Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween, dear readers. Don't try to overdose on too much candy and trick-or-treating goodies and whatnot. You know how you can avoid that? Share with me.

Not a lot has gone on this week. I caught Saw on Friday, and I'm working on a full review of that. I wanted to get it done so I could post it tonight, but it's not, so you're just gonna have to wait. Same goes for the review of Shaun of the Dead I was working on. But I do have a new review for you just in time for Halloween; this time it's The Grudge. Feel free to read that, and any other horror reviews at "Sutton At The Movies" (which equates to about 90% of the movies there).

Anyway, back to Saw, which I thought was very fun and exciting. I loved the homage to Black Christmas near the end and especially the whole concept of the movie, but it seems like the movie is trying too hard to be like Seven at times. Despite that and some inconsistent acting, and I'll give it three and a half stars. However, if you need a Halloween-type movie to see, go see The Grudge. Better yet, go to the local video store and rent Halloween. Make sure it's the original Halloween and not one of the crappy sequels, though. Halloween 2 is decent, Halloween 3 is a watchable B-movie (despite having no Michael Myers), but Halloween 4 through Halloween: Resurrection are range from "blah" to "crappy."

You could also rent the Dawn of the Dead remake. I picked up the unrated DVD of it on Tuesday, and I definately approve. The unrated director's cut is just as entertaining (if not moreso) as the R-rated theatrical cut, and makes for an hour and a half of good scary viewing.

Added to the Blatant Movie Shilling: the House of 1000 Corpses sequel The Devil's Rejects. There's no release date yet, but many are expecting anywhere from next spring to next Halloween. Any updates, I'll fix it. But feel free to check out the teaser trailer on the website.

Nothing else to really report on this week, other than I've got a crapload of horror movies to watch. Sutton out.

More J-Horror Remakes, Please

Went and caught The Grudge with the usual suspects tonight, and I absolutely loved it. I'm normally not scared by horror movies, but this one scared me. So that puts the list of movies that scare me at three: the original Nightmare on Elm Street, The Ring, and The Grudge. And I'll go on record and say they should remake more Japanese horror movies. The Ring and The Grudge were both great, so I'm sure any in the future would be just as good. The Grudge does have a few similarities to The Ring, and some parts even seem copied straight out of The Ring, and its Pulp Fiction-esque out-of-sequence editing can throw you for a loop, but The Grudge gets a definite four stars from yours truly. All I have to do now is find and check out the Japanese version of The Grudge to see how they compare.

That's all I've got for tonight. Sutton out.

America, F Yeah!

Hey, look, a post. I almost forgot the blog even existed.

I caught Team America: World Police last night, and it's definitely one of the most bizarre movies I've ever seen. A lot of the humor is either really funny or so wrong that it's funny. Three stars for the whole thing.

New review at "Sutton At The Movies." This time it's Resident Evil: Apocalypse. You can read that here, and my review for the original here.

Sutton out.

Jimmy Valiant: Worst Old Man Ever

Hey, readers. It's about time I made an update or two.

Myself and the usual suspects went to Alton for some more wrestling on Saturday. The main event featured WWE hall of famer Jimmy Valiant "wrestling" in a six-man tag. By "wrestling," I mean he hit a few punches and an eyepoke, then won with a sleeperhold. I'm not really surprised, since he's 62, and at his age and as skinny as he is, he might have broken a hip if he took a bump. And he shaved his ZZ Top beard too, so he looks a lot older than he used to. Some old wrestlers still look like wrestlers. Terry Funk is one of them. Jimmy Valiant is not. He looks like he should be in an old folks home conducting wheelchair races with the other residents.

I also have a very nasty cough going on. I hate being sick. I'm just coughing and feeling bad all the time and it sucks.

Nothing else to say. Sutton out.

Jesus Loves "Sutton At The Movies"

Just a quick update to share that there's a new review up at "Sutton At The Movies." This time it's The Passion of the Christ. Sutton out.

Random Musings

Today was the annual county festival. Only in Kentucky can you go to a festival smelling like a daisy and leave smelling like cigarettes and horse manure. The fact that the day was rainy and there wasn't anything going on (as per the course at these things) didn't help. At least I got out of the house for a change.

I've been watching Boston Public on WE (that women's network that David and Courtney Arquette started), and I want to kick Fox in the groin for canceling it. I want it on DVD now, darn it. That and the first season of Joan of Arcadia. I've gotten addicted to Joan of Arcadia, but I can't watch Joe Mantegna without thinking of Fat Tony from The Simpsons. Am I the only person that thinks that way?

I saw a commercial for the Care Bears last night, and my question is this: when did these stupid things come back in style? And must every 80s trend come back? I still want Ghostbusters 3 and Bill & Ted 3 if all these 80s trends keep getting resurrected. Too bad Bill Murray is too good for the Ghostbusters now, because Ghostbusters 3 would probably get made.

To fill some space, have some Horror Movie News.

The DVD specs for Resident Evil: Apocalypse have been announced already. It'll be a two-disc special edition with three audio commentaries, twenty (!) deleted scenes, cast outtakes, a montage of bloopers featuring Mike Epps, and featurettes on the production, special effects, female action heroes, and corporate malfeasance. It'll be released on December 28th with an MSRP of around 29 bucks.

Also getting DVD release dates are Open Water (also on December 28th), Exorcist: The Beginning (January 4th), and The Village (January 11th). The Exorcist DVD will be the theatrically released version, directed by Renny Harlin. No word yet on if the version Paul Schrader directed will ever see the light of day. In other DVD news (and perhaps my favorite bit of news today): Anchor Bay Entertainment is planning on doing an American DVD of one of my favorite horror movies, Cemetary Man, sometime either this fall or fall 2005. Either way, I'm gonna buy this sucker as soon as I can. Anchor Bay is also working on a DVD of Freaked, which was co-written by, co-directed by, and starred Alex Winter (who you might recognize as Bill S. Preston, Esq., from the Bill & Ted movies). I enjoyed Freaked (being the fan of odd B-movies that I am), but I'm happier that Cemetary Man is getting a DVD release here in the States. It's good stuff, worth at least a rental if you see it at your local video store. But if you're not into odd Italian zombie movies, you might want to skip it.

And in our last bit of news, it's been reported that ABC is planning on doing a remake of Rosemary's Baby, set for air in 2005. Yeah, whatever. I can understand remaking a movie if it stunk the first time around, isn't well-known, or would be a foreign movie that American viewers would never see (like The Ring and The Grudge), but this is insanity. Dear Hollywood, cut back on the remakes. Try making an original movie for a change. Love, Matt Sutton.

That's all I've got now. Sutton out.