Rare are scary films that are good. More often than not it’s just violence, creative (sick) ways to murder and most recently torture porn. The “Saw” type movies that were popular in the mid 00’s weren’t really scary, just had moments of tension. The “found footage” movies that were trendy after that weren’t scary either, just mildly surprising. The Conjuring is a throwback movie that is genuinely scary-without being bloody, has strong characters and succeeds in going past the genre and actually being a great film. Continue reading The Conjuring, very scary thrills-and a great film
Category: Daddy Mojo at the Movies
Going out to the movies is a rare act for moms and dads. In this series we’ll go to the movies, so you can judge for yourself if it’s a good investment.
Pacific Rim: quality film plus an old soul with monsters & robots
Pacific Rim is a movie that I didn’t want to like. “Hurry up and make HellBoy 3 Gulliermo Del Toro, why are you messing around with Pacific Rim?”, my inner fanboy said a couple years ago. Now that I’ve seen Pacific Rim I’m eating my words to an extent because it is great fun, still has aspects of what makes all of Del Toro’s movies great, except with a much bigger budget. Continue reading Pacific Rim: quality film plus an old soul with monsters & robots
Win 4 tickets to The Conjuring at a movie theater near you
The summer movie season is in full swing and somewhere in the middle of it is the horror movie, The Conjuring. The Conjuring comes to movie theaters on July 19. We’ve seen it per their terms and conditions can’t review the movie until that day. However, the film scored a massive 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and would we give away tickets to something that we willingly knew wasn’t entertaining? Continue reading Win 4 tickets to The Conjuring at a movie theater near you
The trailer premier for Delivery Man. 533 children & 1 dad
What happens when a man finds out that his anonymous sperm bank donation 20 years ago has turned into 533 children? Now 142 of them have joined forces to have his identity revealed and a likeable, but somewhat aloof every man has to figure out what to do. Continue reading The trailer premier for Delivery Man. 533 children & 1 dad
Monsters University is lightweight, predictable fun kids will enjoy
That title isn’t exactly a glowing endorsement, is it? Monsters University is the prequel to Monsters, Inc. which was released in 2001. The cynic in me says that if it takes 12 years for a sequel/prequel to come out then the audience isn’t really there to support the movie. Continue reading Monsters University is lightweight, predictable fun kids will enjoy
The Man of Steel delivers on many levels-here’s why (spoiler free review!)
The Man of steel is an amazing movie on many levels. Do you treat it as a reboot, comic book movie or action movie? I like going to movies, really enjoy comic themed movies, but will honestly say when they’re disappointing (hello Iron Man 2!). With all of that in mind, The Man of Steel is great any way you treat it. Continue reading The Man of Steel delivers on many levels-here’s why (spoiler free review!)
Man of Steel ticket & more giveaway #Giddy
Giddy is a word rarely used in a giveaway sense. However, when it comes to the upcoming Man of Steel movie, we are giddy. The trailer sends chills up our spine, the music is majestic and I love that the “S” stands for hope and not…when she gets interrupted. Continue reading Man of Steel ticket & more giveaway #Giddy
Epic isn’t really ‘epic’, but the under 12 crowd will love it
And the anime people will like it, but more on that in a moment. Epic is a shrunken world story about the Leaf Men, who are protecting nature and the Boggans, who are out to destroy it. There is also a scientist who is looking for this small world. His daughter comes to visit for the spring, gets shrunken to Leaf Men size and the movie takes off. Continue reading Epic isn’t really ‘epic’, but the under 12 crowd will love it
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