The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Seen on DVD 3rd Oct 2008

Part of the Jurassic Park triple pack.

STORY: 5/7
Not only are the dinosaurs still roaming around on the island we saw in "Jurassic Park" but there is actually another island coverred in dinosaurs that we never even knew about. Mr Hammond has sent a team in to study the dinosaurs living on "Site B" which includes Dr Ian Malcom from the first movie!

ACTING: 4.5
Jeff Goldblum was made for the character of Ian Malcolm. He mumbles and rants so well! The standout here would have to be Julianne Moore though. She's awesome.

CINE / VISUAL EFFETCS: 6/7
Best movie dinosaurs ever! Honestly, they just look so freaking good!

SCORE / SOUND: 6/7
Who doesn't know the Jurassic Park theme music? It's big and bold and exciting and lends itself perfectly to the granduer of giant dinosaurs.


OVERALL: 5.5/7

The Brothers Solomon

The Brothers Solomon (2007)
Seen on DVD 3rd Oct 2008

I was honestly expecting this movie to be quite crap, but it was surprisingly funny.

STORY: 4.5/7
John (Will Arnett) and Dean (Will Forte) are brothers who are, let's say, creepily close. After their father falls into a coma, they decide that they need to have a child so that he can have a grandchild before he dies. Unfortunately, neither of them have ANY luck with women, so they decide to find a surrogate mother.

ACTING: 5/7
Will Arnett is so fantastic to watch when he plays a brainless weirdo (Arrested Development, Blades of Glory and basically everything else he's ever in.) I'm not all too familiar with Will Forte but he was so funny! A special mention has to go to Kristen Wiig who was HILARIOUS as Janine.

* Will Arnett *

One thing here before I give it it's overall score.
The openning credits for this movie were written in COMIC SANS!
what the heck is that about?
MOVIES shouldn't use comic sans.

OVERALL: 6/7

This movie was so much better than I ever expected.


Interesting Facts -
- Will Arnett is married to Amy Poehler
- Amy Poehler made a movie about a surrogate mother
- Bill Hader makes a guest appearance

Bride Of Chucky

Bride Of Chucky (1998)
Seen on DVD 2nd Oct 2008

This is, of course, the last of the GOOD Chucky movies.
This is also the place that Chucky made the turn from horror with a touch a comedy, to simply hilarious horror. It really is an 80's classic for the 90's.

STORY: 5.5/7
The tales of the murderous Good Guy Doll "Chucky" are all but fogotten. Andy Barclay is nowhere to be found and all seems to be right with the world. That is, until Charles Lee Ray's old girlfriend Tiffany tracks down the police storage locker that the "remains" of the Chucky doll are stored in. Tiffany takes the remains, sews themn all back together in a beautifully grotesque display of her love, and using her "Voodoo For Dummies" book, she restores Chucky's soul into the body of the doll.

Dissapointed and angry with her, Chucky kills Tiff and traps her soul in the body of a bridal doll. The pair (after a dramatic makeover scene) trick a pair of young lovers into carrying the dolls on a road trip to find the human body of Charles Lee Ray so that they can find the Heart of Damballa abd finally be out of their doll bodies.

* Tiffany and Chucky *

ACTING: 5/7
Brad Dourif. ('nuff said?) and if you could ever possibly improve on that, it would be the inclusion of Jennifer Tilly. Tilly and Dourif are absolutely brilliant together with some hilarious banter going on between them. This movie also contains my favourite ever Katherine Heigl role.

* Nick Stabile and Katherine Heigl *

SCORE / SOUND: 5/7
The soundtrack to this movie is super cool hardcore fun action. Lots of those movie-appropriate rock songs by White Zombie, Rob Zombie, Static X, Slayer and of course Blondie.

GORE RATING: 5/7
"Were you born with that knife superglued to your hand or what?
For god's sake Chucky, drag yourself into the 90s.
Stabbings went out with Bundy and Dahmer.
You look like Martha Stewart with that thing."

* Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany *

OVERALL: 6/7


Interesting facts -
- DVD cover / poster is a spoof of "Scream 2"
- Horror Movie character refferenced in openning scene
- > Jason - Mask
- > Michael Myers - Mask
- > Leatherface - Chainsaw
- > Puppet Master - Dolls
- > Creepshow - "the crate"
and
- > Freddy Krueger - Glove

Child's Play 3

Child's Play 3 (1991)
Seen on DVD 2nd Oct 2008

STORY: 5/7
It has been 8 years since Andy encounterred Chucky at his foster home and he has been "disturbed" ever since. Being unable to to be homed through the foster care system, Andy is a new recruit at the Kent Military School. At the same time (co-incidence much) the now dilapidated Good Guy Doll factory goes back into production. The first doll off the line is, of course, everyone's favourite maniac Chucky. He goes in search of Andy as usual, although once at Kent he realises that this is a new body, and he can choose a new victim to transfer his soul into.

ACTING: 5/7
Brad Dourif IS Chucky. Justin Whalin (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) has stepped into the role of teenage Andy Barclay and he does it quite well and the unfortunate role of Chucky's new body-interest Tyler is played (oh-so-annoyingly) by first-timer Jeremy Sylvers.

* Jeremy Sylvers as Tyler *

SCORE / SOUND: 3.5/7
Again, there is nothin all too special here.

GORE RATING: 4.5/7
There's some ok throat slitting and some shooting.

Andy getting his military haircut from Sgt. Botnick

OVERALL: 5/7

The Lost Boys: The Tribe

Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
Seen on DVD 2nd Oct 2008

Yes, that's right, it's a LOST BOYS (1987) sequel.
Starring COREY FELDMAN in his role as Edgar Frog.

STORY: 4/7
Siblings Chris and Nicole have just moved to Luna Bay where they meet a whole group of new people. After Nicole goes out for a night with Shane, she comes home different. After going to find the local surfboard shaper Edgar Frog, Chris is told that Nicole is now a vampire. Frog and Chris must work together to destroy the vampires.

ACTING: 4/7
Well, for one, Corey Feldman is in it. He has never been the best actor in the history of time, but has always been opne of the most entertaining to watch! There is also another Sutherland in this movie. Angus Sutherland (walking in the footsteps of half-brother Keifer) is the bad guy Shane.

Edgar Frog: board shaper / vampire hunter

SCORE / SOUND: 4/7
It's an average straight-to-video horror movie soundtrack

GORE RATING: 3/7
To be honest, i don't remmeber anything all that gorey at all, which is sad, considerring it's a vampire movie and they're supposed to be somewhat blood-tastic.

* Angus Sutherland as Shane *

OVERALL: 4/7


Interesting Facts -
- The Goonies appears in this film on DVD
- Corey Feldman was "Mouth" in The Goonies

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971)
Seen on DVD 2nd Oct 2008

Basically, we wanted to listen to ONE song from this movie (Cheer Up Charlie)

STORY: 5/7
Based on the classic story by evil child-eating Roald Dahl, Willy Wonka is the story of Charlie, a poor little boy who wins a chance to go inside the most wonderful place on the planet; Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

ACTING: 4/7
The kids in this movie play their stereotypes quite well, to be honest, i LOVE watching Julie Dawn Cole throw her little hissy fits as "Veruca Salt." Of course, the title character is played by (Satan himself) Gene Wilder. I guess he does a good job, but i'm really too scared of him to notice.

SONGS: 6/7
I love these songs. I often catch myself singing "don't care how, i wan't it noooooooow!!" and there is no denying the brilliance of the song "The Candy Man."


OVERALL: 4/7

I wish Gene Wilder wasn't so frickin' creepy all the time.

Childs Play 2

Child's Play 2 (1990)
Seen on DVD 2nd Oct 2008

Chucky's Back!!


STORY: 5.5/7
Since the events of the first movie, Andy Barclay's mother has been put into a mental care institution, and Andy has been put into a foster home. In order to overcome rumours, the creators of the Good Guy Doll put the toy back into production, starting with the actual Chucky doll from the murders. Finding himself back in his doll body, Charles Lee Ray sets out to find Andy and finish what he started.

ACTING: 5/7
Alex Vincent is back as Andy, a little bit older andpretty good at what he does. Of course we have the brilliant Brad Dourif as the voice of Chucky and newcomer Christine Elise as Andy's new foster sister Kyle.

* Chucky and Kyle *

SCORE / SOUND: 4/7
It's a pretty good score, nothing all too fantastic, but it's a CHUCKY movie!!

GORE RATING: 5.5/7
Eyeballs are inserted into faces, extra arms and legs are jabbed all over the place... and a knife right into a wrist. This all goes without even mentioning the death-by-toys



OVERALL: 6/7

Chucky is one of the greatest movie slashers ever!
This sequel out-does the original for me too.