Ratings Central - Movies

I'm a Horror freak as most of you know which basically means I ingest as much of the genre as I can. Most of you also know that as much as I love the genre, I believe that most horror movies in the 2000's are just garbage. There are exceptions to the rule of course, but for the most part the people these days making these movies are relying solely on jump scares to frighten their audience and have almost completely neglected a good, creepy story. This is the exception. Based around a young Autistic boy Oliver, this movie gets into the creepy factor almost immediately. This movie is one of the few newer movies that takes the time needed to build a decent story, to use technology we see everyday in a valid and harmonistic way and that uses tropes that are generally not seen in the genre. By using a children's story book, this movie taps into some primitive protective consciousness making the events that happen frightening without really trying to. The imagery is generally dar

Let's start this off by saying that the comedy/horror genre of movies isn't my favourite. I love horror and I love comedy. I just don't feel like the two should date. So please, if you like the genre, take this review with a grain of salt. The movie started off really strong in the horror sense. The music was there. The creepy vibe was there. The creepy "Campfire" story for the killer was present. We had a good start to a slasher flick that I would have probably really liked. But, the nosedive happened about ten minutes into the film. This movie's main problem, in my opinion, was it stayed very flat the whole time. It wasn't really scary during the horror parts, and it wasn't really funny during the comedic parts. It was just, well, blah. There were parts that make you snicker of course, and there were certainly suspenseful or creepy parts. But you can't expect a second here and a second there of these moments to end up making a masterpiece. Unfort

Well, I had the.... Experience of watching Mulan live-action tonight. In recent years, I have been so frustrated with Hollywood putting out really decent movies but crutching on the name of something else well known. Mulan falls into this category. Like Child's Play, Evil Dead, Carrie and dozens of other movies that come to mind, Mulan's live-action remake is actually an okay movie on its own. It has great special effects, dramatic scenes, a master score, well-acted scenes and a plethora of vistoic scenery capturing the essence of the era.  But, and there's a huge but here, it's not the Mulan movie you knew and loved. Yeah yeah, 'they had to change some things'. I get that. All movies have a vision. Some different than others and I'm sure we wouldn't be happy with a carbon-copy remake of the animated classic either. This Mulan movie is little like its original, and that's where my frustration comes in. Yes, it is similar but different enough that Dis

Well, I feel like I should welcome everyone back! It's been a long time since I've reviewed a film, you know, this little thing called COVID closing movie theatres and such. But, with that said, let's get down to the serious business at hand: how was The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run? OK, so a little history. I like SpongeBob the show. I always have. That show is like many others that were designed for kids but sprinkle enough adult humour to keep me entertained, and this movie did the same thing. For the most part, I really enjoyed the movie. It felt like the SpongeBob TV show. So much that my girl-friend said it had felt like a really long episode to her too. As an extension to the TV show, the movie shines well. The characters are on par with what you would expect, the humour is exactly the same and SpongeBob himself does all kinds of weird things with his body unlike some of his other movies.  However, when viewed as a movie and not an extension of the TV show, the