When I first heard they were making a movie based on
Battleship, I could do nothing but chuckle. Of course, I had the same reaction when Disney decided to make a movie based on an amusement park attraction and that turned out to be the surprisingly awesome
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. With that in mind there was a slim hope this would be a good movie. Well, don't hold your breath.
Battleship is not a good movie. Perhaps, when they choose to make them, Hungry Hungry Hippos and Connect 4 will be better. Still, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Nitro's O.F.R. Has to be one of the craziest metal release I heard in the late 80's. Granted, most of the stuff I was listening to at the time was hair metal, I had yet to really make the jump to truly heavy stuff. Anyway, there is something about this album that I really like. There was a time when I would sit and listen in awe to this. It really jus blew me away. These days I recognize it more for what it is rather than what I nought it was twenty some odd years ago. I still like it and certainly get a kick out of it, but the perspective is different. 
It has been pretty interesting to watch Liam Neeson reinvent himself as a bad ass action star over the past few years. Just look at movies like Taken, Unknown, Clash of the Titans, Batman Begins, The A-Team, the Star Wars prequels, and now The Grey. Now, these are not strictly action films, but there is a certain level of tough guy attitude required for them. With The Grey, Neeson gets to stretch beyond pure action hero and journey into some interesting emotional depths in this reunion with his A-Team director Joe Carnahan. This is a movie that sees old school Neeson pair up with modern day action Neeson to create a character of interest and depth.
Nearly ten years ago the first Underworld arrived in theaters and introduced us to a new goth-flavored look at war between vampires and werewolves or lycans. Over the course of the series we have learned the war has been going on for centuries without humanity ever knowing. We also learn the story of the first vampire/lycan hybrid, a conspiracy between the races and how our hero, Selene, became a target of pretty much everyone. A prequel film provided insight to the start of the war by taking us back to the beginning. Now, with the fourth film we get a story that simultaneously furthers the war and also feels a bit like a reboot, or at least a new beginning.
The fact that I saw The Vow on the big screen led many of my friends to wonder why. Upon hearing that I liked he movie led them to an even more incredulous "Why?" It seems that there are people out there who buy into the idea of the "chick flick" and the "guy flick" (with some of my friends being among that number), I am not one of those people. Sure, I have used these terms as a shortcut when describing a movie quickly, we all understand what they mean. So, we are back to me enjoying a "chick flick." Whatever you want to think, there is nothing wrong with enjoying romantic movies, it is just hard to find a good one.
It is not often that I have trouble getting through a movie. With Shock Labyrinth it took me four attempts to make it all the way through. It is not because it is shocking, oh no. I had trouble watching this entire movie because it is so utterly and completely boring. Seriously, this is a good cure for insomnia. I wish I could report differently, I mean, it was only ten years ago that writer/director Takashi Shimizu joined the likes of Hideo Nakata (Ringu) as a top flight voice on the Japanese horror scene with the Ju-on films. Shock Labyrinth finds the creator shuffling with a tale that feels less than fresh and needlessly convoluted.