Posts tagged “reviews”

Five months of hype vindicated: Snakes on a Plane is gloriously, unapologetically awesome. Samuel L. Jackson, snakes, a plane, B-movie clichés cranked to 11. Go see it.

I get all my movie news from Apple's trailer site. Trailer editing is an unsung art form, and judging by how entertaining even the obvious bombs are, my attention span may be shot. Here are my five-words-or-less reviews of upcoming releases, based solely on their trailers.

Saw Return of the King. It was incredible. Go. Now.

I'm loving Monopoly Tycoon, my current runner-up for best game ever. It's no simple PC port of the board game but a deep, sophisticated simulation that takes everything great about Monopoly and cranks it up. Reviews are hitting 80-90% and I agree completely. This game rocks.