Primeval is getting SLAMMED by the critics and has earned (so far) a 3.4 out of 10 over at the Internet Movie Database. (This is actually a step up because it was at 2.8 yesterday.) To read some reviews on the film visit MetaCritic.com and see what the high and mighty critics have to say. A handful of them found it to be a watchable time-waster of a movie, but not all were as kind to this modern nature run amok flick. Personally it's sounding like a fun little killer croc movie, so I may just check it out.
Currently I'm working on THREE reviews for the Vault. I have everything set up and I've taken notes on one of the films thus far (namely "The Beast of Hollow Mountain"). Now I just have to sit down tonight and watch "Valley of Gwangi" and "Spacemen & Go Go Girls Double Feature" and I'll be set to go! Expect all three reviews to be popping up within the next few days.
In RC news, I'm going to begin my stuff tonight. My main goal is to get interview questions sent out to Mr. and Mrs. McKlennen tonight (for those that haven't been following, these two are the minds behind the First Annual Phoenix Fear Film Festival). Once that is out of the way, it'll be smooth sailing for me.
Finally in personal news, I'm feeling much better, though I'm going on week 3 of not seeing or spending time with my girlfriend. Life is full of challenges so I guess I'll just take mine on head first and quit bellyaching. Perhaps with extra doses of hard work, a little more discipline, and a healthier lifestyle, I'll be able to pull myself out of the rut I'm in.
So that's it folks! I'll blog ya'll again later to keep you updated on things! Cya later!
Monday, January 15, 2007
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Primeval (2007)
Not much buzz has been generated by the year's first (and apparently only) killer crocodile film. Though it's being touted as a serial killer flick (bad idea), the film's alleged serial murderer is actually a 25 foot man-eating croc in Africa. A newsteam is dispatched to track down and capture the critter but things quickly get out of control and soon the team ends up between a croc and a hard place. (Ha! I kill me!) The film came out yesterday and so far there have been hardly any reviews, and next to no talk about it on the web, which is curious to say the least. (IMDB doesn't even have much information regarding this film. No reader reviews, no votes, and nothing from the world's film critics! Very strange!) "Primeval" was set to come out later this year in late Spring but was moved to January 12th because a second (and probably better) killer crocodile film called "Rogue" was hitting screens around the same time. However, "Rogue" has just been pulled from 2007's theatrical release list for reasons unknown, so the whole move was a complete waste. It looks like "Primeval" is going to die off in theaters very quickly and end up on DVD within a month or two. Oh well, guess that serves 'em right for being wusses about going head to head with a similarly themed film. I plan on seeing this flick either tomorrow night or Monday (cash flow and weather permitting) so I'll let ya'll know if it's worth seeing!And for those that care... I feel much better than I did last night. Sorry about the super-serious and completely depressing blog post last night. But hey, it happens to the best of us, right?
Blog ya later!
Friday, January 12, 2007
2007..... not off to a good start.... :-(
As midnight struck on New Years Eve, I was excited. 2007 would provide a clean slate and nothing but good things were on the horizon. Boy was I wrong. Two weeks in and I'm in super depression mode and I can't really put my finger on just one reason why. (Oh great, my Blog has just become like all the others where people vent their frustrations at the world at large. Oh well, it had to happen sooner or later right?)
One of the major reasons is that no one leaves me the hell alone! (Including my parents. They don't approve of my lifestyle, as if they need to, and my mother, God bless her, is on some sort of quest to see that I attain some form of physical healthiness. I help pay bills when I can, bring home groceries when I can, and I help them out with just about anything that they ask me to. And yet they always use the "You never do anything around here" line when they get mad at me... simply the most hate-inducing tactic ever devised by parents.)
