Flametoad

Kate Beckinsale = still hot The werewolf designs were pretty cool, I thought. For a vampire, Selene/Beckinsale sure does breathe a lot. In fact, she didn’t come across very vampiric at all in this movie. Flametoad Score (out of 10): Kung-fu: 7; Gun-fu: 7; Vampire-fu: 6; Werewolf-fu: 8; Naked flesh-fu: 7; Explosion-fu: 8 Composite “guy [...]

Mrs. Flametoad and I finally watched Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End. Having been left greatly disappointed in the 2nd movie, I found this one much more enjoyable. Mostly, I was annoyed by Depp’s showboating in the middle movie. The first 30 to 45 minutes of Curse of the Black Pearl was mostly unnecessary [...]

So the other night I finally got around to watching Live Free or Die Hard. This was not a bad movie. It had guns, and explosions, and bad guys, and bad one-liners, and all the other things you’d expect from an action movie. It even had a message about how technology was making the old, [...]

Sunday afternoon I was fortunate enough to catch Cloverfield. Any spoilers in this review are clearly warned in advance. Cloverfield gets the Flametoad torch of approval. I’d give it an 8 out of 10. I know there are people who didn’t care for the handheld-camera style, and othres who felt cheated by not seeing more [...]

I’ve had The Terminator on the brain lately. And why not? With the new TV series underway, this is a great time to reflect upon the "Terminator mythos". I’ve only watched the pilot and first episode, but the Sarah Connor Chronicles has reawakened new appreciation for the original movies. That’s not to say that the [...]