REIVEW: No One Lives

no-one-lives-movie (1)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.

REVIEW: Matt Pless: Short Tales and Tall Stories

mattshorttallIn 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

REVIEW: Maniac (2012)

maniacAnother 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

REVIEW: Bankrupt: Goodbye Blue Monday

Bankrupt Blue MondayBudapest’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

REVIEW: Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3Iron Man 3 the movie that everyone has seen and no one can agree on. It seems people are all over the place on this one, they like it, they hate it, they’re indifferent on it, and it’s kind of hard to gauge it if you’re thinking about seeing it. Shane Black is directing this one, all the familiar faces are back in their normal roles and this time we’ve got Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin. A big complaint I’ve been hearing about this one is Tony Stark spends way too much time outside of the suit, and that is a totally valid argument. I think there’s about fifteen minutes of ‘Iron Man’ in this movie. But it’s not a ruiner, Robert Downey Jr. is a great actor and he carries this without any iron suited help. Basically Tony got drunk and blew someone off way back when, now that person has turned into a villain and is out for revenge. They’re attacking Tony at his home and have bigger super villain type plans they’re also trying to get through. There’s really not a ton to say about this movie, if you’ve seen the other two you kind of know what you’re getting into and if you liked the other movies you should go see this one. If you haven’t seen an Iron Man yet, it’s not the best idea to start with the third in this trilogy, go see the other two first, they’re much better films. That being said I did enjoy this movie, it was pretty good, worth going to see for sure if you liked the pervious Iron Man movies, just don’t be expecting this to be the best of the three.

Get Iron Man 3 from Amazon HERE

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