TheRetroCritic

I finally talk about the new dino-reboot/sequel Jurassic World .

I finally review the one and only Birdman . KAH!

I break my own promise to not go and see another Hunger Games movie by... Going to see the new Hunger Games movie .

I review Christopher Nolan's latest. It's called Interstellar , in case you don't know.

I rant about Guardians Of The Galaxy ... at length. I'm "hooked on a feeling" that you're not surprised about that.

While back, I posted short story WWV over at sci-fi joke blog We, The Mindthinkers to coincide with the release of World War Z . And since it's vampire related and it's Vampire Month... Here it is! (click on the pic above)

Here's one I missed upon its release. Dunno why, maybe because it was boringly called " Extract ". From Mike Judge, the director of Office Space and Idiocracy , comes this random comedy about an extract factory and how the arrival of a con-woman, played by Mila Kunis, starts screwing things up for the people working there. Jason Bateman plays the owner who not only has to deal with whatever marital problems he's got (his wife is played forgettably by Kristen Wiig) but an unfortunate testicle-related accident that happens to one of his workers leading to the threat of being sued and, of course, Kunis' distracting meddling. Meanwhile, you've got Ben Affleck as a bad-advice-giving stoner bar tender, J.K. Simmons in a fun but underdeveloped role and David Koechner as an annoying neighbour. Extract really is full of those typically quirky Mike Judge characters and some of them do provide some good jokes throughout the film. The problem is the film itself. B

How anyone would come up with the idea of an earthworm superhero with a living piece of snot on its back still remains something of a mystery, but as out-there as Earthworm Jim was, it never stopped me from watching the cartoons or playing the games. Speaking of which: let's talk Earthworm Jim on the Sega Genesis. Easily one of the most surreal games you could play, this is a side-scroller where logic and reason do not apply. I mean, you're a super-worm who uses his own head as a helicopter to fly around once in a while or as a whip to hang onto platforms, and that's not even the weirdest part of the game! You start in New Junk City, a place made of trash and tires. You're going around murdering crows and launching cows... The first thing you'll notice, besides the WTF content, is that the game looks fab: the backgrounds are detailed, three dimensional, the design is creative and colourful, the animation is top-notch. It's a really visually enjoy

Well, it's that time again and you, yes YOU, my fellow viewers, get to vote for your picks for best and worst films of the year we'll be ending in just a couple of days. You'll see I've opened up a couple of polls on the top right and left of this Home page so go ahead and vote away! Polls will close in early January. The picks I've put up are a mix of films I've seen and wanted to include and films I didn't see but seemed to be particularly decent or terrible. Of course, I don't know everything so if your wanted pick isn't listed, fear not you can always pick "Other" and comment on this here post with your specific film. It will be included in the final results. Last year's best film, if you remember, was Captain America: The First Avenger and your worst was Battle: Los Angeles . So go ahead, if that final Twilight outing was just too much for you, if that Total Recall remake put you to sleep, vote! If Dark Knight Rises blew