Normally I would cheer on a film like Paranormal Activity.  It was made on shoestring budget and managed be one the biggest movie successes in 2009 raking in over 100 million dollars at the box office.  However, after watching it I am completely baffled by the positive critical response and by the buzz it generated.  [...]

Food, Inc. is an evaluation of the costs and consequences of the food that we eat everyday.  It is also about the changes that have occurred in our food supply, most since the mid twentieth century.  Some are good some are bad but all have had serious consequences for both the consumer and the producer.  [...]

Welcome back loyal listeners to another installment of Dirty Sprocket Random Cinema. This time I am joined by Matt and we watched the very weird and messed up ‘Videodrome.’ Sit back and enjoy as we try to dissect what the hell this movie was about.

First off I want to apologize for some of the audio weirdness with this review.  It won’t ever be this bad again.  That out of the way hope you enjoy Matt and my review of the new Matt Damon movie ‘The Informant!’  If you dig the review make sure to tell your friends, and comment, [...]

Welcome loyal readers to part three of my series on Green Lantern.  The last two posts have more focused on the comics of Green Lantern Hal Jordan, and in this one I want to talk about the movies of Green Lantern.
Just recently the Green Lantern animated movie came out, long story short, it rocks.  It [...]

Thanks for checking out our very first video review.  Matt and I just recently saw ‘Funny People’ and decided to put up a video review as opposed to our normal ones.  Why, because it is much simpler for us.  If you dig this type of review just let us know and we’ll try doing some [...]

I have seen more movies in theatre than ever before.  Partly because writing about movies makes it easy to fill blog space.  Partly because, for me anyway their seems to be more appealing films in theatres.  These include Star Trek, Up, Drag Me to Hell, The Hangover and Harry Potter.  By no means has my [...]

Film ratings are a big hurdle for anyone interested in movies.  Typically they are very arbitrary, don’t make a lot of sense and are abstract.  However they are important because most of us need to streamline our movie watching due to time and money constraints.  Personally I can’t watch every single film that comes along [...]

In a world filled with innumerable lists of this sort do we really need another?  The answer is an enthusiastic yes since the list is mine.  My goal here is to give people who are fed up with foreign remakes, domestic remakes and reboots an opportunity to view something unique and original or as close [...]

Pixar has proven time and time again that no one does kids movies better than they do.  Their latest film Up is no exception.  Carl Fredrickson is an old man who has just lost his wife and is trying to honor her memory by fulfilling a lifelong dream of visiting South America.  He does so [...]