I need "alone time" (i.e. time to myself to relax, read, write, watch movies, play video games, and have some peace and quiet) and have since I was very young. Though I have a lot of siblings, I was generally the only kid in the house (and still am :-P) . Not surprisingly, that made me sort of a loner and pretty anti-social in my younger days (then again, I was a frequent target for bullies in my grade school, middle school, and high school years, so that sort of fed the need to be alone). Nowadays, I'm not such a loner and I do have a pretty active social life outside of work. I have some really great friends, and a loving girlfriend that may eventually become my wife... when the urge hits me of course. ;-)
But getting back to the whole depression thing, the straw that broke the camel's back and put me in a sour mood these past two weeks is the fact that my best friend from my high school years is about to tie the knot and has basically told me that I'm in his wedding. He didn't ASK me to be in it. Nope, he just assumes that I'm going to take time off from work, drive to New Jersey, rent a tux, and officially see him off to his new and prosperous life. (Note: Even if he pays for the tux, I'm still losing out on a good chunk of change that I can't afford. And I'm very proud when it comes to cash and refuse to accept financial help unless I'm pretty desperate. In this case, I'm only desperate to be elsewhere on the first weekend of June. Plus I have to go to JERSEY. Sure it's slightly better than Connecticut but still.... it's f*cking Jersey!!!!) Financial reasons aside, I no longer feel that we're close friends. We don't keep in touch too often and when he calls me (mainly because I'm terrible at keeping in touch with anyone), half the time he's drunk and obviously pining for the good ole days. As I see it, he's got his own life, I have mine, and he doesn't really figure into my life at the present. I just don't want to be involved with this wedding.
And once he's married, I doubt I'll ever see or hear from him again. In my experience, every friend I've ever had that's gotten married, has pretty much completely disappeared and (inadvertently) severed ties with myself and others. I guess that when you get married, you become part of a special "clique" and only spend time with other couples and leave everyone else in the dust. This isn't true for EVERY married couple (there are some cool ones out there) but I have seen it multiple times and it saddens me. I guess that's also why I'm depressed... that a once very good friend is moving on; that his life is sort of evolving into what people would expect for a young man with an excellent career and beautiful wife, while I'm just sort of stagnating here in the middle of nowhere and hating myself for it.
And this leads into a whole other chapter of depressing thoughts. I'm going to be 24 this year and while most of my former classmates have finished up college, gotten good jobs, new cars, hot wives.... here I am, in my parents' basement, paying debts for a "new" (used) truck and college loans for my one year of higher education at Marywood University (probably the best time of my life, next to the summer before my freshman year of high school). Even worse, I've been working in various jobs since I was 16, and all I have to show for it is a big ass DVD collection. I have no "nest egg" to fall back on if I lose my job for whatever reason, I have no savings, no plans for my future.... ::sigh::
I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. I'm in a shitty mood and just want most of the world to forget that I'm here. And I'm sure that those of you that know me well are sort of shocked to read this little prelude to a midlife crisis. (LOL!) I'm generally a really positive and upbeat guy (about 95% of the time), but lately .... I dunno.... I just kind of feel lost. All I've really got to keep me going are my writing and movie collecting hobbies... the two main things that bring the most joy to my life. Sad but true. (Luckily Tara, my long-term girlfriend doesn't read my Blog. If she read that last line, she'd kick my ass. Hahaha!)
Well I just needed to get all that off my chest, I feel a bit better, but I don't know what I'm going to do with this whole wedding thing. Some of you are probably thinking that I'm being an asshole about it, but hey, that's your opinion. I have a lot of things to figure out before I can sleep easy and be myself again.... if you have any suggestions let me know.....
Oh and rest in peace Yvonne de Carlo and James Brown... you two will be sorely missed.... (two more reasons why 2007 has been sucking dick thus far...)
One of the major reasons is that no one leaves me the hell alone! (Including my parents. They don't approve of my lifestyle, as if they need to, and my mother, God bless her, is on some sort of quest to see that I attain some form of physical healthiness. I help pay bills when I can, bring home groceries when I can, and I help them out with just about anything that they ask me to. And yet they always use the "You never do anything around here" line when they get mad at me... simply the most hate-inducing tactic ever devised by parents.)
