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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2010

Freddy’s back in the update of Wes Craven’s classic tales of the hideously disfigured dream-stalker and his prey.

A few big name actresses here, Rooney Mara, Katie Cassidy, and Connie Britton, all of whom are big enough stars that I expected they would survive the movie, but I guess I should have known better, normally the survival rates for a Nightmare flick is 1 or 2, maybe 4 if you’re dream warriors. I’m a big fan of what Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, Human Target) did with the Freddy role, which is comparable to Robert Englund’s first outing. The special effects on his face were downright creepy, unlike the previous film where it was a rubber mask with no gore or horror to it at all.

This was a good Nightmare film, but I’m happy the franchise is inactive, it’s a difficult well to go back to again and again.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

In the tradition of Amblin classics where fantastical events occur in the most unexpected places, Jack Black and two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett star in The House with a Clock in Its Walls. The magical adventure tells the spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. But his new town’s sleepy façade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches. Based on the beloved children’s classic book.

What’s up with Jack Black and all these kid friendly films lately? (checking google) Oh, his kids are 10 and 12, so now he’s doing stuff that’s going to appeal to them too. That’s a thing I guess, it’s not like all his previous work was so raunchy that kids could never watch it. On to the film though:

It was fun. No one’s going to write a thousand word essay on how great it was, but it was a fun movie to watch, Jack Black was charming as always and Cate Blanchett was distressingly pretty and stole nearly every scene she was in. I see why she was chosen for the role, but it really felt like she was slumming it here.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child

The kids on Elm Street have. For five years, a walking nightmare named Freddy Krueger has haunted their sleep–seeking revenge for the horribly disfiguring death he suffered at the hands of the children’s parents. Now, through the dreams of an unborn child, Freddy has resurrected himself … and he’s looking for new victims in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child.

The movie opens with an infamous Rape Room that birthed Freddy; an origin that took 5 movies to get to and is completely fucked up in any way that I think about it. This scene is followed up by a graduation scene that goes on way too long and doesn’t really have the same feel as the rest of the movie. Turns out that Freddy was a demon baby from birth! born from a nun that was nearly raped to death by crazy people, but this isn’t just a flashback though, this is the actual rebirth of freddy, and freddy can getcha while you’re awake now! but why!?

Maybe because the main girl is “just a little pregnant”?

There was another rap song during the credits, I don’t think freddy was rapping this time though, for better or worse.

Overlord

On the eve of D-Day, American paratroopers are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success. But as they approach their target, the G.I.s come face-to-face with enemies unlike any the world has ever seen.

Fantastically better than I was expecting, the acting was fantastic, the story was believable, and the special effect were on point and completely believable. I went in thinking this was going to be yet another WW2 zombie story, but it isn’t. I mean, it sorta is, but not in the way those trailers would make you think.

I suggest you check it out if you liked Inglorious Basterds, it had the same attention to detail and the same kind of brutality.

Wakefield

Successful suburbanite commuter Howard Wakefield (Cranston) has taken a perverse detour from family life: He vanishes without a trace. Hidden in the attic of his garage, surviving by scavenging at night, he secretly observes the lives of his wife (Jennifer Garner) and children. But soon, he realizes that he has not left his family … he has left himself. Also starring Jason O’ Mara and Beverly D’Angelo, Wakefield is “one to definitely seek out”, (The Hollywood News).

This is a one man show for Bryan Cranston, starring Jennifer Gardner’s sideboob. Much like other movies that are primarily one person (Buried is the first to come to mind), the entire movie hinges on the abilities of the primary star, which in this case are fantastically and readily apparent. The entire concept is one that most people are familiar with and have likely played around with in their heads: What if we just gave up on our lives and went somewhere else? Only in this case, he didn’t go anywhere, he just lived in the detached garage watching his family move on.

The ultimate resolution left me feeling weird, but honestly I feel like what would happen in the 30 seconds after the final scene would be perfect content for another full movie and I’m happy to leave it where they left it.

It’s great fodder for discussion at least, so if you’ve seen Wakefield, how do you feel about his decision to detach, and how do you feel about that final scene?

Titans

This is the best I’ve ever seen for live action Titans. The series thus far has been ok to great, with some weird pacing issues that happen from time to time. There was a curious pocket pilot episode for another entirely different show, and while yes it got us Beast Boy, it still felt out of place.

The CW is still killing it with their shows, but Titans is a bit better than anything they’ve offered so far, but only just.

Star Trek Fleet Command

A mobile game that uses the way overused “timers” method of gaming, in which the players have multiple countdown timers that they manage and get time reduction tokens by completing mundane tasks. As you might imagine, you can purchase an in game currency to in turn purchase those same reduction tokens. It’s all very boring, very repetitive and a complete waste of time. Here’s an ingame screenshot, in it there’s a “winner” countdown with 4 counters inside, a lootbox count down with 3 counters inside, then on the left is a wrench that has the two upgrade countdowns.

Here’s the trailer that sold me on trying the game out.

The trailer is a complete lie, at no point is there FPS space combat, it’s all automated and pretty damn boring.

