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Sploich Reviews The Dictator (2012)

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Sacha Baron Cohen is back, this time as Admiral General Aladeen, ruler and dictator of the African Republic of Wadiya. After being threatened by the rest of the world to stop oppressing his people, Aladeen travels to the United States to speak to the United Nations. But he is forced into a life of American mediocrity when his right-hand man Tamir (Ben Kingsley) attempts to murder and replace him. Aladeen now has to rise back to power and stop his beloved country from becoming a democracy.

I think Cohen is a very talented comedian. He does a great job in every movie I've ever seen him in, no matter how bad the movie itself is. But he's one of those people who is only able to deliver other people's lines well. His own material, for the most part from what I've seen, just doesn't work and is not funny. It especially doesn't work in a standard comedy format like this. The reason Borat worked was because it was a mockumentary. The jokes work most of the time because the people are reacting to real situations, and when it is staged they kept to the same film style and at least faked it well. Here it's just lazy, unfunny improv wrapped around a very thin plot.

This movie wants so desperately to offend, but because of how desperate it is being, and because we've already seen this done a million times (by Cohen himself even), it just doesn't work. It backfires and feels as desperate as it is, like they weren't trying as hard to make funny jokes but just say offensive things. There are several moments where lines come out of nowhere, without anybody's lips moving. It's incredibly obvious when they just dubbed in a quick joke, none of which ever work. There's a reel of lines and scenes they didn't go with that play during the credits and none of them are any funnier than the material they actually used, leading me to believe they just didn't come up with very good material. And it's kind of hard to come up with material when its on the spot like that, which is one of the reasons I'm slowly coming to really hate improv artists.

I can't think of anything about this movie that works, really. I think Anna Faris, who played Zoey, a woman Aladeen befriends in New York, is just as good as she ever is. That isn't to say she got any good jokes though. I like Faris, but she has nothing here. Nobody does. Chris Parnell shows up in this as a news anchor and I like him too but his scenes in this movie are just worthless. In fact, there are a number of scenes in the movie that have absolutely no reason to exist and jokes that just go nowhere. I do recall, early on, chuckling at a couple of things. I can't for the life of me remember what they were now, but I do remember it happened. After that though, I just couldn't wait to get out of the theater. The only reason I don't hate it is because it doesn't deserve my hate.

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Sploich Reviews Underworld: Awakening (2012)

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A lot has happened between Underworld: Evolution and Underworld: Awakening. The humans have discovered the vampires, the lycans and their war and have decided to put a stop to it. Twelve years after the purging, Selene (Kate Beckinsale) awakens in a laboratory and set out to find Michael. But on her journey she encounters a little girl (India Eisley) who may be the key to finding what she's looking for.

This is a huge leap forward for this series and admittedly a tiny step backwards. First of all, the production quality far exceeds that of the previous three with much nicer cinematography (possibly necessary for the 3D, which I have not seen) and a lot more graphic violence than ever before. We're back to the crazy, over-the-top gun blazing and unabashed blood-gushing that this series does best, but the story is also a lot more engaging than it has been. The stakes are much higher now (no pun intended, vampires and all), not only because the humans have actually won the war against non-humans but because Selene is no looking for what's left of what she could call a family. There's also a group of lycans working on a serum that would be able to turn them into super-werewolves, able to absorb silver and be virtually impenetrable.

I had a lot of fun watching the first three movies, but this one really blew me away. It is action from start to finish and it only stops to let you breathe for a moment and then dunks you back into the excitement. Because so many things change so drastically between films, it takes a moment just to take it all in. But the film never gives the characters that moment like most other films would. It's nice to have that moment in those other movies but it would probably feel out of place and unrealistic here. These characters are running for their lives and they really never stop running. There are twists and turns all throughout this movie with characters dying when you least expect it and several unexpected surprises. I also thought it had some really great sound work, with plenty of metal crashing into other metal and walls, lots of roaring from the lycans and all sorts of other sounds that made it even more epic.

The only real downfall this movie has, and the only reason I don't give it the 10/10 that I wish I could, is the dialogue. I can honestly see this dialogue completely killing the film for anybody who doesn't already love these films. Almost every single line is exposition, a lot of which we don't even need, and they talk a lot. Sometimes it can be really campy and almost sort of work in a funny way, but other times it's just annoying and repetitive. I really wish they'd focused a little bit more on this because the rest of the film is so entertaining that it sucks that there aren't a lot of memorable quotes or anything. At the very least the movie should follow the "show-don't-tell" method that the other films sort of followed.

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Sploich Reviews The Devil Inside (2012)

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Twenty years after her mother murdered several members of the cloth during her own exorcism, Isabella Rossi (Fernanda Andrade) decides to bring a film crew (namely one camera man, Michael (Ionut Grama)) to Italy and see if she can perform another exorcism on her mother. She inducts the help of Fathers Rawlings (Simon Quarterman) and Keane (Evan Helmuth) who work outside the Catholic church's endorsement.

