Outlander (2008)

First off, thanks to Tito for recommending the following flick to me. It had completely gone under my radar.

Outlander was freaking awesome. Essentially Jim Caviezel is Beowulf from space. As lame as that sounds, they did a really good job with this movie.

I unfortunately had a fairly poor quality version, so I won't comment on the special fx quality, but from what I could tell it was pretty good. Specifically speaking, the design concept on the "Grendel", a.k.a. the Moorwen, was really well done. From a design aspect, the creature was beautiful. All in all, I would highly recommend you see this movie. If you like sci-fi and not fantasy, or vice versa (as if anyone exists out there that likes one over the other), then you will enjoy this flick.

Some notable actors and other work you may find them in:

Sophia Myles as Freya. She did great in Doctor Who Season 2 as Reinette, a.k.a. the Madamme de Pompadour.

Jack Huston was really good in Shrooms.

Ron Perlman was in this, and as usual I had an argument with my roommate because you can never recognize him in his make-up. If you don't know who Ron Perlman is, then your not paying attention, because he has been in almost every notable blockbuster in the last decade, and beyond for that matter.

And of course Jon Hurt.


Plot- 3
Directing- 3
Acting- 4
Cinematography- 4
Gore- 2 only some brief dismemberment

Jean-Claude Van Damme

OMG, long time no see!!

Well, in the hopes that anyone is actually going to read this, I'm posting about a movie that I just watched that I must mention here: Jean-Claude Van Damme (a.k.a. Codename: JCVD).

This is without a doubt one of the better films I have seen recently, and I have seen a number of films recently. Jean-Claude gives us a stark and intimate portrayal of his life in the course of 97 minutes. I'm a big fan of JC, ever since Bloodsport changed the genre of action flick. This is not an action movie however, don't be deceived.

To conclude, as I don't want to give away the movie, I am going to buy this movie! If anyone knows me, this is a big deal. I doubt JC will win any awards for this, let alone get recognized in this country for how good this film really was. All I can do is buy it, try to get others to watch it, and hope that he will see how much Americans really do appreciate him.

Plot- 4
Directing- 5
Acting- 5
Cinematography- 5
Gore- n/a