Posts Tagged ‘Signs’
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 15 – Quantum of Podcast
Episode 15 of The Filmdogs Podcast is up with a supercharged dose of estrogen as Filmdogs writer/contributer Ms. Mack guest hosts. We discuss the possibility of Bond 23 not happening and the fall of M. Night Shyamalan in the news. Then we have fun with our Featured Topic of the Week: Things that are better in movies than in real life. And to close it out we chat about a classic zinger from Clint Eastwood in our One Liner of the Week. A good time was had by all, listen in and you will too.
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M. Night Shyamalan returns with “The Last Airbender”
The world has not been kind to Mr. Shyamalan. Ever since the huge success of “The Sixth Sense” it seems Shyamalan has been unable to live of to his own hype in many people’s eyes. I personally love “Unbreakable,” “Signs,” and “The Village.” In fact, I always say “The Village” is the best episode of The Twilight Zone of all time. As for “Lady in the Water” and “The Happening”… well it’s hard to defend those. “Lady in the Water” is extremely self indulgent and “The Happening” is a gigantic laughable mess. So it is about time for the man to have a comeback and show the film going community that he is a very good filmmaker. Read the rest of this entry »
Mad Mel is Back: Review “Edge of Darkness”
“Edge of Darkness” is the first film featuring a now middle aged 80s superstar in an action role to actually work. Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis, and Sylvester Stallone’s recent attempts to revitalize their old franchises ended up leaving several bad tastes in our mouths. Now my problems with those films were never the actors. It was that the circumstances they found themselves in were increasingly ridiculous. Needless to say you won’t see a superhuman Gibson repeating all his old catchphrases in this film. This time it’s just a hard broiled cop out for revenge and kicking ass. Read the rest of this entry »
