On this special episode of the Weekly Mashup we’re reviewing tons of horror titles: Pathology, Rest Stop 2, Joy Ride 2, and Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin. We also cover Entertainment Weekly’s Star Trek XI news and reply to a comment left by one of our dearest fans.
Category: Review
Watership Down: Politics Through Animation
Watership Down (1978)
Warner Bros./Nepenthe Productions
Starring the voice talents of John Hurt, Richard Briers, Zero Mostel
Not Rated
Running Time = 92 minutes
Available Now
Allegory – a story in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning: allegories are used for teaching or explaining ideas, moral principles, etc.
And again, another vocab lesson has passed. Read on.
Remember 2-D animation? Yes, there was a time when animated movies were drawn and painted by hand, without the assistance of computers. It’s a complex process that employs hundreds of hours of work and detail. The end result is a series of moving drawings on the screen. Continue reading “Watership Down: Politics Through Animation”
REVIEW: Crash Mind Over Mutant (Xbox 360)
If I could turn a video game into a cartoon, Crash Bandicoot would be on the top of my list. It consistently has top of the line one-liners that are hilarious. Crash’s latest outing continues the tradition. This sequel to Crash of the Titans, actually brings out a nice blend of monster smashing with Bandicooting – if there was ever such a word.
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REVIEW: The Smurfs Season 1 Volume 2
My biggest complaint about this dvd is that Papa Smurf isn’t as featured on the cover as he should be.
What can I say? If you were raised on the classics then you want the Smurfs- not for the same purposes as Gargamel, but you still have a hunger for them. They’re happy, little tales of happy, little people leading happy, big lives. . . . . . see what I did there? Continue reading “REVIEW: The Smurfs Season 1 Volume 2”
VIDEO REVIEWS: Weekly Mashup Episode 2
On this episode of the StuffWeLike.com Weekly Mashup we review:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – DVD, Speed Racer – DVD, The Happening – DVD, DreamKeeper 400, and Viking Battle for Asgard – soundtrack.
Please let us know what you think!
The Happening Isn’t All That Happening
The Happening
20th Century Fox/Spyglass Entertainment
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, and Alan Ruck
Written, Produced, and Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Rated R for violent and disturbing images
Running Time = 91 minutes
Available Now
Oh, M. Night Shyamalan. What hast thou wrought? The mastermind behind The Sixth Sense and Signs brings forth his first R-rated film. But much like Lady in the Water, the film falls flat. In fact, The Happening seems to rely more on shock tactics than any actual story.
Groups of people go into a seemingly comatose state, then proceed to kill themselves. Through a variety of means these folks take their own lives to the horror of those not affected. As the plague spreads, authorities determine it to be one thing: a terrorist attack. Continue reading “The Happening Isn’t All That Happening”