Review: All Hallows' Eve (2013)

All Hallows' Eve (2013)

Not rated

Review: Curse of Chucky (2013)

 Curse of Chucky (2013)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, and for language (unrated version reviewed)

Review: V/H/S/2 (2013)

 V/H/S/2 (2013)

Rated R for graphic and bloody violence, grisly images, sexual material, nudity and language

Review: Snowpiercer (2013)

Snowpiercer (2013)

Rated R for violence, language, and drug content

Review: Blackfish (2013)

Blackfish (2013)

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements including disturbing and violent images

Review: Escape from Tomorrow (2013)

Escape from Tomorrow (2013)

Not rated

Review: +1 (2013)

+1 (2013)

Not rated

Review Double Feature: Sharknado (2013) and Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)

Ah, Syfy original movies. The modern equivalent of '50s drive-in creature features. I'm reviewing two of them today, two films that have gotten a strange amount of attention in the last year or so. Do they deserve it?

Sharknado (2013)

Review: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)

Available for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Price: $60 (at launch), $40 (as of this writing)

Review: How I Live Now (2013)

How I Live Now (2013)

Review: Frozen (2013)

Frozen (2013)

Review: Lone Survivor (2013)

Lone Survivor (2013)

Review: American Hustle (2013)

American Hustle (2013)

Review: Gone Home (2013)

Gone Home (2013)

Available for PC, Macintosh, Linux

Price: $20

Review: Creeps: A Tale of Murder and Mayhem (2013)

EDIT: apparently, I was wrong in saying that the people behind this movie were first-time filmmakers. The guy who sent me this film to watch tells me that one of the writers, Johnny Dickie, apparently made another film before this, a horror anthology called Slaughter Tales. However, he is a teenager, so you could replace my comment about "first-time filmmakers" with "young filmmakers". Would I call Jack Mulvanerty or Johnny Dickie the next Emily Hagins? Probably not, but their little romp certainly was inspired. And regardless of quality, getting a feature-length film made at that age is certainly no easy task. So props to you, and continue improving.

Creeps: A Tale of Murder and Mayhem (2013)

Review: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

I thought for a while about doing a Top 5/10/20/whatever list of my favorite movies of the year... but then I figured "screw that, I'm not giving in to that film critic cliche." And besides, I've got a huge list of movies I've seen that I have to catch up on writing reviews for, and at least two of them would certainly make my list of the best movies of the year. The first of them is...

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Review Double Feature: The Hunger Games (2012) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

I've been slow on the reviews lately -- seriously, is there that little coming out in theaters? But then, I have a huge DVD collection, so that's no excuse. To make up for it, a double feature of the first two Hunger Games films.

The Hunger Games (2012)

Rated PG-13 for intense violent thematic material and disturbing images - all involving teens

Review: Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Review: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)

Review: Carrie (2013)

Carrie (2013)