Author Archives: Daniel Drop
Jack Reacher, a film about a former Military Police Major turned drifter/justice dispenser, stars Tom Cruise as the title character involved in a defense case with Helen Rodin (Rosamund Pike), a stunning and sharp lawyer who has taken on the task of trying to keep a man convicted of killing five ...
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“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” – Mark Twain Found footage/faux documentary films have become insanely popular over the course of the last decade, some made with big budgets and familiar faces, others on kite ...
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For ages mankind has held the belief that in the aether resides an evil with the ability to enter our physical realm and possess a human being, occasionally giving it superhuman abilities: ESP, or knowing the unknowable, and telekinesis being the most commonly documented examples of this most hos...
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The world of indie films is, in my opinion, a bit over saturated with “offbeat” comedies that, more often than not, tend to be off a couple of beats. They’re populated by forced character quirks and flaws and a bland, snarky, outlook on the world they exist in. Safety Not Guaranteed, starr...
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It’s a rare thing these days for a film to be clever and pose relevant and provocative questions to an audience through the development of story and character. Now, more than ever, people seem to be in a desperate search for an identity and acceptance, as a distinct and individual member of th...
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The Raven, starring John Cusack as the classic horror author Edgar Allen Poe, is director James McTeigue’s third movie. This time around McTeigue takes slight step in a different direction from his two previous films (V for Vendetta and Ninja Assassin), which were largely reliant on action scen...
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“You think you know the story;” it’s one you think you’ve seen dozens of times (Friday the 13th, Cabin fever, Evil Dead, etc.), but it’s not. It’s really not. When this movie was first brought to my attention I was anything but curious, then I heard that Joss Whedon was involved, and ...
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In many aspects, Project X is a mirror image of a plethora of high school party/coming of age movies that have always prospered in the multiplexes. The movie revolves around a night in the life of three less than popular guys looking to make a name for themselves in the rat race of high school. H...
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Having never seen a single Harry Potter movie, I was curious to see Daniel Radcliffe’s first major non-magician role, and while I was surprised at how well he portrayed the perpetually brooding widower, Arthur Kipps in The Woman in Black, I found the film itself to be a run of the mill ghost st...
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On a dreary winter's eve a team of investigators descended on the quiet downtown of St. Clair Shores, Michigan in search of a great many things: tidbits of local history, new experiences, answers to unexplained occurrences, but most importantly, activity of the paranormal variety. This team, MPI ...
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