| 7/4 |
222 Ormsby |
Pittsburgh, PA (July 4th BBQ!) |
| 7/5 |
Southgate House Throwdown Fest |
Cincinnati, OH |
| 7/6 |
Firehouse Pizza |
Normal, IL |
| 7/12 |
Error Records |
Champaign, IL |
| 7/13 |
They Liver Fest |
Township, Chicago, IL |
| 7/26 |
Firebird |
St.Louis, MO (Red Scare Tour) |
| 7/27 |
Fay Street |
Columbia, MO |
| 8/17 |
Dave Strait Fest, Triple Rock Social Club |
Minneapolis, MN |
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Posted on May 19, 2013 by Uncle Critic
Budapest’s Bankrupt is back with their seventh release called ‘Goodbye Blue Monday’. Its five great, catchy songs that I like a lot. This is the band’s best release yet, this EP is some straight up pop punk. I guess these guys decided to listen to a lot of Ramones before they recorded this one, it’s not Ramones-core but you can hear the influence for sure. People that dig pop punk will want to check this one out for sure because Bankrupt shows that they can do pop punk very well too.
1. Timewaster
2. Veronica
3. Close Encounters
4. Alone
5. Monday Morning
Get it from Bankrupt HERE
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Most of the time when WWE is involved in a movie its bad; actually I think I’m going to say every time. It’s just how it goes. When I found out WWE was attached to this I was unsure that I should even go see it but the trailer looked like stupid fun so I went ahead with it. Ryûhei Kitamura directed this; it’s also something that made me unsure of the movie. The man has directed some great movies like Aragami, Versus and Azumi but he also directed one of the worst Godzilla movies made, Final Wars. Luke Evans is the only actor in the movie with any name that I recognized. I like Luke Evans but he wasn’t a sell point. Anyway about the actual movie, an out of town couple are moving, they’re passing through this town and they run into a group of guys that are up to no good. They steal from people’s houses when they’re gone and they’re most recent job got botched so they’re looking for something to make up for it, these out of towners seem like a good target. Soon they find out that it was more than they bargained for because this couple has something to do with a girl that’s been missing for months and it’s not long before it becomes a situation where people are waiting in a house to get killed off one by one. It’s a pretty fun movie, and was good as far as bad horror movies go. It’s not super violent though there are a few scenes of the ultra-violence and there is a ton of blood being spilled throughout. People that like fun horror movies that don’t have to be the best movie in the world will dig this one. I had fun watching it anyway.
