Pixels is one of the best movies I have ever seen. The movie starts out with thirteen-year-old Brenner (Anthony Ippolito) and his friend Cooper (Jared Riley) who like to play arcade video games. They decide to enter Brenner in an arcade gaming competition because he is great at them. When Brenner loses to his arch nemesis, Fire Blaster (Andrew Bambridge), and is devastated. The movie then jumps to...[Read More]
Hello again, dear readers. It’s the last week of January, and that means that we’re almost halfway through the early-year movie doldrums. This week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at this spring’s upcoming comedy-drama Better Living Through Chemistry. Premise: Straight-laced pharmacist Douglas Varney’s (Sam Rockwell) uneventful life spirals out of...[Read More]
I walked into Machine Gun Preacher expecting a campy fun grindhouse flick, something along the lines of Hobo with a Shotgun. That’s because up until the screening, I had heard absolutely nothing about the movie: no trailers, no pre-release hype, nothing. After watching the movie, it’s a shame that Machine Gun Preacher is flying so under the radar because it’s a movie well worth seeing. Instead of ...[Read More]