I must begin by saying how impressed I am that a movie that languished, fully completed, on the proverbial shelf for three years still managed to make it to the big screen without leaking the plot. I know Joss Whedon has an extremely strong fan base, and they actually listened when he said, "please don't." (Unlike the idiot reviewer at New York's Village Voice, who gave away the ENDING OF THE MOVIE in the very first sentence of his so-called review. No, I'm not kidding. No, I will not provide a … [Read more...] about In Which I Attempt to Not Spoil Joss Whedon’s Cabin in the Woods
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My Review of The Prestige
[originally published on an old blog, April 27, 2007] Spoilers abound! There, you've been warned. I finally got to see a movie I've wanted to see for months now - The Prestige. It took me a couple of days to watch the entire thing; now I need to rewatch it all at once, to get the full effect. The entire movie was just filled with tension, not unlike the tension I feel watching a good illusionist. You spend the entire movie not really knowing what to expect, what will happen next. Rather than … [Read more...] about My Review of The Prestige