The Sallie Gardner Effect: What does EE think about this movie?

Issue # 10
Knowing (2009) Review
by ManicallyDepressed

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Although I’m a sucker for mind challenges, I wouldn’t waste two hours of my life solving a piece of paper that appears to contain nothing except random numbers on it. Then again, I would rather solve this piece of paper than waste two hours on watching this movie again.

(Big spoilers ahead)

The Sallie Gardner Effect: 2009 Movie of the Year

Issue # 9
by ManicallyDepressed

2009 is almost over and what a year it was! From the highly disappointing Transformers sequel to the sleeper hit, The Hangover, this year had its fair share of both good and bad movies. For this issue, I reviewed a movie I considered the best for this year.

Read the review for ManicallyDepressed’s 2009 Movie of the Year after the jump…

The Sallie Gardner Effect: Terminated

Issue # 8
Terminator Salvation (2009) Review
by ManicallyDepressed

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Unless you’re living under a rock, then you’ll know James Cameron’s Avatar is now in theaters. So far, it is doing financially and critically good. Unfortunately, I haven’t watched it yet, so instead I’ll be reviewing the fourth movie from a franchise started by James Cameron, Terminator Salvation.

I am a very huge fan of the Terminator movies, so it’s a shame that it took me this long to watch this one. Probably, I avoided watching this movie, because it was widely panned by critics. Now, it’s my turn.

Meatier Shower

 By Starman

Movie: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 

Synopsis: "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" is an animated film released on September of 2009. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller directed this movie. It is loosely base on the children's book of the same name. Voice cast includes Bill Hader, Anna Farris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T and Neil Patrick Harris. The film is about an enthusiastic inventor, Flint Lockwood, who attracts disaster with his odd inventions. When his town started to suffer with its food supply, he created a machine that will turn water into any kind of food. Accidentally, his invention flew to the Earth's stratosphere. This resulted to different kinds of food raining down on the town. But when the machine started to malfunction, giant pieces of food started to destroy the town. It is now up to Flint to save the day from this delicious weather.

The Sallie Gardner Effect: The Not-So-Great Showdown

Issue # 7
Righteous Kill (2008) Review
by ManicallyDepressed

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Robert De Niro. Al Pacino. In a crime thriller film. Written by the same guy from Inside Man (2006). What could have possibly gone wrong?

The 12th Friday the 13th

 By Starman

Movie: Friday the 13th

Synopsis: "Friday the 13th" is a horror film which serves as a reboot of the original film series. It is directed by Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pathfinder). Jared Padalecki, star of the TV show "Supernatural", is the main protagonist of the film. With him are Danielle Panabaker (Sky High) and Amanda Righetti (The Mentalist). Trent, along with his friends, took a vacation on his summer cabin which is at Crystal Lake. A man named Clay Miller who is in search of his sister makes his way to the cabin and meets the group. They are all unaware of the events that took place in the camp. Now, the dreaded Jason Voorhees is back to lash out his anger on everyone for the death of his mother.

Ninjas Are Bloody Awesome!

 By Starman

Movie: Ninja Assassin 

Synopsis: Ninja Assassin is an action film directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) and produced by the Wachowski Brothers(Matrix trilogy), Joel Silver and Grant Hill. It stars international superstar Rain (Speed Racer), Naomie Harris (28 Days Later) and Rick Yune (The Fast and the Furious). Raizo is an orphan who was adopted by the Ozunu clan. He was trained to be the deadliest ninja assassin. His loyalty was shook when a loved one died in the hands of the clan. He rebels against them and went into hiding. After a few years, a Europol agent, Mika Coretti, got into trouble for investigating the clan. She was saved by Raizo and now must work together to find a way to bring down the clan.

The Sallie Gardner Effect: Way Before Spider-Man

Issue # 6
Darkman (1990) Review
by ManicallyDepressed

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20 years ago, a comic book enthusiast wanted to make a film adaptation of either The Shadow or Batman. They denied him the rights to both comic book characters, so Sam Raimi told himself, “Screw them. I’ll create my own.”

The Great Showdown

 By Starman

Movie: Heat

Synopsis: Heat is an action crime film released in the year 1995. It is directed by Michal Mann known for movies such as Hancock, Public Enemies and The Aviator. The film boasts an ensemble cast which includes Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Ashley Judd, Ted Levine and many more. It centers on the two main characters, a calm professional burglar(played by De Niro) and an explosive devoted policeman(played by Al Pacino). Neil McCauley is the mastermind of a group of criminals who carry out carefully planned heists. When a robbery turned into murder, a cat-and-mouse chase ensues between them and a newly assigned officer, Vincent Hanna.

