"The Darkest Hour" (2011)

Two young-and-hopeful American web designers travel to Moscow in hopes of closing the deal that will make them big, only to find that their idea was stolen and their services are no longer needed. While getting drunk to ignore their problems, they meet up with some fellow tourists through some terrible smartphone app that's some cross between Twitter and Tinder. Just in time for the power to go out at the night club and everyone begins getting killed by floating light creatures which turn out to be aliens that can go invisible, feed on electricity (but are also given away by electrical objects), can see through solid objects, and cannot see through glass.

"The Covenant" (2006)

This is the first time I've watched this. Let's hope it's the last. What, you don't remember "The Covenant"? There's a good reason for that. It is your typical generic teen supernatural action-horror that became all too popular in the mid-2000's trying to capitalize on the popularity of the likes of "Underworld".

"The Count of Monte Cristo" (2002)

Based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a tale of love, betrayal, persistence, and - above all else - revenge.

The Cornetto Trilogy - "Shaun of the Dead" (2004), "Hot Fuzz" (2007), and "The World's End" (2013)

We have arrived at my favorite part of our entire collection - The Cornetto Trilogy! Sorry guys, only downhill from here.

"Cop Out" (2010)

Kevin Smith directs his first movie which he did not write, and also his first movie produced by a major production company. In "Cop Out", Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan play Jimmy and Paul, two New York police officers who are more of laughing stock than good cops. After getting suspended for busting up an undercover operation in the complete wrong way, Jimmy goes to sell a rare and expensive baseball card but is robbed by two small-time crooks. Jimmy and Paul then pull out all the stops to catch the crooks, which inevitably pits them against a Mexican drug lord.

"Clash of the Titans" (1981)

"Clash of the Titans" is a retelling of the legend of Perseus. After Zeus (Laurence Oliver) deforms her son Calibos, Thetis (Maggie Smith) takes out her frustrations on his mortal son Perseus (Harry Hamlin). Though he cannot directly interfere, he commands others on Olympus to grant him gifts to help him in life. He falls in love with Andromeda, and is forced to win her hand by battling Medusa, Calibos, and the Kraken - all in stop motion!

"Chronicle" (2012)

There are not many non-horror found footage films. Chronicle" buckled this trend. And in a good way. Chronicle stands out as a very original film in an age where nothing is original.

"Centurion" (2010)

I remember when "Centurion" came out. I was working at Blockbuster part time, and had been waiting for about a year since hearing about it. What's not to be attracted to? Neil Marshall writing and directing a movie about the Roman Ninth Legion doing battle against the Picts. That is a dream come true for me - Neil Marshall is one of my favorite writers/directors, and anyone who knows me knows I love history. Add to this Michael Fassbender as Quintus Dias (still before his super-famous years, but he had done enough at this point that I loved him) and Dominique West as General Titus, and you have a recipe for a great war movie. For those who don't know, both these actors were fairly major characters in "300" (I don't think I need to tell you that we definitely own this). It also has several actors and actresses that have appeared in other medieval combat movies, and other Neil Marshall films.

"Brotherhood of the Wolf"

"Brotherhood of the Wolf" (also known as "Le Pacte des Loups", 2001) is a well-known movie in the circles I run in. Outside of the those circles, this movie was largely ignored. The average American movie watcher does not concern themselves with French cinema. I for one think it would be nice if everyone did concern themselves with an occasional foreign movie. They might learn to appreciate good cinema, and not drool over yet another Michael Bay-splosions production.

Broken Lizard Marathon!

That's right! We're watching all four of Broken Lizard's major motion pictures and in chronological order: "Super Troopers", "Club Dread", "Beerfest", and "The Slammin' Salmon". And all in one day!

"The Boondock Saints"

I'm not sure about where you're from, but where I live "The Boondock Saints" (1999) is basically a bible (I think there's a joke there . . .). I have lived in several places in New England, and each one of them people have worshiped this movie. I've never been sure if this was homeland pride, but I accept it. This movie is tremendous. We did not watch the second one, because we don't own it and I didn't much care for it, so why bother tracking it down?

"The Book of Eli"

You've heard the story told several times before: nuclear fallout has turned the US into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The world is a violent place, made more violent by groups of raiders who have banded together for protection from other groups of raiders. Denzel Washington plays Eli - a lone-wolf character who is a total bad ass. What makes "The Book of Eli" (2010) different is he is in possession of a book. A book that Gary Oldman's Carnegie wants. A book that will change the wasteland forever - whether good or bad will be determined by who gets their hands on it. 

"Battlefield Earth" This Movie is Bad and You Should Even Skip Reading This Post

Let's not beat around the bush here. This movie is bad. It is widely reviled, and is considered to be one of the worst movies ever made. Yes, those are 7 different links, including admission by the screenwriter. So why don't we just jump into this and get it over with.

"Balls of Fury"

Well we got away from stupid comedies for a little while. Looks like we dove back in to them. Hard. "Balls of Fury" (2007) tried to take advantage of the popularity of "Dodgeball": using a forgotten sport at high stakes to make a comedy. "Dodgeball" started this trend, the trend moved on to peak for the movie "Dodgeball", and the last successful ridiculous sports movie was "Dodgeball".

The "Back to the Future" Trilogy

I wonder if Zemeckis knew what he was doing when he wrote these movies. They are pure fun - not out to prove anything other than movies are entertaining. That's exactly what this trilogy is: entertaining. For some reason my "Back to the Future Part II" will not work in my Xbox, so we weren't able to watch it. I've seen it a million times, though.

"Alien vs Predator" & "Alien vs Predator: Requiem"

I wish we owned other Alien and Predator movies. We own "Prometheus" and "Predators", which we will be watching later on in the P's. So for now we're watching "AvP: Alien vs Predator" and "AvPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem" Yep, they seriously tried to trend the titles up by starting them with the acronyms. So the second one has TWO subtitles! Snazzy!

"Avatar"

James Cameron's wildly-praised "Avatar" (2009). I want to keep this review short.

"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"

Based off a book of the same name, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" is the untold story of Abraham Lincoln's night job as a vampire hunter. It sounds ridiculous, but it is a rather fun movie. Most people wrote this off as a goofy and campy retelling of history, but it is not. There is no "goofy and campy", and is a solid action/horror movie. They manage to fit most everything that happens into his actual history, so nothing is as crazy as one might think.

"28 Days Later..." & "28 Weeks Later"

Well, didn't take us long to get into a double review post, did it? We're starting off strong with "28 Days Later...", and immediately ruining it with "28 Weeks Later". It's amazing how polarizing these two titles are.

Welcome to the Collection

The movie collection you have the pleasure of hearing my prattle on about. 

We love movies. And as you can see, we have a large collection of movies with varying degrees of quality and popularity. . We have our movies split up into several categories: Comics, Kids/Family, Muppets, Tolkien/Narnia/Star Wars, and Everything Else. We also have a pretty small anime collection and some TV series. Chances are I will not be reviewing either of those sections in this blog. All-in-all, we have somewhere around 400 titles.