I don't really understand this film. It sells itself as being legitimate, even going as far as to give a website right before the credits for "more information." But then it goes on to show all the people who worked on the film, including the actors. I understand trying to engage the audience through the illusion of realism but even if I do take it as a real thing, I still don't understand the point of it. The filmmakers seem to have a very negative view of the Catholic church, but considering the subject matter I don't really understand their motivation. If this were actual footage then it would make sense but I know it's a screenplay they're working from so there motives don't really work.

Two or three exorcisms are performed, but they are relatively brief and really show off how low the budget was for the film. I wouldn't say the rest of the film is boring exactly, but it's definitely forgettable. I like the twist the film takes after they perform the exorcism on Isabella's mother Maria (Suzan Crowley), but then the movie stops early and doesn't give us much reason to care about what happened. If they had spent less time preparing us for the mediocre exorcism of the mother and focused more on what happens after, this could have been a very interesting and possibly even memorable film. As is though, it's just a standard, dull horror flick that's only worth checking out if you literally have nothing better to do.

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MURPHY 2012 -- Tex Murphy Game Kickstarter

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In this, the funniest Kony 2012 parody on the net, Aaron tries to raise awareness of the Tex Murphy Kickstarter campaign, starting May 15th.

Get more info on the Tex Murphy Kickstarter here: http://www.texmurphy.com

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Sploich Reviews Dark Shadows (2012)

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In the late 1700s, wealthy businessman Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) is turned into a vampire and his family cursed by a witch (Eva Green) until Barnabas learns to love her. He is buried and then unearthed in 1972 and must adjust to life in the new century while rebuilding his family name.

I don't feel like I'm in a minority when I say that I've never seen the original Dark Shadows soap opera upon which this movie is based. Apparently I am in somewhat of a minority in saying that I'd never even heard of it before this film was announced. And it would seem the people marketing this film knew about people like me because they sold it as being somewhat different than what it actually is. They've been selling it as a "Saving the Club" kind of movie when it's really more about Barnabas and his wanting to rid himself and his family of their curse. In this sense it's much better story-wise than the trailers let on, but it's also very unbalanced and a little tiring near the end.

For the most part, the movie rolls along pretty fluidly. The beginning feels a little rushed, just to get backstory out of the way, but then it keeps a steady pace. Around the beginning of the third act it suddenly takes a very dark turn and then another dark turn and rushes into the climax, only to have the climax be very confusing and rushed. From what I can only assume, it seems that they were trying to fit a lot of plot lines from the show into the film all at once. There are a couple moments that are probably more amusing to people who watched the show, and from what I could gather they were kind of amusing to me as well, but it felt like if they wanted to throw these things into the movie they could have been handled better. It feels like the movie had its fun with its own stuff, but then realized it was an adaptation and decided to throw all of that stuff in too without having it mix well with the rest.

The Collins family is made up of Elizabeth (Michelle Pfeiffer), Roger (Jonny Lee Miller), Carolyn (Chloë Grace Moretz), David (Gulliver McGrath), the live-in psychiatrist Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter) and groundskeeper Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley). The movie doesn't spend a whole lot of time with any of them, spending most of its time on the relationship between Barnabas and Angelique (the witch). But we are given enough time with the family to care about them and at least stay interested in them being in the story, which is more than I can say for the main love interest, Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote). Barnabas has two love interests in film, one who dies in the backstory without giving us any reason to care about her other than the fact that Barnabas cares about her, and Victoria who has pretty much the exact same treatment. I find it funny how, being set in the 70s, the film makes several references to the women's rights movement and yet the love interest has absolutely no personality of her own. She is given her own backstory but it's really not all that interesting. It's also just shoved in as a way to show why she and Barnabas belong together.

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Bobbert's E3 2012 Predictions: Microsoft

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The Avengers Assemble (2012) - En Masse Review

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Something Cinematic: John Carter

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On the brand new Something Cinematic, Tim covers everything about Disney latest attempt to make a blockbuster. Is the film worth it? Find out on the Something Cinematic Review of John Carter Chapter Selection: Intro(1:14) Trailers(6:55) Review(12:47) Final Thoughts(25:42) John Carter is owned by Walt Disney Pictures. Please Support the official release.

http://blip.tv/timdiana-the-reviews/something-cinematic-john-carter-6020578

Chapter Selection:

  1. Intro(1:14)
  2. Trailers(6:55)
  3. Review(12:47)
  4. Final Thoughts(25:42)
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Part 1

Part 2

Also, feel free to follow me on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TimdianaCritic

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Anime Discovery: Xam'd Lost Memories

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Is it me or does this reminds you of another certain anime series? Or is it a coincidence?

