Monthly Archives: September 2009
Weird Review: The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
Written by father-son team of Wess and Jonathan Craven, the sequel picks up years after the original and Sector 16 still hasn’t been fully discovered. A fresh crop of National Guard recruits are dropped in to investigate after one of the scientific outposts in Sector 16 goes dark. The recruits are led by charismatic and [...]
Weird Review: The Hole
This is a classic Soothsayer review I wrote back in 2001 on one of Keira Knightley’s first films. The film predates her break-thru in Bend in Like Beckham by one year. This British film also featured her first nude scene at 16 years old. It is really interesting and weird to look back on it now [...]
Retro Review: The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Of all the recent horror remakes, “The Hills Have Eyes” is the first of the bunch where I hadn’t seen the original film. The original 1977 film was one of the earlier Wes Craven films and followed the cult-classic 1972 horror film “The Last House on the Left” which launched the legendary career of Wes [...]
Retro Review: A History of Violence
There has been a lot of talk and commentary about “A History of Violence” from director David Cronenberg. The remarks focus primarily on how powerful and thrilling the film is on the angle it takes on an all-to familiar story. I disagree and this is why. The film tells the story of your typical “heartland” [...]
Retro Review: Hidalgo
He’s back in the saddle again. Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn from “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy) saddles up a new horse as he rides into the adventure epic, “Hidalgo”. Mortensen plays real-life legend Frank Hopkins, a long distance horse racer and dispatcher who ends up washed up and in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Hopkins [...]
Movie Review: Drag Me to Hell
Alison Lohman stars as loan officer Christine Brown who one day tangles with an intimidating client. The client is an old gypsy woman who has had two extensions on her mortgage and is now faced with eviction. So to prove to her boss (David Paymer), Christine tells the woman her application has been denied. The old woman freaks [...]
Movie Review: Race to Witch Mountain
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars as cabbie Jack Bruno who unexpectedly ends up shuttling two kids (AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig) to an abandoned house in the Las Vegas desert. Along the way, he discovers they just arent your average kids that in fact they are from outer space and have incredible powers. The government and an [...]
Lost Pilots #3: Aquaman
After the smash success of the episode “Aqua” in Smallville’s fifth season which showcased a Smallville-version of Aquaman (played by Will Toale). Producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar pitched an Aquaman spin-off to the WB. The series would be similiar to Smallville in that it would take the DC character of Aquaman, tell his origin [...]
Retro Review: Hollow Man
Has Hollywood explored the “invisible man” enough or is there a new hidden depth in the theory? “Hollow Man’s” story brings us deep into the mind of a frustrated scientist Sebastian Caine and his abused team who are on the verge of uncovering the secrets of invisibility. Caine is ego driven and often drives his [...]
Retro Review: Hellboy
Comic writer and creator Mike Mignola has always had a flair for the dark, mysterious and heavily moody. His artistic style renders his creations and drawings often in heavy black backgrounds where only portions of their faces are seen. Mignola’s art style was always more about the words than the pictures when creating a comic. [...]