It’s a great trailer though, mad props to studio that made it.

The Incredible Hulk 4k

Academy Award nominee Edward Norton stars as scientist Bruce Banner, a man who has been living in shadows, scouring the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with his most formidable foe: the Abomination -– a nightmarish beast of pure aggression whose powers match the Hulk’s own!

A perfect example of a terrible, horrible, no good, lack luster, incompetently and badly done 4k transfer. All the colors are muted, all the dark parts of the movie are inexplicably darker and more difficult to see, and I get the sense that there is no HDR on this disk. The audio track is still great, the surround sound features during the soda bottling fight are awesome, but all those great audio effects are for nothing if you can’t see anything at all on the screen.

Skip this 4k version, I’m sure they’re going to go back to this well again to make better choices.

Pacific Rim 4k

I’ve heard that this movie is pretty great in 4k and I found it for $9 at Target, so I jumped on it as quickly as possible, which it turns out was not as easy as I had assumed. We have several Targets here in town, and while the Target.com website suggested that the closest store had a couple copies, they did not, in fact, have any. They checked their internal inventory system and saw that there were two copies on the far far side of town, so I called that store and asked them to pull one for me, which they had no problem doing.

When I got down there though, I found they had pulled me the HD version and not the UHD version, so the guy had to go hunting for it, luckily finding it without much fuss.

I’m here to tell you, this is by far the definitive version of the film, and if you really want to put your new 4k tv through it’s paces, this is the movie to do it with. That scene with the plasma sword while in orbit? Absolutely breathtaking. That scene where they punch the other thing? Absolutely breathtaking. It’s a great film to begin with, but the 4k transfer is nearly flawless as far as I’m concerned and highly suggest seeing it in that format.

Freddys Dead The Final Nightmare

In this sixth return to the horrifying world of Nightmare on Elm Street, the town of Springwood decides to forever end Freddy Krueger’s deadly hold on their dreams. Freddy finally confronts the one person he has never been able to defeat, a psychologist who now learns the source of her lifelong nightmares–Freddy’s daughter–in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare.

That’s the official amazon description, which spoils the only “fun” part of the movie: Freddy had a kid! And he had a wife! This was the first Freddy movie that I noticed is filed under “comedy horror” according to wikipedia, and after watching all these, yeah that’s about right. From a map that says “we’re fucked” to Freddy actively using a NES slogan “now I’m playing with power”, all wrapped up with the idea that this all wasn’t really Freddy’s fault, it was the three creatures that looked like the fish from a monty python movie:

No rapping over the end of this one, just a jazzy orchestral number.

Is that disappointment that I feel over this? Maybe. The rapping was just campy enough that it worked for me.

The Interview

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A TV host and producer land an interview with Kim Jong-un, but plans change when the CIA recruits them to ‘take him out.’

I think this was actually one of the first movies I ever purchased digitally at full price, and now thanks to the miracle of Movies Anywhere, I was able to watch it again!

It’s a funny movie.

John Wick 2

Unlike the first John Wick film, this sequel has several moments that highlight the technological achievements, the best of course being the mirror room fight, boy howdy that was one hum dinger of a visual feast!

john wick 4k

I’ve seen John Wick about a dozen times at this point, but never in 4k!

It’s still a good movie, even in 4k, though this first one didn’t really have much in it to highlight the 4k-ness of it’s true nature.

Google to simplify messaging strategy will support only five messaging apps

Quintuple-app strategy offers “a simpler and more unified communications experience.”

What exactly is that first one up there? is that the SMS only app that has the same exact name as 15 other apps on the Play store?

Calvin Tells The Truth

8Bit Armies

8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph’s first game in the 8-Bit RTS series. It commemorates the first Command & Conquer games with its accessible gameplay mechanics while providing a fun and timeless art style that introduces new players to the genre. A unique console controller scheme makes it easier than ever to build bases and command large armies without complex button memorization. Features Jump right in with easy to understand modern military units and structures Play cooperatively or versus the AI choosing from multiple difficulty options Use classic RTS Base-Building mechanics to construct the ultimate HQ from which to attack your foes Explore a variety of locales, destroying everything that gets in your way with devastating superweapons Two campaigns with a total of 40 single-player combat missions for many hours of gameplay Join your friends to play 12 co-op missions against a variety of AI opponents Gather up to 8 online players to team up in one of the dozen multiplayer/skirmish maps

A fun game with some pretty simple mechanics, there were about 40 different campaign levels and I feel like it could have been tightened up to about 30 levels.

Worth what I paid for it though, it was entertaining for a few weeks of gameplay.

blade runner 2049 4k

Bought this during Vudu’s black friday sale. It’s a great film in 4k but now I wish I had waited and got the disk, cause all these 4k movies being streamed is killing my comcast cap.

The Catcher Was a Spy

Paul Rudd stars in this true-life thriller about a Boston Red Sox catcher-turned-WWII spy tasked with assassinating a Nazi atomic scientist. With Jeff Daniels, Paul Giamatti.