Xam'd: Lost Memories, released in Japan as Bounen no Zamned (亡念のザムド, Bōnen no Zamudo?, lit. Zamned of the Lost Memory) was released exclusively first in the US (completely in the original Japanese dub) on the Playstation 3, when it launched its PSN video service during E3 2008. It was the most downloaded video during that first launch, although after that, I haven’t heard any original scripted content from the PS Network ever since. So let’s dive right on in.

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George Talks About the SSX (2012) Demo

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More AMAZING stuff to watch at: http://purplecough.blogspot.com/

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Timdiana reviews Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance

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 ( Difficult to watch, but easily entertaining)


Superheroes are a dime in a dozen. They come in several shapes and sizes with a vast variety of not just powers, but stories as well. Several superheroes have found fame in the world of film, while others have not been so fortunate. One of those superheroes just so happens to be Spirit of Vengeance himself, the vigilante known as “Ghost Rider”. “Ghost Rider” had his first film debut in 2007, but though it had some commercial success; the film did not receive critical success.  However, with some surprise, “Ghost Rider” managed to ride again with a new film entitled “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance”.  With the predecessor already making things feel skeptical, can this film ride into the sunset with a victory? 

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) Review

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Hey guys this is ModernMary here. Saw Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance at the Midnight Release so here are my thoughts.

                                                                          PROS:

                                                     Darker Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider   
                                                           EXCELLENT Leading actress        
                                                              The minor characters  
                                                         The villain (and henchmen)  
                                                                     The Devil
                                                             Good sense of humor
                                                                   Action scenes
      
                                                             Christopher Lambert
                                                        Ghost Rider transformations·
     New Ghost Rider Design        
                                                             Scenes with
Ghost Rider
                                                       Ghost Rider's eerie new voice
  The Johnny Blaze and Danny relationship

                                          (As you can see, there are a LOT more pros than cons)

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Kisses On The Bottom- Album Review

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Today I’m going to review the new Paul McCartney album, Kisses on the Bottom (I’ll explain later), which was released today (this review was written on 7th February).


The album is McCartney’s 15<sup>th</sup> studio solo album. The idea behind the album was for McCartney to revisit songs from his youth. The album is mainly covers of old jazz songs, McCartney only contributing vocals for most songs, enlisting the help of Diana Krall and jazz producer Tommy LiPuma. The album was published by McCartney’s own company, MPL.

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MAGfest X Slideshow

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Enjoy a slideshow of some of the things that took place during MAGFest 2012!

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Six picks for Winter 2012 Anime Season

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Let's see what looks interesting.

Description of the anime below, and also don't forgot to share with your friends. ^,,,,,^




Busou Chuugakusei Basketarmy:  The story is set in August of 2026 at the Fuji Training Facility. Tōko Natori (voiced by Ami Koshimizu) is a third-year middle school student in the Eastern Defense Academy — Japan's first private organization to be established under the National Defense Education Law two years earlier.
Tōko is entrenched in field training with instructor Kamiya. It has been a harsh training regiment, but it is finally the last day. Kamiya proposes a "extracurricular class" under the name "Newest Weapons Research." But then, an incident occurs that turns the training facility into a sea of blood.

Another:  Spring, 1998. Recently transferred to Yomiyama Kita Middle School, Kouichi Sakakibara (15) gets the feeling something isn't quite right with his class, who all seem to be afraid of something. He finds himself attracted to the strange yet beautiful Mei Misaki, but his efforts to get closer only confound things further. Then there is a horrible accident... What on earth is happening in this place?

Senhime Zesshou Symphogear:  Created by video game producer Akifumi Kaneko and Elements Garden composer Noriyasu Agematsu, this new series follows two girls in a musical group named Zweiwing. Together, they must protect Earth against a threat known as "Noise" by donning weapons called Symphogear.

Recorder to Randoseru:  Recorder to Randoseru follows two unique siblings— Atsushi Miyagawa, an 11 year-old boy with the height and looks of an adult, and his elder sister Atsumi, a 17 year-old with the short frame of a child. Even though Atsumi looks like a grade schooler, she needs to look after her brother, who despite his tall physique, still acts his age. The anime is based on Meme Higashiya's four-panel manga.

Kill me Baby:  Sonya is an assassin, but in between all her missions, she still has to go to school like every other kid. She's joined by her fearless, but air-headed friend Yasuna, and a girl name Agiri, a ninja from her organization. The manga is based on the four-panel manga series of the same name, which ran in Manga Time Kirara Carat.

Kyousogiga:  Three kids are stuck in a strange city causing massive mayhem through the land. They are searching for an atypical rabbit in order to return home. Koto, the eldest of the three, seems to have some sort of connection to this weird place ruled by a monk, a demon, and a priest.

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Sploich Predicts the 84th Oscars - VISUAL EFFECTS UPDATE

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UPDATE!

