OZ - TV Series Review

Title: OZ
Years: 1997-2003
Rating: 10/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118421/
Creator: Tom Fontana

Starring: Ernie Hudson, Harold Perrineau, Lee Tergesen

Critic:
 ***SPOILER ALERT***
"Over the years I heard so many good things (Reviews etc) about OZ and I got curious in the past weeks. So I started the series.
And DAMN IS IT GOOD! I mean the acting, the scenery, the cast, the authenticity everything is on the highest possible level.
There are so many well developed characters like:

• Tobias Beecher who get raped and "enslaved" by Vern Schillinger (Leader of the Aryan Brotherhood in OZ), you see a change in Beecher from a poor fearridden fallen lawyer with no Streetskill to a coldblooded high respected Inmate.
• Chris Keller who joins in the mid of the Second Season, he falls in love Beecher but he must obey his Leader of the Aryan Brotherhood, so he always tries to get Beechers love back after assaulting him. Also he is played by one of my favourite Series Actors ever Christopher Meloni
• Augustus Hill, he is the narrator who appear in very surreal "episodes" and is one of the Tier1 cast, he got handicapped on his arrest.
• Tim McManus the leader of the Emerald City he always struggles between his ideals for the prisoners.
• Sister Peter-Marie she is the psychiatrist in OZ she became a nun after her husband got killed. 

You get really attached to the persons in Em City. And you pick your faction in the ongoing war in Em City.

Also you see how OZ infulences the way modern Series got made, that reveals the many culture references got made to OZ.

So if you never saw OZ before do it!
DO IT!"

Tomorrow a whole bunch of reviews

In the last week I saw:

The Dark Knight (I think the 20st time)
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Ghostbusters
Scary Movie 4
and a movie on TV and I can't remember WTF it was..

so stay tuned for reviews!

Batoru rowaiaru (2000)

Title: Batoru rowaiaru
Year: 2000
Rating: 10/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/
Directors:
Kinji Fukasaku

Starring:
Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano

Short Critic:
"One of my favourite movies, a cynic, morbid, violent masterpiece. With my favourite japanese Actor Takeshi Kitano. Awesome acting, stunning storytelling with one word breathtaking! Must See Movie!"

You may like it if you like:
"Children of Men (2006), Brother (2000)"

Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)

Title: Paranormal Activity 2
Year: 2010
Rating: 7/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1536044/
Directors:
Tod Williams

Starring:

Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Molly Ephraim

Short Critic:
"The first one was boring as hell! This one, is creepy and has some black humor in it. I nominate the Poolcleaner for Supporting Role Oscar, this thing has so much screentime and do one hell of a performance."

You may like it if you like:
"Blair Witch Project (1999), Cloverfield (2008)"

The Perfect Man (2005)

Title: The Perfect Man
Year: 2005
Rating: 6/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380623/
Directors:
Mark Rosman

Starring:

Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris Noth

Short Critic:
"Family-Romance movie with a Hilary Duff who looks like Hannah Montana. Mediocre funny but watchable."

You may like it if you like:
"Love Actually (2003), Pretty Woman (1990)"

Get Smart (2008)

Title: Get Smart
Year: 2008
Rating: 7/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425061/
Directors:
Peter Segal

Starring:

Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin

Short Critic:
"A suprisingly funny movie with good laughs and good plot and okay performances. It hardly reminds me at the Charlies Angel Movies! And damn Dalip Singh is a beast o0."

You may like it if you like:
"Johnny English (2003), Charlie's Angels (2000)"

Next (2007)

Title: Next
Year: 2010
Rating: 7/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435705/
Directors:
Lee Tamahori

Starring:
Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel

Short Critic:
"Intresting movie with good plot and characters. But the lovestory and drama between Cage / Biel is not very good integrated, and makes the story slower as it should be! But overall good Perfomances by Cage, Biel and Moore! I recommend it!"

You may like it if you like:
"Jumper (2008), Die Hard (1988)"

Halloween (1978)

Title: Halloween
Year: 1978
Rating: 10/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/
Directors:
John Carpenter

Starring:

Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran

Short Critic:
"If you like slasherfilms the chance is high that your love started with Halloween and Michael Myers. It's scary, brutal, disturbing, well perfect slasher film!"

You may like it if you like:
"Friday, the 13. (1980), Slasherfilms!"

