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Air Bud: Spikes Back review

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 12 March 2016 08:00 (A review of Air Bud: Spikes Back)

For some reason this site is only showing this page whenever I try to upload it by IMDB. I don't know what's going on with that. Anyways so this is the final main sequel before everything becomes the buddies world. It looks like this one also starts off the animal voice overs. Volleyball means there will be some bikini bods and right now that's the only thing I think will go well here. This must be Mike Southon's only directing credit and if you go to his page it doesn't even show it. Robert Vince just returns solely as the story creator. It also looks like Anne Vince and Anna McRoberts write here as well. Sadly Caitlin Wachs is replaced this time around. Whereas Patrick is once again replaced looking completely different. At least Tammy and even Cynthia Stevenson returns again. It looks like Frank C. Turner and Jay Brazeau are now gone from the series as well. Oh no hick accents that's not promising. Man she really can't keep anyone around. Oh boo hoo! Jeez that song was way too emotional lol. Oh quit that sappy stuff already. They really are making that so dramatic. At least it's consistent with her character. So is that how volleyball comes into play. So far it seems they are beginning to drift away from the sports aspect. Now you have your motivation to finally get to the sports aspect. It's about time. These films love to rehash side actors as different characters. How is it possible that every single team are called the Timberwolves lol. Bring some originality at least once. Thank God they only made it so one player was missing instead of the top 3. Yeah this is by far the worst one. Even more so than part 2. I didn't like Andrea's replacement that much. These are really formulaic and sadly it just doesn't stand up to the rest of them that well. The sports is only the latter half of the movie and honestly not that much of a surprise like the others. Also now none of Buddy's kids are around. These movies aren't very consistent with such things.


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Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch review

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 12 March 2016 05:46 (A review of Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch)

So I am continuing on. This one looks like it's about to fall back to the bottom again. I mean a raccoon and another set of dognappers. I mean isn't there any other conflict they can come up with. Sheesh. Well Robert Vince directs his first of the series here. Whoa it took four screenwriters this time including Anne Vince from the previous installment. For Sara Sutton and Stephanie Isherwood this is their only writing credit. As for Anna McRoberts it looks as if she stays on for just about every sequel after this. At least actors other than Kevin Zegers return this time including the actress who played the mom from part 2 for some reason. Haha this is the third Patrick though. They didn't even try to get someone who looked similiar. It looks like the referees from the first 3 are getting much different and possibly bigger roles this time. Okay that was kind of neat seeing all the dogs playing the sports we have seen them play. I mean of course they have to pass on the torch since he can't be in school forever. What the hell the house is back to looking like the part 2 one!? It seems they always have trouble in the beginning. I'm surprised Buddy still hasn't played and it's already halfway through. Oh the life of a middle child. I mean I wouldn't know myself though. It's about time. So whatever happened to the other two puppies and Buddy's girl? Realistically a baseball would probably destroy a dogs face. Then again it's a movie so yeah I'll let it slide. That mailman has got to take a chill pill! I thought Caitlin Wach really held her own as the main star this time around. There is a lot of overacting throughout which kind of made it a little tiresome sometimes. I did like the baseball stuff. I probably enjoyed it more so for that because I used to love baseball. It wasn't awful though, but it's a definite step down from part 3.


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Air Bud: World Pup review

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 12 March 2016 01:39 (A review of Air Bud: World Pup)

So I'm continuing on with the Air Bud series. It seems like Kevin Zegers is the only actor this series can mantain. I swear he can't keep anyone is his family. Also I'm pretty sure Andrea was not that old in the last film. This seems to be the only film of any worth directed by Bill Bannerman. At least this one actually has people noted for scripting. This is the only credit for Mick Whiting. Robert Vince would go on to write and direct many of the sequels. Anne Vince however only writes the next movie. I was about to say don't tell me that's Buddy because that dog is definitely not the right shade. The house is looking a bit different here too. I swear the only consistency is Josh. Well at least this is a villain that makes sense. Aww that's so adorable. Oh she is foreign. Hey dude quit creeping already. Didn't you need to go to the library? Now we have a reason for him to join yet another sport. I guess he is a jack of all trades. Oh wow even Josh's best friend in these has been consistently the same. I guess these two referees is a running gag of the series. Dude that is way too much. He seriously didn't hear any of that? And thus the buddies films originated. Yeah these villains are still goofy, but they are way more tolerable than the previous villains. The ending was cute. I do think the real soccer players shouldn't have said anything though as they really can't act. It's definitely more enjoyable than part 2. It brought the series back up a notch. It has it's issues though.