Great actors with a mediocre storyline that really left a lot about the guy’s life up in the air.

sucker punch 4k

Born from the creative vision of filmmaker Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300), this epic action fantasy launches from the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Locked away against her will, Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four fellow captives – outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish) – to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorki (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller (Jon Hamm).

Visually appealing with limited story appeal this was a a great $6 purchase to highlight 4k and HDR.

Crazy Rich Asians

Nearly every chinese actors you’ve ever seen in American films are represented here, and yet in some way this does not feel forced, unlike movies like the Meg where everything about the move just screams that it was made just to be sold to asians. It’s a fantastic movie with some really fantastic scenes both visually and plotwise. There’s a couple different plotlines going on, both of which are resolved satisfactorily.

Batman is happy

The Aquaman Premium Format™ Figure Brings the Seven Seas to Your Collection

Sideshow is proud to present the Aquaman Premium Format Figure based on the likeness of Jason Momoa, inspired by James Wan’s epic cinematic vision for Aquaman.

California gives final approval to code requiring solar on new homes

California will be the first state to require solar panels on new homes after key officials gave their final approval.

Attack the Block

A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.

Free to watch on Vudu, and if you were able to watch it last night, you got a $2 to your account!

I love this movie, it was great when I watched it originally, I liked the alien design and soundtrack, but it turns out that a couple of the cast went on to do bigger and better things, namely John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker.

Kelloggs use rejected cornflakes to make beer in bid to cut down on food waste

Consumers concerned about their carbon footprint will soon be able to drink beer and assuage their guilt over the environment at the same time as Kelloggs releases a beer made from leftover cornflakes.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors

A psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

A band of kids at a psych hospital are taught by a familiar face to torture and kill Freddy. There’s a whole bunch of question choices going on here, but this was still a fun Freddy film.

It took seven miles to pull over a Tesla with a seemingly asleep driver

The driver was arrested for drunk driving.

The ridiculous Xbox Onesie is back and this time you can buy one

Heads up, Xbox fans: it’s onesie time.

Lone Echo

Directed by Dana Jan, Ru Weerasuriya. With Troy Baker, Alice Coulthard, Dave Fouquette, Liam O’Brien. Set in the year 2126, Lone Echo casts players in the role of an ECHO ONE service android nicknamed “Jack,” aboard the Kronos II mining station orbiting Saturn. When a mysterious spacial anomaly knocks out some of the station’s vital systems Jack and human crew member Olivia Rhodes work together to repair the damage and investigate the mysterious phenomenon.

Paul Ryan says one of his biggest regrets is the ballooning federal deficit The evidence shows he has himself to blame

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said one of his biggest letdowns was the increasing federal deficit, but he helped make the debt situation worse.

Level 101 Tim Larkin Artifact

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Is it Time to Move on From WordPress

WordPress 5.0 is on the horizon, and with it comes their much-hyped new editing experience, Gutenberg. The inclusion of Gutenberg in this release has caused no shortage of acrimony in the WordPress community. The new editor is opt-out as opposed to opt-in (and opting out requires installing yet another plugin), and is such a significant departure from their original content editor that it is guaranteed to cause major issues with third-party plugins and themes (Gutenberg, for example, does not support WordPress’ meta box API, an essential component of customizing the current editing interface used by countless plugins.

This very website is running on WordPress and I’m struggling with the concept of not having the same editing system that I’ve been using for the last 10 years. I’ve even written a few custom metaboxes myself and I’m curious about how I’m going to translate them to this new fancy editor screen. Curious and worried.

Rocket Raccoon is angry

Wolvering vs Hulk

Idiocracy

Meet Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson). He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed. But when a government hibernation experiment goes awry, Bowers awakens in the year 2505 to find a society so dumbed-down by mass commercialism and mindless TV programming that he’s become the smartest guy on the planet. Now it’s up to an average Joe to get human evolution back on track.

There’s a risk that’s run when you show something you love to someone that you love, maybe they won’t love it too? I found out tonight that my wife doesn’t like Idiocracy, one of America’s greatest comedy films of all time.

Mission Impossible Fallout

How does this series keep getting better?

Also, how does Tom Cruise still look exactly the same?

Also Also, it was great to see that expensive mustache in action.

Vader and a sports car

the ultimate face off

The case for canceling your Amazon Prime subscription

Slowly but surely, an Amazon Prime backlash is coming.

Three Magicians

Rick and Morty Minimalist

Tiki Rocket

Nothing on this page is real How lies become truth in online America

On Facebook, he writes America’s Last Line of Defense. She likes and shares.

Spiderman with mary jane on his back

The New Spidey Suit

Dredd 4k

4k Dredd is best Dredd.  If you haven’t been able to experience Slo-Mo from the MaMa Clan in 4k, I highly suggest it, it’s a great experience.

A Grave Climate Warning Buried on Black Friday

In a massive new report, federal scientists contradict President Trump and assert that climate change is an intensifying danger to the United States. Too bad it came out on a holiday.

Neon Genesis Evangelion

So now were a country that gasses children

Desperate refugees have arrived at the US border. They want to cross over to request asylum, which they have to do — they can’t stay in Mexico and make that legal request.