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Title: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Year: 2010
Rating: 7/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446029/
Directors:
Edgar Wright

Starring:

Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin

Short Critic:
"I watched this movie now the second time. And in the first view I had several problems with it:

1. I don't like Michael Cera
2. I didn't got the 7 evil Exes concept
3. I just don't get the Coin thingy

 But now I'm totally cool with this movie funny action/romance flick with funny Videogame- and Comic-references! (But I still don't get the whole Coin thing!)"

You may like it if you like:
"Kick-Ass (2010), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)"

The Exorcist (1973)

Title: The Exorcist
Year: 1973
Rating: 10/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/
Directors:
William Friedkin

Starring:
Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair

Short Critic:
"Still known as the scariest movie of alltime and one of the top Horrorfilms ever made! No question to doubt that! What to say about The Exorcist? Perfect horrormovie, scary as fuck, disturbing and must see "Halloween-Movie"!"

You may like it if you like:
"Coming soon coz I cut my damn finger and it's bleeding right now!"

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Title: The Wizard of Oz
Year: 1939
Rating: 9/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/
Directors:

Victor Fleming
George Cukor		(fill-in director) (uncredited)
Mervyn LeRoy		(uncredited)
King Vidor		(director: Kansas scenes) (uncredited)

Starring:
Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger

Short Critic:
"Yeah the Movie-classic! But for me in my opinion it's a Halloween Movie, the witches, the creepy looking dwarfs, the really scary dialogs and threats spoken out by The Wicked Witch of The West, the flying apes! As a child I would have nightmares of this movie. But it's the The Wizard of Oz, see it if you haven't already and if you have watch it again ;)"

You may like it if you like:
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)"

Machete (2010)

Title: Machete
Year: 2010
Rating: 9/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985694/
Directors:
Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez

Starring:
Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba

Short Critic:
"Funny movie! Ridiculously awesome soundtrack, great cinematography, an brillant cast, funny dialogs, punchy one-liners and over-the-top-action what else do you want!
This movie was created for Danny Trejo they just wrote the movie about him! This movie is so pretentious is his Grindhouse Glory! See this movie!"

You may like it if you like:
"Planet Terror (2007), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)"

Kick-Ass (2010)

Title: Kick-Ass
Year: 2010
Rating: 10/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1250777/
Directors:
Matthew Vaughn

Starring:

Aaron Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage

Short Critic:
"Well it Kicks ass! And every time I see it, more (now the fifth time)! Besides Inception best Movie of 2010 and for me one of the best Action movies ever made, it's in my TOP 20 Movie-list! I expect a Academy Award of Chloë Moretz for the outstanding performance of Hit-Girl. Must See Movie!
If you don't like it, I hate you!"

You may like it if you like:
"Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Spider-Man (2002)"

Halloweentown (1998)

Title: Halloweentown
Year: 1998
Rating: 5/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173886/
Directors:
Duwayne Dunham

Starring:
Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Phillip Van Dyke

Short Critic:
"A standard TV-children-halloween-movie about...well a Halloweentown, a not scary version of A Nightmare before Christmas Halloweentown."

You may like it if you like:
"Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Hocus Pocus (1993)"

Get Lamp (2010)

Title: Get Lamp
Year: 2010
Rating: 9/10
IMDB: n/a
Directors:
Jason Scott

Starring:
Mike Berlyn, John Romero, Mary Ann Buckles

Short Critic:
"A interesting Documentary about an era of computer games where text was more then Books! Every big Name of this era got interviewed and there is even a section dedicated to blind people playing Text adventures! No chance to get more nostalgic in computer games then this!"

You may like it if you like:
"Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (2007), Second Skin (2008)"

A Serbian Film (2010)

Title: A Serbian Film
Year: 2010
Rating: 5/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273235/
Directors:
Srdjan Spasojevic

Starring:

Srdjan Todorovic, Sergej Trifunovic, Jelena Gavrilovic

Short Critic:
"FUCK THIS MOVIE! Sickest shit ever filmed! Gore, violence, torture, necrophilia, incest, pedophilia and newborn-porn!
The problem is that the movie is very well made, but it's jaw-dropping fucked up, so this mixture made it a pure horror to watch.
Funny fact: at the 75 minute mark, the movie change it cinematography style for ~2 minutes very similar to the music-video "Prodigy - Smack my bitch up" .
I give this movie points for scenery, acting, the mainactor it self and the well made snuff setting!