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Air Bud: Golden Receiver review

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 10 March 2016 09:59 (A review of Air Bud: Golden Receiver)

So I've decided to go ahead and get the Air Bud series out of the way (yes even the buddies films). I mean I loved the first one. It's an underrated classic! At least they have people return for nearly all the main sequels. Is there really no writer credited here? It seems all the credits are just for the character creators. Richard Martin doesn't seem to have much of a career. The only other movie I've heard about from him is Slap Shot 3. They should know they can't just expect him to stay behind. Also hello he is a crafty little bugger. What was with all the weird fluidity of the video? I could understand being scared of a needle if it was like a sword or something lol. Oh my that is one dreadful Russian accent. Of course this needs some sort of villain. Well at least he didn't have an immediate change of mind. Yeah that isn't how trying out for a team goes. There isn't always room, but okay. I figured something like that would happen. Haha Buddy's touchdown dance. This could've been way better if they had taken out the "Russians". The humor is decent, but sometimes a bit too ridiculous. "You and your kids will love this Movie!" No I think not. Well not me at least. I mean it's nostalgic to see the character again. It's just rather disappointing. Hopefully the next one doesn't have ridiculous villains thrown in.


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Daddy's Home review

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 9 March 2016 11:41 (A review of Daddy's Home)

I really despise Will Ferrell. Not only is he a man-child that never quits he always acts with people that I really enjoy. Then again I still end up watching movies of his hoping to be surprised by an actual good performance. Of which Everything Must Go was one such time. Also I have a saying to give everything at least a shot. I actually enjoy Sean Anders films from Sex Drive to Horrible Bosses 2. The only movie I hated was Dumb and Dumber To. John Morris has accompanied him on many of these films as the writer. Brian Burns wrote some for the Blue Mountain State show which I found hilarious. That little girl needs therapy. Then again I would draw homeless man crap on his head too. Haha Mark Wahlberg's character is definitely awesome. Okay that motorcycle part just doesn't seem possible whatsoever. Okay that's pretty funny. Hannibal looks like he is a bit high here. Holy crap that's definitely not good! Even Hannibal is more hilarious than Will Ferrell. Oh yeah sometimes you learn the right things for wrong situations lol. Of course he ends up shirtless once again. Like what makes him think it's funny to do that in every film? That ending was great. What goes around comes around. Mark Wahlberg and Hannibal Buress bring most of the laughs here. I would choose Linda Cardellini over Alessandra Ambrosio any day. It's not a great movie, but it really isn't all that bad. I was amused for the most part. It still has pretty much the same humor as you would expect in a Will Ferrell movie so keep that in mind.


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Age of the Hobbits review

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 9 March 2016 06:18 (A review of Age of the Hobbits)

I'm really only watching this for Bai Ling. Also Netflix is about to lose it tomorrow. So I figured I should go ahead and give it a shot. I haven't seen any of Joseph J. Lawson's films, but they all seem to be of The Asylum. I am shocked that Eric Forsberg who wrote Over the Hedge wrote this as well as tons of Asylum films. Dude looks like a lady lol. Those guys sound like they have fake teeth sets in their mouths wow. It looks like they are all dubbed, but why was there need for that. It makes the acting so much more painful to watch. There's my girl thank goodness! I was beginning to lose any sense of hope for this. This leader guy needs to stop over emphasizing his dialogue. I thought the little people were bad sheesh! Wow I don't even think this movie was trying to be good lol. Make the damn spider buzzing stop! Hahaha OMG! I'm sorry, but that was hilarious! I swear this script is not well thought out. Nah bro that was fake as hell. What a bologna and cheese fest! That ending was just plain stupid. I swear the only people who seemed to actually try here were Bai Ling and Christopher Judge. What an absolutely dreadful film. Hey it was free though so the only loss here is my time. I knew it would be awful so I only have myself to blame.


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Hell and Back review

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 9 March 2016 04:25 (A review of Hell and Back)

I remember watching the trailer for this and thinking it looked amusing. I wasn't sure when or where I would watch it though. Now it's on Netflix so I decided to go ahead and watch it. They managed to get a fairly decent cast despite a few names and others that are surprising to see. Ross Shuman and Tom Gianas haven't really directed any actual movies. So this would be the first time outside of television that they've worked on creativity. It seems this is highly related with the people that did Robot Chicken as Hugh Sterbakov and Zeb Wells worked with many of their specials. Yeah so they do get to fact that this isn't for kids. Wow the dialogue here is off the damn wall. These guys are the weirdest and dumbest friends. The lake of fire and the Taco Bell/Pizza Hut stuff was actually pretty funny. Lol never say the N word dude. Not even in hell. The strange thing is Mila Kunis's character actually kind of has her look. Oh god no see Jennifer Coolidge is bad enough, but her character is so much worse. The randomness of it all really does remind me of Robot Chicken. You kind of have to be a fan of that to even somewhat enjoy this. If not then you will probably hate this. The Welcome to Hell gag is probably the funniest bit of the whole thing. This does a really good job of having way too much of the wrong humor. It's not the worse thing I've seen though. With that said though it's still pretty bad.