So, the Academy has released an updated shortlist for Visual Effects, meaning I have to change my nominees. I have done so and the new finalized predictions can be seen at http://www.sploich.com/oscars/predictions.php. For my blogged version of the list, please go to http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/blogs/latest/entry/sploichs-84th-academy-awards-nominee-preditions

Thank you!

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Sploich's 84th Academy Awards Nominee Preditions

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Hey there, Sploich here, and Happy New Year! Over at my site, http://www.sploich.com/, I've been predicting the Oscars since about mid-2011 and today marks my last update before the actual nominees are announced. This is a hard year to predict as the nominees, no matter what they are, are going to be rather underwhelming. Regardless, here is what I have come up with and am stuck with from here on out (until February when I predict the winner). For a full list of my predictions (with double the slots in each category as well as links to my full reviews), please go to http://www.sploich.com/oscars/predictions.php. Here is a condensed list, complete with commentary:

BEST PICTURE
1: The Artist
2: The Descendants
3: Moneyball
4: The Ides of March
5: War Horse
6: Midnight in Paris
7: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
8: Young Adult
9: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
10: The Help

It's pretty tough picking Best Picture this year because I could honestly see any of the top six taking the prize. And what's more, the rules have changed this year so that there could be anywhere between five and ten nominees. Personally, I love the new system and I wish they would use it for every category (only two-to-ten, for every category), but it does add the extra prediction of having to guess how many nominees there will be. If I had to guess, I would say the top seven get in, if not all ten. I'm thinking I might regret not putting The Help higher, but it got some pretty mixed feelings from people I talked to.

BEST PICTURE, ANIMATED
1: The Adventures of Tintin
2: Rango
3: Rio
4: Arthur Christmas
5: Winnie the Pooh

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TOP 15 Most Surprising Games of 2011!!!

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This week we look at the Millennium Gamer's choices for the TOP 15 Most Surprising Games of 2011.


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TOP 15 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2012

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This week we look at the Millennium Gamer's choices for the TOP 15 Most Anticipated Games of 2012.


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Scary Movie V - Oh Jesus.....

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So last time I wrote about Jurassic Park IV and I said that that is a pile of shit that should die out and never be made. But while I was looking at movies coming in 2012 I came across the worst of the worst. They are making ANOTHER Scary Movie...movie. These movies are just the worst. First it was this, then came things like Epic Movie, Date Movie, Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie (boy was that an ironic title), and Vampires Suck. All of these are TERRIBLE movies including the Scary Movies. They ruin each genre they are parodying at a time. I guess you can say that the first two Scary Movies weren't THAT bad. They were directed by Keenen Wayans, the brother of Marlon and Shawn Wayans. It wasn't good but it made us all laugh and it was okay at parodying the good horror movies of the day. After the second one, David Zucker became the director. You would think this would be a good change because he also made Airplane and Naked Gun (the guy loves Leslie Nielson). BUT NO! These are terrible. They are pieces of shit's shit. And they won't stop making them!! It doesn't matter how many times people around the world say, "Will they just stop making these god damn movies," they just want their precious money. And that's literally all it is! Anna Faris, Anthony Anderson, and Regina Hall have all three agreed to come back to the project. I REALLY hope that that's just because they are stuck in a terrible contract because these names have become at least D-listers now, they are able to get other jobs! I mean I actually thought Anna Faris was moving on for a second. Yes I am a girl and I'm in a sorority, I actually enjoyed House Bunny PLEASE don't kill me for it. But Hollywood has put out such incredible movies in the past years that it needs to realize that these AWFUL genre-parody films need to go because, let's face it, we're not watching them.

I'm Kimmi_Cub and this is a movie I'm NOT going to be seeing.

Jurassic Park IV??!?!?1

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Why why why why why why why???? WHY are they making a Jurassic Park IV?? It's rumored to be made on imdb (here's the link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369610/) and all I can think of is why they thought this would be a good idea since the last one was soooooo good. It's rumored to star Jeff Goldblum reprising his role as Dr. Ian Malcolm (guess Jeff really can't get any other good parts in movies), Kierra Knightly, Dwayne Johnson (ughh....), and Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant. 

......COME ONE GUYS!!! Jurassic Park was so big in the 90's but so terrible in the 00's that it just shouldn't be made anymore. This is ridiculous!! WHY WHY WHY!!!!!

I am Kimmi_Cub and....ugh this is a movie I will not be seeing.

Drunken "The Amazing Spider-man" Trailer Review

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I take a drunken look at the Spider-man reboot trailer. Sorry about the audio only portion of this. New camera and I'm still trying to figure it out. Also, I was quite drunk.


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2012 Alone in the Dark

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Protection-A short

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This is a short from Good Time Glory. A man is trapped in a room and is trying to get out while clues are being left for him.

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The Fatketeers: 2012 & Fantastic Mr. Fox

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