But:

!DON'T WATCH IT!

I'm serious!"

You may like it if you like:
"Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), The Last House on Dead End Street (1977)"

Natural Born Killers (1994)

Title: Natural Born Killers
Year: 1994
Rating: 10/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110632/
Directors:
Oliver Stone

Starring:

Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr.

Short Critic:
"One of my favourite Movies of alltime! Another Oliver Stone Masterpiece! It's cruel, brutal, bizarre and genius.
The Story of Mikey and Mallory Knox is a story of Blood, Bullets and Love.
It has many weird really fast cuts with usage of Archive footage and many symbolic thoughts about Life and Death! Must see movie (if you can stand violence)!"

You may like it if you like:
"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Pulp Fiction (1994)"

Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood (1985)

Title: Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood
Year: 1985
Rating: 2/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161635/
Directors:
Hideshi Hino

Starring:
Hiroshi Tamura, Kirara Yûgao

Short Critic:
"Not my movie! I don't think that any person, who isn't completely fucked up liked it! It's Torture Porn! And I hate Torture Porn! 2 Points for the Snuff setting and the awesome title! I think the Making of is far more interesting then the actual movie!"

You may like it if you like:
"Cradle of Fear (2001), Hostel (2005)"

The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

Title: The Call Of Cthulhu
Year: 2005
Rating: 10/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478988/
Directors:
Andrew Leman

Starring:

Ramón Allen Jr., Leslie Baldwin, Daryl Ball

Short Critic:
"At first this is a short movie, 47 min. But it's perfect! It's just perfect, shot in b/w and made in the style of ~1920/1930 movies! If you love HP Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Myths like I do it you will obey to this movie! Must See!"

You may like it if you like:
"King Kong (1933), H.P. Lovecraft"

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)

Title: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Year: 2006
Rating: 9/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437857/
Directors:
Scott Glosserman

Starring:

Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Robert Englund

Short Critic:
"This movie is mixture of a Mockumentary and a Slasher film. And I love it, for me BtM is one of the greatest Slasher movies out there. And I love the cameos of popular horror actors like Kane Hodder, Zelda Rubinstein, Scott Wilson and of course Freddy Krueger himself Robert Englund! If you like Slasher movies you need to watch this movie!"

You may like it if you like:
"The Blair Witch Project (1999), Halloween (1978)"

The 10 Levels of Violence and Gore in Movies

Because of current occasion I decided to make a list of the 10 Levels of Gore in my "seen Movie Collection"!

Grind House - Planet Terror (2007)

Title: Planet Terror
Year: 2007
Rating: 8/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1077258/
Directors:
Robert Rodriguez

Starring:

Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodríguez, Marley Shelton

Short Critic:
"At first I love Exploitation-movies and Trash cinema so this movie is like a small Jewel. It's violent, 3 times over the top, breaks the fourth wall and has a blasting cast, I mean damn it even has a missing reel segment! Watch it!"

You may like it if you like:
"Deathproof (2007), Machete (2010)"

Coming Soon... The Walking Dead (Series)

Here is a new segment on this Blog Coming Soon... in the near future <6 Months.

And the first feature in this Segment is:

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse and follows a small group of survivors traveling across the United States  in search of a new home away from the hordes of zombies.
The group is led by Rick Grimes, who was a police officer in the old world.
As their situation grows more and more grim, the group's desperation to survive pushes them to do almost anything to stay alive.

A small hint why this series will rock like fuck!:
The Director is Frank Darabont the Director of The Green Mile and the #1 Movie on IMDB The Shawshank Redemption.  And it's getting better the Main-Producer is Gale Anne Hurd she produced such masterpieces as Terminator, Terminator 2, Aliens!

It will premiere on the AMC network on October 31, 2010 with a 90-minute premiere episode, during the network's "Fearfest."

