Sinister

In Sinister, Ethan Hawk plays a writer who has found his niche writing about unsolved crimes. The research for his current book leads his family to a new house. And to facts he isn't quite ready to deal with. He also finds comonalities to other unsolved crimes as a result; leading him to believe that this will be his most successful book yet. That is, until he starts getting that feeling that something is off. I guess moving into a house where a quadruple homicide took place could have that kind of an affect on you.

The research begins to take him down a path he knows nothing of. Nor is he prepared to deal with. It just goes to show, non-belief in something won't protect you from it. On top of making you question what you do or don't believe in. Sinister will make you look at every picture you own a little closer. As well as keep a closer eye on your kids.

Sinister was not only fun to watch but you feel yourself being pulled into the story. If something so eerie could be considered fun. An added level of depth is reached in Sinister by poking some fun at itself. This is usually done by giving a realistic voice of reason to a Character in the film.  Until recently its been a given that in Horror films you have to dispense with certain rationales to increase belief in the world of the film.  Certain things were either a given or foregranted.  You had to remember that going in. This is one tide turning in film. One, if not the only benefit of adding some reality into beloved fiction.

So why go see this movie?

Because it was awesome! Eerie, creepy. Way more than a good time! It doesn't matter what you call it. All that matters is that you go see SINISTER

The Raid: Redemption

This was an entertaining film.  Worth going to see, AND paying for!  A squad of police officers have orders to raid an apartment building, in an attempt to arrest its Druglord owner.  On the 14 floors between the officers and the kingpin's top floor penthouse apt; the building is filled with goons, muscle, look-outs and the dealers themselves. It's a kung-fu movie, but it's also current.  More precisely it's Gun-fu.

So why see this movie?

The action.  Enough people got molly-whooped so distinctively that you must see them die!  If a movie doesn't have at least one death that blows your mind, the action fails. It is predictable.  From the rip you know that these guy are gonna be betrayed.  If they haven't already.  Some of the fight choreography begins to get stale, but its still worth the ticket price. I would definitely say go and see The Raid: Redemption.

John Carter

John Carter is based on the novels of Barsoom.  I don't know what Disney was thinking or why.  But for whatever reason more than 100 years after the novel's first printing.  They have produced 'John Carter'.  Clearly this is not a story the American people have been waiting for.  Why would we, when Superman is based off the same basic principle.  A man goes to a different planet.  And b/c of the differences on this planet versus where he is originally from.  This man has abilities not previously possessed on Earth.

Once he's on Mars there's a princess who's fighting a losing battle for her planet.  John can help, but refuses to get involved.  Still troubled by the loss of his family, during the civil war.  John is having trouble committing to any cause now.  Kinda understandable when you're in a movie that cost $250 Million to make and you only get  $68 mil back on it. (domestic)

Why go see this movie?  I don't have a good answer for that. If you got a chance to see it for free or you want to get rid of the kids for an afternoon.  This'll be right up your alley.  Outside of that.  Save your duckets for the pleathorea of other cinema that'll be out this summer.