Archive for 'Reviews'
Kick-Ass
Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
Kick-Ass is a superhero movie based on the comic of the same name by Mark Millar. It follows the exploits of a frustrated teenager named Dave Lizewski, who decides to become a superhero after getting mugged one too many times in New York. The movie is funny, thrilling, and overall very entertaining; but like my Chasing Amy review, there’s one gripe I have that stops the movie from being truly great.
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Chasing Amy
Posted on 21. May, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
Chasing Amy, a 1997 romantic dramedy by Kevin Smith, is a very flawed movie, but also a very powerful movie. Smith brings his signature style – quick, witty dialogue mixed with stoner humour – to the LGBT scene, and digs a little deeper than usual.
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Avatar review
Posted on 17. May, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
I’m torn on exactly what to think about Avatar. Does the enormous price tag help make it something worth seeing? Or is this just an expensive tech experiment?
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Alice in Wonderland
Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
Alice in Wonderland is a new Tim Burton movie that doesn’t suffer from being a Tim Burton movie, which was a pleasant surprise.
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Misfile
Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by Bran Rainey.
Misfile is the kind of webcomic I don’t want to read… or at least I thought so until I read it. Most transgender comics turn into a) sexist nonsense, b) fetish fuel, or c) both. In fact, I’d say the majority are both. Misfile, with very few exceptions, manages to avoid these pitfalls. It actually gives a fairly realistic portrayal of the situation, and uses it effectively to tell an interesting story.
