Movie Review: Pixels

Pixels.... here is a movie I am not going to spend much time on. While I have definitely seen worse movies this year, that is not saying much. I think the worst thing is that from the time I saw the trailer right on up through its release until I was able to see it, I was a defender of Pixels. I thought it looked like a fun summer movie based on a pretty solid idea. Unfortunately, now that I have seen the movie, I can no longer defend it. I still think the idea is a good one, but the execution is just terrible. Pixels is not a good movie, it is lazy and boring.

Movie Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past

It is rare, at least in my experience, to see a franchise really begin to catch its stride this far in to its run. It is especially rare when you consider that said franchise did not start out all that bad, in my estimation. In fact, I thought they did a really good job with the first couple of films. 2000's X-Men and 2003's X2 were both pretty strong adaptations. Definitely not exactly like the books, but they did a good job of keeping true to the source while adjusting to the movie format. Then there was a steep stumble with X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Movie Trailer: Knights of Badassdom

You know, I had completely forgotten about this movie. I remember seeing the trailer a long time ago and being pretty excited for it. It is a story of LARPers who get sucked into the real thing. It is hard not to like a movie that features Steve Zahn, Peter Dinklage, and Summer Glau. Happy to see it is finally going to see the light of day and sad it is not getting a big theatrical release.