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In 1990, a little movie appeared on HBO's schedule an awful lot called "Troll 2". Bearing no resemblance and having nothing to do with the 1986 "Troll", there was already something off about this movie. But that title was just one of the many, many things wrong with the film. First, there were no actual trolls in it (they were referred to as "goblins" which is a different race in folklore); second, the film up and down, left and right (B,A,B,A select start) was just downright...terrible. But there was something about it that was highly amusing, too. Lines like "You can't ...

Inception

Christopher Nolan has to be one of our most ambitious filmmakers. He's been compared to Kubrick, in his unique visionary approach to films, and his ability to create worlds that every character lives and breathes in, such as "Memento", and his "Batman" reboot. He's made some great films, including "The Dark Knight", and "Following"; he's also made more gimmicky films that work only as a trick such as "The Prestige". With "Inception", he takes on the world of dreams. Dream sequences have been a part of film for a long time, and sometimes they work and sometimes they won't. But what ...

Iron Man 2

Comic book movie sequels can be a conundrum. While you already have the pressure of being a sequel already, most of the time you're given the chance to flesh out your hero a little more and give them another villain to work with. You do, however, have the advantage of a lot more material to work with. Marvel is the most prominent icon in comic book movies today, with the successes of The "Spiderman" series, the "X-Men" series, a revamped "Hulk" series, and of course the first "Iron Man". But the "Iron Man" series has a different kind of approach ...

A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010)

Michael Bay has quickly become the equivalent of a 1st Grade Elementary School Level Producer of Remakes. And even then, I'm probably giving him too much credit because at least a 1st Grade production of something has charm and innocence, something his "remakes" lack. While he's not the filmmaker, he is the money guy and the one who usually puts these together. But along with "Friday the 13th" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "A Nightmare On Elm Street" joins the clothesline of butchered projects that are coincidentally slasher remakes. It's not that this film is necessarily bad. The acting is fine, the ...

Kick-Ass

"With great power, comes great responsibility." That's Peter Parker's Uncle Ben, giving his nephew Peter a little bit of foreshadowing as he emerges as The Amazing Spider-man. True words. But how about when you have no power? Kick-Ass, also known as David Lizewski (played by English actor Aaron Johnson), asks this question in the film "Kick-Ass", a non-superhero super-hero movie that works almost as two movies. One, a light hearted comic book movie that features a lot of action, and cartoon violence. The other is a more serious undertone of betrayal, hatred, and exploitation on the part of fathers and their ...