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Cyrus's Blog – April 2009 Archive (22)

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Cyrus Rescues the Helpless "Sin City 2-Disc Blu-Ray Edition" From Evil



“Sin City” was a special movie for me. It was the beginning of being able to see that there was room in Hollywood for the alternative comics and not just the superheroes. That you could really do something artistically viable and beautiful with films shot entirely on green screen. That Carla Gugino has a knock-em-dead pair of… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 28, 2009 at 4:26am — 7 Comments

Cyrus Cocks a Cynical Eye at "The Day the Earth Stood Still" Blu-Ray



Smug.



Smug, smugity, smug smug.



I can’t think of a better way of saying what it is about the remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” that stuck in my craw. I can’t even posit that I disagree with its point of view, only that it says it in such a self-righteous, non-explanatory way and doesn’t even attempt to offer anything in the way of answers. Here’s my… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 28, 2009 at 1:56am — 9 Comments

Cyrus Presents Beau's Review of "Tiny Toons Season 1 Volume 2"



Beau always manages to come out of the woodwork when something like this comes out. It'll be quiet for weeks, no sign of him, just those mysterious squishy sounds and odd smells of the sea coming from his room, when all of the sudden he'll show up at my door clutching a package, exclaiming, "Cyrus, I think this is _____, can I have it?" I don't know how he knows. I'm beginning to…
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Added by Cyrus on April 27, 2009 at 6:13pm — 13 Comments

Cyrus Prepares to Become a "Videodrome" Assassin When He Hears of the Re-Make

Keep repeating the mantra:



"The original movie is still there. A remake doesn't damage the original."



Does it? Except if it ridiculously sucks, it makes it that much harder to get people to watch the better version.





This is my fear for Universal's announced remake of "Videodrome", one of my absolute favorite films ever made and one that's… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 27, 2009 at 2:30am — 28 Comments

Cyrus Presents Jason's Review of the Blu-Ray "The Wrestler"



I don't get it. I never did. Back when some of the kids in my neighborhood wanted to turn on wrestling, I'd go into the other room and put on kung-fu. It all seemed so patently fake and the fighting wasn't even very creative. At least the martial arts was openly fictional and they seemed so much more dexterous and interesting to watch. I was also the one guy who always wanted to play the thief in our middle school Dungeons and…
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Added by Cyrus on April 24, 2009 at 1:52am — 12 Comments

Cyrus Waxes Philosophic on the Blu-Ray 2-Disc "No Country For Old Men"



One of the most controversial reviews we’ve ever done on Spill.com was for the Coen Brothers’ Best Picture winning film in 2007, “No Country For Old Men”. It wasn’t that we didn’t like it (well, except… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 23, 2009 at 7:34pm — 8 Comments

Warner Brothers Giving Away Dirt Cheap Blu-Rays to HD Losers

See now, this is actually pretty cool. I felt bad for the folks who gambled on the HD players when the war was still on. By the way, I still find people who don't realize that it's over and Blu Ray won. Trust me. No one is disputing this fact. Not even Warner Brothers who initially went with the HD format and now are flurrying out all their titles on the winning format. They've even gone so far as to do this:





Don't click on the picture if you want to check it… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 22, 2009 at 5:17am — 20 Comments

Cyrus Gets a Bit Lost in the Jungles of "Vinyan"



“When someone dies a horrible death, their spirit becomes confused & angry. It becomes…Vinyan.”



Thus the DVD blurb goes. More accurately it should have been…



“When someone watches Vinyan and is expecting a horror movie, they’re likely to become confused & angry.”



Janet (Emmanuelle Béart) and Paul (… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 21, 2009 at 2:39am — 4 Comments

Cyrus Brings a Dr Horrible Sequel, Ron Jeremy's Johnson, and Letters to Michael Bay

I'm gonna lay it on the table here: I'm procrastinating. I should be watching one of the tower of DVDs sitting next to my desk for review, but instead I found myself gorram reading my Twitter feed for three hours. Just to prove that it wasn't a COMPLETE waste of time, I saved some good stuff from it and now I present to you, the fruits of an evening spent twittering:



I'd probably do a story about this anyway. According to… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 20, 2009 at 11:01pm — 21 Comments

Cyrus Presents Jason's Glowy-ish Review of the Horror Western, "The Burrowers"



You know, not to take anything away from Jason's review here, but I saw this horror western as well at FF 08 and reviewed it awhile back. Now that I'm done pimping my own stuff and stealing poor J's thunder, let me just address his horror/western assertion: A-I think Ravenous counts…
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Added by Cyrus on April 19, 2009 at 4:56pm — 13 Comments

Professor Cyrus's Film School Presents "To Catch a Thief" and "The Odd Couple"

You can’t really call yourself a movie buff without going back and watching the classics. Lots and lots of the classics. You are laughable if you call yourself a movie critic and you haven’t seen lots and lots and LOTS of classics. Hear that? I laugh at you. I spit upon the ground. Ptui! Ptui! Ha! And I’m not talking about the films of the 80s either, although I realize for a lot of you, even back just that far might as well have been the age of the dinosaurs. No,… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 19, 2009 at 3:44pm — 19 Comments

Cyrus Invites You To Stalk a Celebrity With Him

Stalkers, pay attention.