I need "alone time" (i.e. time to myself to relax, read, write, watch movies, play video games, and have some peace and quiet) and have since I was very young. Though I have a lot of siblings, I was generally the only kid in the house (and still am :-P) . Not surprisingly, that made me sort of a loner and pretty anti-social in my younger days (then again, I was a frequent target for bullies in my grade school, middle school, and high school years, so that sort of fed the need to be alone). Nowadays, I'm not such a loner and I do have a pretty active social life outside of work. I have some really great friends, and a loving girlfriend that may eventually become my wife... when the urge hits me of course. ;-)
But getting back to the whole depression thing, the straw that broke the camel's back and put me in a sour mood these past two weeks is the fact that my best friend from my high school years is about to tie the knot and has basically told me that I'm in his wedding. He didn't ASK me to be in it. Nope, he just assumes that I'm going to take time off from work, drive to New Jersey, rent a tux, and officially see him off to his new and prosperous life. (Note: Even if he pays for the tux, I'm still losing out on a good chunk of change that I can't afford. And I'm very proud when it comes to cash and refuse to accept financial help unless I'm pretty desperate. In this case, I'm only desperate to be elsewhere on the first weekend of June. Plus I have to go to JERSEY. Sure it's slightly better than Connecticut but still.... it's f*cking Jersey!!!!) Financial reasons aside, I no longer feel that we're close friends. We don't keep in touch too often and when he calls me (mainly because I'm terrible at keeping in touch with anyone), half the time he's drunk and obviously pining for the good ole days. As I see it, he's got his own life, I have mine, and he doesn't really figure into my life at the present. I just don't want to be involved with this wedding.
And once he's married, I doubt I'll ever see or hear from him again. In my experience, every friend I've ever had that's gotten married, has pretty much completely disappeared and (inadvertently) severed ties with myself and others. I guess that when you get married, you become part of a special "clique" and only spend time with other couples and leave everyone else in the dust. This isn't true for EVERY married couple (there are some cool ones out there) but I have seen it multiple times and it saddens me. I guess that's also why I'm depressed... that a once very good friend is moving on; that his life is sort of evolving into what people would expect for a young man with an excellent career and beautiful wife, while I'm just sort of stagnating here in the middle of nowhere and hating myself for it.
And this leads into a whole other chapter of depressing thoughts. I'm going to be 24 this year and while most of my former classmates have finished up college, gotten good jobs, new cars, hot wives.... here I am, in my parents' basement, paying debts for a "new" (used) truck and college loans for my one year of higher education at Marywood University (probably the best time of my life, next to the summer before my freshman year of high school). Even worse, I've been working in various jobs since I was 16, and all I have to show for it is a big ass DVD collection. I have no "nest egg" to fall back on if I lose my job for whatever reason, I have no savings, no plans for my future.... ::sigh::
I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. I'm in a shitty mood and just want most of the world to forget that I'm here. And I'm sure that those of you that know me well are sort of shocked to read this little prelude to a midlife crisis. (LOL!) I'm generally a really positive and upbeat guy (about 95% of the time), but lately .... I dunno.... I just kind of feel lost. All I've really got to keep me going are my writing and movie collecting hobbies... the two main things that bring the most joy to my life. Sad but true. (Luckily Tara, my long-term girlfriend doesn't read my Blog. If she read that last line, she'd kick my ass. Hahaha!)
Well I just needed to get all that off my chest, I feel a bit better, but I don't know what I'm going to do with this whole wedding thing. Some of you are probably thinking that I'm being an asshole about it, but hey, that's your opinion. I have a lot of things to figure out before I can sleep easy and be myself again.... if you have any suggestions let me know.....
Oh and rest in peace Yvonne de Carlo and James Brown... you two will be sorely missed.... (two more reasons why 2007 has been sucking dick thus far...)
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The Ape (1940) makes its triumphant return to the Vault archives.
After a day and a half of changing up HTML, spellchecking, and some researching and extra writing, my old review for The Ape (1940 - Starring Boris Karloff) is now uploaded at the Vault for your reading pleasure. I plan on getting three to four NEW reviews up on the site this month and perhaps one or two old ones will be put back in their rightful spots as well. Thankfully, my workload at Rogue Cinema is relatively small this month (one article, 3 movie reviews, and an interview with Chris and Jim McLennen, the folks behind the 1st Annual Phoenix Fear Film Festival!) So cross your fingers, wish me luck, and toss up a few prayers to the Almighty if you're the religious sort. Any tiny bit of help would be appreciated. ;-)
Well time for bed! Blog ya later!
Well time for bed! Blog ya later!
Friday, January 5, 2007
Minor updates at the Vault.
Just updated the main pages of the site with some news concerning future DVD releases, put up a new poll (found at the bottom left of the main pages), changed the movie of the month, and tweaked a few things here and there on the site. The biggest chore I had was clearing out spammers from my forums. Seems like they're more interested in posting than most visitors... sigh....
