John C. Reilly
Movie Review: Anchorman 2 The Legend Continues
Ron Burgundy is back! Just as arrogant and charming as we remember. But Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is strictly for fans alone. It will be completely unappreciated by anyone that does not get the epic nuances of the masterful Will Ferrell. The storyline is based in the early 1980s and the beginning of the currently popular twenty-four-hours-a-day-news trend. The first station to offer this i...[Read More]
Movie Review: Wreck-It Ralph
For most of my life, almost as long as I’ve loved movies, I’ve been a huge fan of video games. Because of that, it’s been disappointing that films based on games have had such a dismal history, with many of them being pretty much unwatchable. But on the other hand, there have been some great films about video games – Tron (1982) and WarGames (1983) spring immediately to mind. Wel...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Get in the Game with Wreck-It Ralph
With the cooler fall weather comes the beginning of the long wait for the big year-end movies. But in the meantime, there are still plenty of cool trailers being released. This week’s Trailer Trashin’ looks at Disney’s upcoming animated film Wreck-It Ralph. Premise: Wreck-It Ralph (voice of John C. Reilly) is the villain of the arcade video game Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the gam...[Read More]
Movie Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin
The frustrating irony of We Need to Talk About Kevin is that no one gets around to actually talking about the brooding, sociopathic Kevin until he has become fodder for editorials, hand-wringing, and misdirected anger once he has unleashed his inborn rage against classmates and family. A horror film of sorts but one grounded in inescapable current affairs, We Need to Talk About Kevin is Scottish d...[Read More]