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Written by Mike Diana
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 |
 There has been so damn much written about Enchanted that no one will probably want to slough through my take on a Disney (I cringe every time I see or hear the name..or should I say Brand!) flick, especially one that could be SO DAMNED BAD, but I went and I sat through it and I wanna write something about it. Ok?
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Friday, 19 October 2007 |
 As of October 1st 2007, this is
officially the best film I have seen all year. The movie felt like it lasted maybe
thirty minutes. It was one of
most intense movies I have seen in a long time and to tell you the truth, most
of it was dialogue.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 |
 The controversy on this film started with an article on cnn.com that Lust, Caution would be receiving and NC-17 rating and that director
Ang Lee was refusing to cut the film at all.
It is very rare these days that a film receives an NC-17 rating because
a lot of theatres (AMC, for one) won’t pick them up.
I think it is safe to say though that Lee really isn’t going
for a huge money maker here. He is
probably definitely looking for some Oscar buzz, which he will probably find in
the best foreign film department. Yes,
the film is subtitled in English. The
majority of the film is spoken in Chinese and any time another language is
spoken, Lee puts that language in italics.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 |
 This movie has, hands down, the most action I have
seen in a film in years. Shoot Em’ Up is Crank on acid. It basically sits on top of The Bourne Ultimatum and chills while
doing a number two. Now, as an overall
film, The Bourne Ultimatum pummels Shoot Em’ Up, but I guarantee you right
now that you will never have more mindless fun in a film in all of 2007.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 |
This movie on paper should be an amazing film. It contains very big stars that have
won academy awards and is written and directed by Paul Haggis, the man who is responsible
for 2005’s Best Picture at the Oscars.
Now, In the Valley Of
Elah, is being released at perfect timing for the Oscars and apparently
already receiving that dreaded term; “Oscar Buzz.”
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 |
 We all remember seeing Billy Bob Thorton’s
amazing performance in Sling Blade, which
he also wrote and directed. But his best comedic performance is
definitely Bad Santa, but I still
thought he was pretty hilarious in School
For Scoundrels and the Bad News Bears
remake. Thorton pretty much takes
that role again in Mr. Woodcock as a
foul mouthed coach-like character who deals with younger kids. You then throw in an actor who is
responsible for one of this generation's most classic comedy characters,
Stiffler, and you have yourself a word that critics love to use in their
reviews; chemistry. Once you have
chemistry, it should be easy from there.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 |
 The Brave One, like
Death Sentence, is another film this
year that makes you question your own morals.
Essentially the movie asks, “What would you do if you were in this
person’s shoes?”
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 |
 It is definitely safe to say that the Farrelly
Brothers (Peter and Bobby) are two of the best comedy directors around. Their résumé of films is just phenomenal.
They used to do a lot of R-Rated comedies, but they have
mainly been doing PG-13 films for a while.
Therefore, he felt really good about being able to do an R-rated film
again so they could be as dirty as they wanted to be.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
 This is officially my (7th) 5 BDK
rated film of the year. I have seen
well over 70 films and this one has definitely surprised me. Superbad
equals the best representation of high school I have ever seen.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
I found out this film was coming out and
realized that I had never seen the original Invasion
of The Body Snatchers from the 50’s starring Kevin McCarthy. Yes, that
dude had the exact same name as me. There was a remake of that film in 1978 starring
Donald Sutherland and then another in the early 90’s that had a bunch of
no-name actors. They finally got the
idea to do another remake and change the name around a little
bit. Let me say right now, that having seen the
original Invasion of the Body Snatchers and
now seeing The Invasion, I prefer the
original.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Friday, 10 August 2007 |
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hypotension treatment
 THIS IS OFFICIALLY THE WORST FILM I HAVE SEEN
THIS YEAR, hands down! If you go to see an advanced free screening of a film
and there are people WALKING OUT of it, you know it is bad.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Thursday, 09 August 2007 |
 When I first saw the
trailers for the film, they really did not do much for me. I essentially had pretty low expectations
walking into the film, but after seeing it two times now, I actually was
pleasantly surprised.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Wednesday, 08 August 2007 |
 This is officially my 6th 5 BDK
rating of the year, with the other five films being 300, Grindhouse, Sicko, Knocked Up and Transformers. I very rarely
give one of these ratings out and I know that I always get Jokes about how seriously I take these.
I have seen over (need to count movies) movies this year and I have only
given 6 of these ratings.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
 Tragedy is one of the main things that bring people
together. If you think about funerals,
people who haven’t seen each other in a long time get together and remember the
happy times of a loved one. The main premise of this film centers around a death and how this
particular death affects two main characters in a good way. I was actually considering starting off my
review with something hacky like “Don’t make any reservations to see this,” but
I thought I would take more of a serious route.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Friday, 03 August 2007 |
 I think it is safe to say that every single
person, at least in my generation, has seen an episode of “The Simpsons” on
television. If you haven’t, you must be
sleeping under a rock or don’t speak English.
While I grew up, I would watch “The Simpsons” pretty often and I thought
it was a very decent show. I have never
been the BIGGEST “Simpsons” fan though.
I can appreciate that it is extremely good writing and very clever. I really have never seen a bad episode of
the T.V. show. So all in all, I was
excited to FINALLY see a “Simpsons” film. The studio has been saying that movie was going to be made for
years, and now it has finally happened.
I guess the main question is whether or not it was worth the wait. Well, to tell you the truth I was not that
impressed.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Thursday, 26 July 2007 |
 Well, I did my homework with this film. The night before I saw the brand new Hairspray flick, I went out and rented
the John Waters “classic,” that was made back in the 80’s. Besides Hairspray
being a wildly popular play, it came from a film in the 80’s. Now to be completely honest, I did not care for
John Water’s Hairspray, but I do have
to give him credit for creating an amazing story and characters. The original was just too slow for me. Getting back the new version of Hairspray,
I truly had no expectations for this film, except that I hoped it would be
better than the original. Well, that is
exactly how it was. It was an extreme
improvement.
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Written by Jon Plante
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
 Evening is a slow yet intriguing film with a stellar cast... Therefore, it's just a shame that their performances were merely "good".
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Saturday, 14 July 2007 |
 I really have no idea what happened to Robin Williams. I have been watching Williams’ films since I
was kid and I would have to say my favorite film of his was Mrs. Doubtfire. I just remember growing up and seeing him in Jack, Aladdin and Patch Adams. As I became older, I started watching some
of his darker films, which I absolutely loved.
His performance in One Hour Photo was
freaking weird to watch, considering that I have watched him as a comedic actor
all my life. But, when I first heard about License To Wed, I really had nothing to say about it. It did not seem interesting and seemed like
another stupid comedy to come out with big stars. I was right.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Friday, 13 July 2007 |
 I know that most people will probably grill me
for saying this, but I personally think that Die Hard With a Vengeance is the best one of the series. A lot of people love to say the first one is
the best. Yes, I will admit the first Die Hard was a classic, but for my
generation, I thought the third installment was the most entertaining. Now, with Live
Free or Die Hard, I really was not expecting much.
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Written by Kevin 'BDK' McCarthy
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Friday, 13 July 2007 |
 “Easily 100 times cooler than Armageddon.” This was one of the lines that a random actor said during Transformers. If you know who Michael Bay is, then you will get that hilarious
joke. I think Michael Bay is the best action directors
around (Superlative #1). The dude only
directed one of the best action movies of the 90’s(Superlative #2), which was The Rock and he is also
responsible for directing Bad Boys, Bad
Boys 2, Armageddon and Pearl Harbor (which
is one his weaker films). Bay just
knows how to make a big budget action film.
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