Ghost Rider (2007)

Title: Ghost Rider
Year: 2007
Rating: 6/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259324/
Directors:
Mark Steven Johnson

Starring:

Nicolas Cage, Peter Fonda, Eva Mendes

Short Critic:
"I saw this movie now 5 or 6 times, but only I love the Ghost Rider so much (from the Marvel Comics). But this review is not about the Comics it's about the Movie. I like the feeling of the Movie and it's style what I don't like is that Eva Mendes is in it coz they need a Eyecandy. I hope the Sequel would be more focused on the suffering of the Rider and not the Cleavage of Mrs Mendes! And the movie was definitve not brutal enough if you know the Comics then you know the Level of Violence and Gore in it!"

You may like it if you like:
"Spider-Man (2002), Terminator 2 (1991)"

Twilight is getting intresting and brutal!

Now I'm intrested!

Kray (2010)

Title: Kray
Year: 2010
Rating: 6/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706414/
Directors:
Aleksei Uchitel

Starring:

Vladas Bagdonas, Aleksandr Bashirov, Semyon Belotserkovskiy

Short Critic:
"Another promising looking movie but it just ends at that point. I was highly curious about this movie! Was hoping for something epic. I mean the movie is not bad but it's just not good! Good action sequences, intresting scenario but it all feeled numb and not grabbing enough."

You may like it if you like:
"The Great Escape (1963), Defiance (2008)"

Famous Last Words Mash-Up

Movies I remember from this Mashup:

1. Citizen Kane
2. The Omen
3. Final Destination
4. ????
5. ????
6. ????
7. Philadelphia
8. Deep Blue Sea
9. Star Wars VI
10. 2001
11. Transformers
12. A Nightmare on Elmstreet
13. Fight Club
14. From Dusk Till Dawn
15. Final Destination 3
16. Golden Eye (thanks Möbli!)
17. Sin City
18. Saving Private Ryan
19. In Bruges
20. ????
21. Kill Bill Vol 1
22. Hellraiser
23. Big Trouble in Little China (thanks Möbli omg I failed so hard of course!)
24. Star Trek
25. The Departed
26. Star Wars VI
27. Once Upon a Time in America (thanks Möbli, saw this movie 12 years ago can't remember anything from it)
28. The Godfather? I'm not sure about this.
29. The Prestige
30. ????
31. ????
32. ????
33. The Wizard of Oz
34. Who framed Roger Rabbit
35. ????
36. Independence Day
37. Troll 2 
38. Dr. Strangelove
39. Braveheart
40. Terminator 2
41. The Room
42. ????

What will happen here?

My plans with this Blog are several:

1. Text Reviews of Movies, Games, Series
2. Important News around my Person
3. Stuff I found around the Internet and I think it's worth to share
4. Top XX rankings
5. Retrospects of the Year, Decade perfect start for it 2010 ;)
6. Supporting Post about Projects I think deserves support!
7. And last but not least coming soon.. Videoreviews! Yeah my ugly face will tell you what you have to love and what to hate! 

So spread the word! Share the blog with everyone you know!

Greetings Alex aka Crimvel

Red (2010)

Title: Red
Year: 2010
Rating: 8/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/
Directors:

Robert Schwentke

Starring:
Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Karl Urban

Short Critic:
"That is what I call a good action Movie! I didn't expect much as I first heard about it, but damn is it a good ride, good actionscenes, black humor and McClane and God are in it!
And it's a adaptation of a three-issue comic book mini-series written by Warren Ellis! So you need to watch this movie!"
 
You may like it if you like:
"Die Hard (1988), Face/Off (1997)"

Nine Dead (2010)

Title: Nine Dead
Year: 2010
Rating: 8/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959329/
Director:

Chris Shadley

Starring:
Melissa Joan Hart, William Lee Scott, John Terry

Short Critic:
"Suprising awesome "One-Scene-Movie". I would compare it to the first 45 minutes of Saw. 9 People must find out why they are trapped together and going to be killed! Overall good performances by the mainactors! Another good underrated Movie! Highly recommend it!"

You may like it if you like:
"Saw (2004), The Departed (2006)"

I Sell The Dead (2008)

Title: I Sell The Dead
Year: 2008
Rating: 7/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0902290/
Director:

Glenn McQuaid

Starring:
Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fessenden  

Short Critic:
"So we have Merry, Hellboy and that guy from Wendigo in a movie about graverobbery! Awesome! A good Horror - Comedy movie perfect for the Halloween-month! Just sitback and enjoy Perlman being a badass Priest and Merry a graverobber!"