The Sallie Gardner Effect: Top 5 Breakups… Not Mine, Of Rob Gordon

Issue # 5
High Fidelity (2000) Review
by ManicallyDepressed

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After 2012 and Being John Malkovich, I am reviewing another John Cusack movie. So, am I now starting to have an affinity to John Cusack? Yes, after I watched High Fidelity.

The Sallie Gardner Effect: $200 for 15 minutes

Issue # 4
Being John Malkovich (1999) Review
by ManicallyDepressed

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The movie title refers to John Malkovich, the actor, but this is not a biographical film on him. It’s more like the worst nightmare he can ever have.

One of the, if not the most, essential characteristics of a fantasy-based film, or any literature for that matter, is the originality. Originality is an understatement for Being John Malkovich.

Not So Horrible At All

By Starman 

Movie: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Synopsis: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a short musical film distributed through the Internet in 2008. This was directed by Joss Whedon. He is mainly known for directing tv shows like The Office, the short-lived Dollhouse and everyone's favorite vampire slayer Buffy. It stars the always awesome Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day, Nathan Fillion and Simon Helberg(Wolowitz from Big Bang Theory). The story is about an evil doctor, Dr. Horrible, who has a mission to get inside the Evil League of Evil and win the girl of his dreams, Penny. But there is a very bumpy obstacle that he has to cross and it comes in the form of his rival, Captain Hammer.

Just Because...

  By Starman

Movie: New Moon

Synopsis: This is a 2009 romantic fantasy film that is based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. There is a new director for this sequel. Chris Weitz is known for such movies as American Pie, About a Boy and The Golden Compass.

Most of the characters from the Twilight movie will reprise their roles in this sequel. Kristin Stewart (Panic Room, Adventureland), Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and Taylor Lautner (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D) are the leads in this film.

On Bella Swan's 18th birthday, Edward realized that he could not always protect her. He ended the relationship and moved to another place. She is devastated by this loss but eventually found comfort in the form of her bestfriend, Jacob. Though she have spent time with her werewolf friend, she could not forget her feelings for her vampire ex-lover. She started to do dangerous activities just so he could appear in her consciousness.

A miscommunication resulted to Edward approaching the Volturi, the royalty of the vampires that also acts as the enforcer of their own rules. He requested for them to kill him.

With the vision of her bestfriend, Alice, they found out about his plan of suicide. Can she now race through time to reach him before a classic Romeo and Juliet scenario occurs?

The Sallie Garder Effect: Did The Mayans Predict How Bad This Is?

Issue # 3
2012 (2009) Review
by ManicallyDepressed

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2012 swept in more than 200 million USD over the weekends. I find it very odd that humans love the apocalyptic. The unfortunate thing is I am a member of this race so I had to watch this movie. Was it worth the money? Yes. Then, it’s a good movie, right? No.

The Sallie Gardner Effect: More Like This-Movie-Totally-Sucks Room

Issue # 2
Breathing Room (2008) Review
by ManicallyDepressed

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I’ll go straight to the point with this one: 0 asterisks.

(spoilers beyond this point.. but hey, you won’t be watching this, right?)

The Sallie Gardner Effect: Coz He Doesn't Know Twitter

Issue # 1
Following (1998) Review
by ManicallyDepressed

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It has a very low budget. It has a cast nobody has heard of. It was shot on a 16mm black-and-white film stock. Expectations are practically zero. And yet it is one of the greatest crime-thriller films I’ve watched. I effortlessly rate this film with 4 asterisks.

Obsessive Con-Pulsive Disorder

By Starman

Movie: Matchstick Men

Synopsis: This is a 2003 dramedy film directed by Ridley Scott(Blade Runner, American Gangster, Gladiator). Roy Walter(Nicolas Cage) is a con artist with an obsessive-compulsive disorder. He gets uncomfortable whenever he is outdoors. Together with his partner, Frank Mercer(Sam Rockwell), they trick people with their different schemes.
Everything was going well until Roy met his 14-year old daughter, Angela(Alison Lohman), from his ex-wife. He must now choose between his stable life as a con artist and his daughter.