I really liked Training Day, it's one of the best, disturbing films out there starring Denzel Washington. I was less impressed with The Equalizer. It was good, but not Training Day good. Now Director Antoine Fuqua is doing the requisite Hollywood boxing flick. Starring everyone's new favorite anti-hero, Jake Gyllenhaal, as Billy "The Great" Hope, Southpaw will no doubt … [Read more...] about Preview: Southpaw
Preview: Clean Cut
Clean Cut is due to begin filming in New Jersey. Clean Cut is purporting to be a psychologically disturbing new Horror/Thriller from the maligned mind of actor Keith Collins. You might know Collins from his other works of note Gravedigger or maybe The Meat Puppet. Also contributing to making this film a reality are Joseph Pepitone and Billy Pepitone, infamous for their The … [Read more...] about Preview: Clean Cut
Hit Team
"Either she's dead or asleep with the PMS runs." Detective Akeem Swift shot: Dear God, what did I just watch? It was like watching a porn parody, but with worse dialogue and acting. At least with a porn parody, there is some sex between the terribly ridiculous story-telling. You know those disclaimers they have at the end of every film? "The characters and events … [Read more...] about Hit Team
Music keeps us going . . .
Music in film is just as important as music you work out to. Imagine Glory without the soundtrack, now imagine it with a terrible scoring, where the tone is numb and directionless, like The Informant. Yes, I think that crappy music ruined an otherwise ok film. But, for my tastes, I have always loved anything Basil Poledouris did, which is probably why I loved Red Dawn, … [Read more...] about Music keeps us going . . .
Facebook SUCKS!
Facebook, you used to be cool! Back in 2009, I created a small Facebook page for our old site, iRATEfilms.com, and I had just gotten familiar with Facebook and social media, in general. It became immediately evident that only people that were willing to pay advertising fees would grow their fans . . . organically (whatever the hell that means, these days). I didn't have … [Read more...] about Facebook SUCKS!
