TheRetroCritic

In this fifth episode, fellow film buff Jamie and I discuss movie news, review a recent release ( After Earth this time) and rewind back to more retro cinematic topics. Do you know the answer to The Big Game ? What song is being sung during the "I Shat Myself" segment? Send your answers here: bigrewindpodcast@gmail.com The winner will get a mention in The Big Shout Outs at the end of the next episode. @TheRetroCritic retrocriticblog.blogspot.com youtube.com/Cablogula youtube.com/TheRetroCritic

Poor M. Night Shyamalan... It's really weird to see a director be so respected one second and the next have every single one of his projects become the subject of ridicule. Now, I've seen The Happening . I get it. That was one BAD movie, but even as that, I still liked it. It was really entertaining, had some decent ideas in there, despite everything, and was altogether very funny (intentionally so, alas). The Last Airbender did not anger me as much as it did many others. Don't get me wrong, as an adaptation of the cartoon series, it fails completely but as an effects-heavy kids' action flick, I enjoyed it more than a lot of the kid-friendly crap we get these days. It was entertaining and I had fun with it, despite the poor script and shoddy performances from the young cast. With After Earth , there was a real opportunity to go back to something a little more imaginative, a little more edgy. In a way, After Earth  is more imaginative and edgier but it stil