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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies review

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 7 March 2016 08:24 (A review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)

I've been meaning to see this as I'm a huge zombie nerd. I will watch pretty much anything with zombies. Not to say that all of what I watch is good because that would be a lie. Anyways I actually knew about the book version of the movie. Which was pretty much the same as the original just with addition of zombies to throw things off a bit. So I found it funny when it was playing at my theater that people would complain about them destroying a classic this way. Burr Steers writes and directs this. I liked his films Igby Goes Down and Charlie St. Cloud. This is a different pace for him so it should be interesting to see what he does. Oh interesting a slightly different aspect of the lore. That was pretty badass and messed up. Some of the zombie effects look a little strange. OMG was that a snot bubble? That was an amusing and neat title sequence. If I were rich enough I would marry all five daughters lol. If anything Mr. Darcy you are the lamest looking of everyone at the party. Holy shit! I knew that would change his mind. Damn that zombie got messed up. Wow she definitely has the Chinese quickness about her. That was also hilarious to see. Sam Riley has such an odd voice. Now I can't remember if it's just here or it's always been like this. I like the humor spread about here. It's badass how swiftly zombies get dispatched here. So having a ball just is never a good idea. Well that was an interesting little fight. It looks like Cersei is still trouble lol. I kind of figured that was the case. Not all of the reveal though was expected. The ending was cute. There was an extra scene during the credits that warrants a sequel in my opinion. The fight scenes are a bit frantic and aren't dwelled on too much. A few such scenes though are pretty intensely done. The acting is pretty good and the characters are all rather interesting. I thought it was pretty fun. The humor was great and added lightness to the atmosphere. The make up effects varied here and there between excellent and strange looking. Anyways if you like zombies, but are skeptical considering the content don't be. It's fun for men and women. I'd say give it a shot.


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Mamula review

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 7 March 2016 08:45 (A review of Mamula)

I mean why not? Girls in bikinis and an attractive killer mermaid sounds like a recipe for a cheesefest. I figure it can't be worse than Indigenous hopefully. Although it does have the horrible Natalie Burn as one of the leads. Milan Todorovic also directed Zone of the Dead which I actually found pretty enjoyable. Uh oh it took three people to write this. I hope that isn't telling on the quality. Milan Konjevic also assisted Todorovic in the writing of Zone of the Dead. Whereas Marko Backovic only starred in that film rather than writing like he does here. This seems to be the only film credit for Barry Keating. So the title sequence and the cast credits with a complete change of pace with their choice of music. At least the music is enjoyable. So I guess seeing as we are seeing these two do a bunch of stuff is that we are suppose to care about them. When I'm sure these two are just here to introduce us with the killer mermaid. I would be staring too. Not sure I would care if it is rude lol. Yeah I figured as much. I didn't see the rest of that coming though. Ah yes bikini bods again woohoo lol. She is definitely not prettier trust me. So this is a creature feature with a bit of the slasher vibe going on. Does telling people stories like that ever stop them? Also stalker alert. See idiots can never listen to the warnings. Oh well damn! I swear the mermaid has killed way less than whatever the killer guy is. Dude that's just cruel! At least the character I like is still around. That is one ugly face! Thank God for that and also finally seeing the mermaid actually kill. There were times that this went unpredictable. The ending was interesting and left things open for a sequel. I actually think that a sequel if done properly could be worth watching. This wasn't great, but it wasn't all that awful either. It was watchable with a few nice kills here and there.


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Indigenous review

Posted : 8 years, 8 months ago on 7 March 2016 05:43 (A review of Indigenous)

Here on Netflix again and so I decided to check this out. It was actually on my to watch list, but I forgot all about it. The plot sounds interesting. I find it amusing that no writer is credited. They probably wanted to hint at some sort of realism which is always a bit silly. You can't fool us filmmakers. Well most of us anyways. This seems to be the only Alastair Orr that's worth mentioning. The others he made don't seem to have much acknowledgment. Ah starting the film in the the thick of it to go back to before it all happened. So this is partially found footage. Well that was awkward. At least they make it so the found footage stuff makes sense. I swear people look for adventures in all the wrong places. See if it's not a good idea send the police don't go yourself! Ah man those are some fantastic bikini bods. Ah the fun is finally beginning. Quick Flashes in complete darkness makes for frustrating viewing. At least the creature design is neat. Well they do something a little different with people actually finding out that people are in trouble and try to help asap. I swear nothing in this movie makes much sense. That's saying a lot since this is a horror movie and people's decisions rarely make sense. This one takes the cake though. The ending was extremely lame. I mean I thought the characters were likable people and the acting was fine. It was just a really pathetic attempt at what could have been a fun idea.


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