We're all familiar with the fake Twitter, Myspace, etc, etc celebrity accounts that we stumble across every day. Sure, some are intentionally funny and outright admit their satire, like the brilliant Twitter account for Fake Grant Morrison. But more often than not, it's just some assclown trying to get hits or it's an 'official' site, that the celebrity has absolutely nothing to do with.



Worry no… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 16, 2009 at 11:02pm — 41 Comments

Zac Efron Wants to Be Marty McFly in a "Back to the Future" Remake?

First off, I would like to immediately point out that this isn't funny. Not even a little bit.



I was JUST discussing with a friend how Hollywood can't be trusted and will remake anything no matter how inappropriate or unnecessary. Take for instance, Back to the Future. Now this is a near perfect little sci-fi comedy adventure. There aren't any dated looking effects, all the jokes still fire off right, it's a little… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 16, 2009 at 5:18am — 96 Comments

"Pirahna 3D" Remake Stars Elizabeth Shue and Cyrus Mourns Lost Innocence

What the hell happened to Elizabeth Shue's career? She was the world's best babysitter, Marty McFly's wife/girlfriend for the Back to the Future sequels (which, if you haven't seen them, defy expectations and are actually pretty bad ass), totally slayed in Soapdish, was… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 15, 2009 at 1:42am — 11 Comments

Cyrus Cautiously Looks at The Trailer for Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist"

"You either love him/her/it or you hate him/her/it."



A phrase that gets bandied around a lot, probably more than is accurate. But one guy who it appears to be absolutely true for is Danish director/writer Lars von Trier. Rarely do I hear people so passionate about someone or thing on one side or the other. Trier openly courts extremely controversial subjects with thoughtful, visually striking films that… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 15, 2009 at 12:51am — 12 Comments

Cyrus Ravages the Planet of "Lilo & Stitch: 2 Disc Big Wave Edition"



There’s a part of me that wants to resent Disney’s 2002 theatrical animated film “Lilo and Stitch”. Why? Because it feels a little bit like a ‘cuted-up’ version of the much superior 1999 film, “The Iron Giant”. Both films about lonely children raised by a single parent/sibling who meet up with an alien… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 14, 2009 at 2:56am — 17 Comments

Tyrese Shoots His Way Into Comics With "Mayhem"

Tyrese Gibson is a busy guy. He's also rather self-assured, as those who remember Korey's interview with him will recall. He's an award winning musician, an actor (not so award winning, but nominated multiple times) and now he joins the ranks of people like us. People like members of The League,… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 14, 2009 at 12:00am — 11 Comments

"Scott Pilgrim Vs The World" Director Edgar Wright Laying Out the Goodies



I may be more excited about this movie than I'm actually excited about it. I'm embarrassed to admit that I've only yet read the first book of the Scott Pilgrim comics. I honestly had NO idea what to expect. When it suddenly turned into an indie rock video game action movie musical at the end, I had to sit and think about whether I liked it or not for awhile afterward. I guess my somewhat baffled… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 12, 2009 at 3:00pm — 17 Comments

Cyrus Has a Nice Chianti and Watches the Blu-Ray "The Silence of the Lambs"



It’s funny how often I forget this one. Whenever people ask me to give a ‘Scariest Movie' list, I'm known to completely forget about “The Silence of The Lambs”. While it’s definitely more of a procedural thriller (hell, it pretty much re-invented the procedural thriller) than a horror film, try to tell me that that night vision sequence at the end wasn’t one… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 10, 2009 at 3:16am — 12 Comments

Cyrus Takes the Blue and the Red Pill While Looking at "The Matrix - Blu Ray Edition"



“The Matrix” is the movie equivalent for me of “Led Zeppelin II” or Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”. Every time some slightly new upgrade in technology or packaging comes along I end up shelling out the sheckles so I can display it proudly at the forefront of my collection. Naturally, it was only a matter of time before there was some fancy-schmancy new Blu-Ray… Continue

Added by Cyrus on April 9, 2009 at 4:30pm — 26 Comments

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