You may like it if you like:
"Van Helsing (2004), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)"

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Title: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Year: 1968
Rating: 10/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/
Directors:

Stanley Kubrick

Starring:
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain (4 actors? every other movie you just feature 3! Yes but he is HAL!!!!!)

Short Critic:
"People it's Kubricks 2001, a milestone in Scifi-movie-history. Really everyone who votes below 9 is a cineastic-moron. This movie changed the style of Scifi-Movies. Kubrick designed the most perfect movie an opera!"

You may like it if you like:
"Stanley Kubrick, Alien (1979), Scifi"

Edge (2009)

Title: EDGE - Perspectives on drug free culture
Year: 2009
Rating: 10/10 (it's a Docu so I rate on another scale)
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1458435/
Directors:

Michael Kirchner, Marc Pierschel

Starring:
Karl Buechner, Ray Cappo, Taylor Clements
 

Short Critic:
"The first good Documentary about Straight Edge. All important Figures of this Movement are interviewed and involved. In my opinion they missed the new German Straight Edge Movement around Metalcore. But it's about. How SxE get to it's meaning!"

You may like it if you like:
"American Hardcore (2006), Hardcore Punk and if you are Straight Edge this is a must see Movie"

Otesánek (Little Otik) (2000)

Title: Otesánek (Little Otik)
Year: 2000
Rating: 8/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228687/
Directors:

Jan Svankmajer

Starring:
Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Kristina Adamcová

Short Critic:
"I've seen strange movies! I've seen scary and creepy flicks, this Czech movie made by one of my new favorite Directors is in the Top of every 3 Categories. Is one hell of ride, overall good performances by every actor, again outstanding Stop-Motion-shots, creepy atmosphere, tasty gore effects and this intense sound that Svankmajer just love to do.
But damn is it long 132 minutes is definitely to long for a horror-movie, it's very exhausting to watch but I really love the performance of Kristina Adamcová and her pedophilic predator."

You may like it if you like:
"Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Eraserhead (1976)"

Faust (1994)

Title: Faust
Year: 1994
Rating: 6/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109781/
Directors:

Jan Svankmajer

Starring:
Petr Cepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimír Kudla

Short Critic:
"Very interesting view on Faust, a more modern view and hell is it weird. On the small edge between Horror and Drama, we meet again with Svankmajers trademarks Stop-Motion, bizarre pictures and very intense Sounds.
But sometimes I was "I've no idea WTF is going on!". A movie to recommend but only if you like Arthouse Cinema, Disturbance and confusion."

You may like it if you like:
"Naked Lunch (1991), Faust"

Alice (Neco z Alenky) (1988)

Title: Alice (Neco z Alenky)
Year: 1988
Rating: 9/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095715/
Director:

Jan Svankmajer

Starring:
Kristýna Kohoutová  

Short Critic: "Awesome piece of ART! Stop Motion meets Live-Action in perfection! Yeah this movie is art, disturbing, weird and bizarre art. Svankmajer loves the sound of machines and bizarre images. You really feel with Alice in this weird Scenario where nothing makes sense and looks and acts scary! For me so far the BEST adaptation of Lewis Carrolls Masterpiece!"

You may like it if you like:
"Alice In Wonderland (the novel not the child-friendly adaptations) , Coraline (2009) "

Jan Svankmajer Triple Feature

This evening I will watch 3 Movies of the Czech Director-genius Jan Svenkmajer!
Movie 1:

His interpretation of Alice (Neco z Alenky)!

His interpretation of Faust!

and Greedy Guts (Otesánek)

I only saw one movie of Svankmajer called Conspirators of Pleasure (Spiklenci slasti) 1996 and it was weird and disturbing as fuck! So I'm highly curious what I will see tonight!

Greetz Crimvel

Deadgirl (2009)

Title: Deadgirl
Year: 2009
Rating: 7/10
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1666186/
Directors:

Marcel Sarmiento, Gadi Harel

Starring:
Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen  

Short Critic:
"Tough one to sit through. I saw it alone and it really got me on some parts. It has parts of necrophilia (yeah I know she is still alive..) in it where you think: 'Okay I saw it all now.', but then comes something new and you want to continue.
A good horror-movie with an interesting new plot, because I can't remember that I ever heard of something like that!"

You may like it if you like:
"The Girl Next Door (2007), The Last House on the Left (2009) [Remake]"