By Lisa Fary
For a moment, I thought Devilman broke my DVD player. On closer inspection, however, it appeared that the plug had simply come loose. Since that was the last DVD I’d watched, I’m going to go ahead and blame the loose plug on the movie rather than on my cat (who is probably the responsible party) anyway. Devilman deserves to take the blame for as much as possible.
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By Lisa Fary
“I was a chump, like you.” David, the main character, says in the first minutes of Jumper. He may no longer be a chump, but David has successfully made the transition to douchebag.
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By Lisa Fary
At one point in In the Name of the King, Ron Perlman and some extras pull up to a foreboding castle. He says, “Is this where we pay for our sins?”
No, Ron. You’re paying for your sins by appearing in this movie.
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By Lisa Fary
I’ve always hated Donkey Kong. I spent hours trying to get past the first screen on our old Atari 2600 without ever making it much more than half way. Then I’d just get frustrated and pop in Pitfall.
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By Lisa Fary
Those of you who know me know that my greatest dream (in addition to being a lunar colonist, owning a jetpack, and keeping a zoo of my TV boyfriends) is to live my life as a musical. But, not just any musical – if I had to live life as a Disney musical, I’d puke. Constantly. The constant puking would make the singing really difficult.
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By Lisa Fary
I’m really sick of mockumentaries. Yes, I liked Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and the rest of the mockumentaries from Christopher Guest et al (with the exception of For Your Consideration, which wasn’t so great). Sure, I pushed Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon on this very site many times. However, in some cases, the mockumentary seems to be the answer to making a movie on a small budget. With a mockumentary, you can have grainy film and spend a good deal of time driving around in cars while the “subject” pontificates.
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I dream about Godzilla a lot. It started the summer before my senior year of college and still happens pretty consistently, at least once a month or so. In my dreams, I’ve faced off with Godzilla in Manhattan, my hometown of Jacksonville, and in my current town of Tucson. Once, it happened on Mars. Regardless of the location, those dreams are usually a lot like Cloverfield: I don’t get a good look at the monster and there’s no real plan of action.
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Okay, so we’ve finally gotten through all our entries – and it was looking like it was going to be coming down to “guess a number,” as the most movies that most entrants guessed correctly was three. And mostly the same three: Hot Fuzz, 300 and Iron Giant. To remind you of what our Elite [...]
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In the 2008 PRGAAMWA Final Four, Beowulf takes on The Iron Giant and Serenity faces down Hot Fuzz. Two of the movies in our Final Four are from last year’s tournament. What does that say about the quality of the genre releases from the past year? Related Stuff:
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We’re down to our Top Eight movies in the Tournament. And in a couple of days we’ll not only see the winner of this years PRGAAMWA Tournament, but we’ll also announce the winner of either these eight movies, or a $150.00 Amazon.com gift certificate. But for now, on with the Eight. Related Stuff:
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The Pink Raygun Association of Associated Movie Watchers. . . Associated 2008 Tournament is down sixteen movies. Today, Lisa, Brian, and John take on Brackets One and Two in round three. Related Stuff:
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In part two of Round Two, PRGAAMWA judges Lisa, Brian, and John face some of the oddest movie pairings yet (and they owe it all to random seeding in Round One). Batman Begins against Angel-A? Mr. Bean’s Holiday against Pan’s Labyrinth? The outcome might not be what you expect. Related Stuff:
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Will Jason Bourne get up and give an ultimatum to animated Hellboy? Will Death Proof really be death proof when it meets Serenity? Will Beowulf disembowel the cute kids of Bridge to Terabithia? Find out in PRGAAMWA Round Two! Related Stuff:
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Today Lisa, Brian, and John take brackets three and four through the PRGAAMWA wringer. The movies still need at at least two out of three votes to move forward. Related Stuff:
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Okay, I totally mis-spoke yesterday. Here’s the bottom half of the bracket – we’ve run the results from the first 16 match-ups yesterday, in another post today will be the second. Check back on Thursday and Friday as we whittle the field down from 32 movies to 16. Related Stuff:
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Presenting Round One of the 2008 Pink Raygun Association of Associated Movie Watchers. . . Associated Tournament! It’s rough and tumble this round, with PRGAAMWA judges Lisa, Brian, and John ripping through movies, casting some aside that they’d rather see move on, and grudgingly allowing others to move forward due to the luck of random [...]
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