I really didn’t expect a cartoon marketed for little girls about ponies would be something a cynical, sarcastic, vaguely paranoid and hostile 40-something man who is prone to depression would enjoy.
If only I had known that slapping together a pile of randomly-fresh corpses would come out looking exactly like Aaron Eckhart I probably would have taken up grave-digging long ago.
Though I haven’t seen the full run of the franchise, I was very impressed by these five, particularly in their ability to appropriate genre and to add fresh blood to the Power Rangers formula.
As soon as I saw Franco Nero's beautiful blue eyes peering out from beneath his golden Space Jesus locks I knew that this movie was going to do something weird to my head.
Although meant to evoke an earlier era of sci-fi, Oblivion is easily the most forward-looking science-fiction film of the last few years, at least among the big Hollywood productions.
Each episode seemed to get better than the one before it, and once we hit episode 5, "O.S.I. Love You" it's just a non-stop solid gold dance party in my head.
This is a beautiful film that forgot that it was supposed to tell a story. Except for a brief shining moment toward the end. And that's a different story than we were sold.
If you love horror and the grotesque as well as emotionally raw acting and virtuoso crafting, then Hannibal Season One is something you need to not only see, but to have on your shelf.