Anyway, I have a trio of reviews planned for the middle of January and after that I plan on busting my hump on getting older reviews fixed up and uploaded. But I've done enough for the night, I'm going to go chill out for a few hours and play some "Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess," or watch a movie. I haven't decided yet.
Blog ya later!
Anyway, I have a trio of reviews planned for the middle of January and after that I plan on busting my hump on getting older reviews fixed up and uploaded. But I've done enough for the night, I'm going to go chill out for a few hours and play some "Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess," or watch a movie. I haven't decided yet.
Blog ya later!
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
December's Traffic at the Vault.
Here's just some interesting info about the traffic I received in my first month with a domain name. Despite the fact that my review archive is largely unavailable STILL (sorry about that), I had a good deal of traffic. Here's some interesting stats for you to digest:
From December 1st - December 31st I had 877 Unique Visitors; they visited 1,173 times, viewed 5,533 pages, and racked up a total of 33,617 hits to my entire site altogether.
I had visitors from other 40 countries, (most from the U.S.) including: Canada, most (if not all) of Europe, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Mexico, Malta... the list goes on! Too cool!
The most popular review on my site at the moment is for The Monster Squad. My reviews for Arena and Alien Predators are tied for second place, followed by the Johnsons, which is in third. The least popular review as of my writing this blog post is for The Dungeonmaster, so give it some loving if you could please.
Well as you can see, things are going great at the Vault thus far. I plan on getting a handful of new reviews done this month, while bringing a few of the older ones back from the dead. My goal is to have my entire archive up and running before this year is over (sooner if possible) so please, drop me a line and crack the whip on me. I know it's annoying to click on a link to a review and find an error message, so get on my case and things will get done faster! ;-)
Well I'm gonna head offline for the night. Need some sleep because I have to help my dad fix a huge dent in his front fender in the AM (mostly because said dent is my handiwork. Sorry dad!). Tomorrow night, expect things to change up on the main pages of the Vault and perhaps even expect and older review to creep up from the depths and take it's rightful place in the review archives! Check back late tomorrow night to see!
That's all for now, so I'll blog ya later b-movie fans! G'night!
From December 1st - December 31st I had 877 Unique Visitors; they visited 1,173 times, viewed 5,533 pages, and racked up a total of 33,617 hits to my entire site altogether.
I had visitors from other 40 countries, (most from the U.S.) including: Canada, most (if not all) of Europe, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Mexico, Malta... the list goes on! Too cool!
The most popular review on my site at the moment is for The Monster Squad. My reviews for Arena and Alien Predators are tied for second place, followed by the Johnsons, which is in third. The least popular review as of my writing this blog post is for The Dungeonmaster, so give it some loving if you could please.
Well as you can see, things are going great at the Vault thus far. I plan on getting a handful of new reviews done this month, while bringing a few of the older ones back from the dead. My goal is to have my entire archive up and running before this year is over (sooner if possible) so please, drop me a line and crack the whip on me. I know it's annoying to click on a link to a review and find an error message, so get on my case and things will get done faster! ;-)
Well I'm gonna head offline for the night. Need some sleep because I have to help my dad fix a huge dent in his front fender in the AM (mostly because said dent is my handiwork. Sorry dad!). Tomorrow night, expect things to change up on the main pages of the Vault and perhaps even expect and older review to creep up from the depths and take it's rightful place in the review archives! Check back late tomorrow night to see!
That's all for now, so I'll blog ya later b-movie fans! G'night!
The January 2007 issue of Rogue Cinema is online!
After dragging ass most of last month, then doing the bulk of my writing two nights before the deadline, I'm happy to say that all my stuff is now safely uploaded onto Rogue Cinema. Here's what I wrote up for this latest issue:
An Interview with S. Michael Phillips
Rogue Cinema Genre Watch - January 2007
Review: Dark Remains
Review: Glacier Bay
Review: The Red Skulls
Be sure to read all that, PLUS the rest of the material that my Rogue Reviewer brethren have written. Trust me, it's ALL worth a look!
Here's to a fruitful New Year full of cult and indie film goodness!
An Interview with S. Michael Phillips
Rogue Cinema Genre Watch - January 2007
Review: Dark Remains
Review: Glacier Bay
Review: The Red Skulls
Be sure to read all that, PLUS the rest of the material that my Rogue Reviewer brethren have written. Trust me, it's ALL worth a look!
Here's to a fruitful New Year full of cult and indie film goodness!
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