Reviews by jasoncarulli

For as long as this movie somehow managed to be, I think it played in a role in swaying my opinion by the movie's end. For as hard as I laughed in the beginning, the middle almost put me asleep, but by the end I was almost in tears. Love him or hate him, Will Ferrell really knows how to capture his target audience. I honestly feel that it is Ferrell's calling to exploit every single obscure sport/profession during his movie career, case in point...Blades of Glory.

First off I never quite understood the meaning behind this films animated adaptation. The animation was awful, something any first design student could have pulled off with a hacked version of Adobe Flash Pro. How Keanu Reeves manages a career in the acting business I will never know. Although Robert Downey Jr. poured in a decent performance, I hardly think it was a stretch from his normal life. That being said, what the hell was this movie about? I fell asleep half way through.

This installment of Friday the 13th features only the second killer in the series not played by Jason Vorhees himself. With Mrs. Vorhees doing all the slashing in the original, Part V follows a new killer, paramedic Roy Burns, as he seeks revenge on the death of his son. Great death scenes and even a throwback to Rick James..."You're gonna get it, bitch."

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning follows the recent horror trend of gore torture down a path that is moving away from frightful scares to stomach curdling nausea. In the scheme of the horror Chainsaw series, this is a good follow-up to the remake but may have followed it a bit too closely. It almost feels like an exact replica with a different group of unsuspecting teens. Although we learn a bit about R. Lee Ermey's twisted character and of course the hellspawn that is Leatherface, the overall emphasis seemed to rely on the premise that the new scare is more gore. It is definitely worth a watch, even if it is just to hear what twisted ad-libs R. Lee Ermey can come up with to top the original remake.

For me, the third installment of the Saw horror series fell far short of the previous two. High on gore but the twist that we have all come to enjoy just didn't carry the movie. I think the lack of a character opposite Jigsaw really hurt this precursor to the obvious sequel that will come in time.

Picture the Blob meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets Night of the Living Dead, except it failed to achieve their greatness. I was expecting a fun horror flick to likes of which I haven't seen since Eight Legged Freaks came out. Unfortunately, the slugs were neither creepy nor disgusting and the cast had no humor.

Only from the mind of Tim Burton could the story of a man with scissorhands come to be appreciated as a classic. Unfortunately for me, watching Johnny Depp adapt to wacky suburban life was not as interesting as his situation. Anthony Michael Hall a bully? Yeah right.

One girl. Two guys. It is the only recipe for a truly romantic Saturday night with your woman. I thought I was going to get my period watching this film, but by the end I realized it wasn't as bad as I anticipated.

Abel Ferrara is no Martin Scorsese, let that be known first. The long drawn out scenes a la Goodfellas serve no purpose leaving me to honestly describe this film as one of the worst gangster movies I have ever seen.

Oliver Stone's Nixon is a visual historical masterpiece depicting a time period of political turmoil inside the United States. Anthony Hopkins turns in one of his best performance and stands above a star studded cast. Quite long, but well done.