http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:31:34 -0700 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:44:56 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Halloween-DVD-Guide-Five-Quick-Reviews-in-One?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner So like I said, I'm trying to get as much in as possible before tonight, so I'm gonna do a 5 in 1. I apologize for any grammar errors and zero hyperlinks, I really had to throw this together last minute. Ok, up first is: Infestat... Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:44:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d31-Halloween-DVD-Guide-Five-Quick-Reviews-in-One?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Halloween-DVD-Guide-The-ChildrenOrphan--Kids-Terrorize-Their-Parents-in-the-Snow?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner Ok, next up on our Halloween checklist is a two for one: The Children and Orphan. I chose to lump these two together for the obvious reason: They're about mean kids killing oblivious adults. And both take place in the snow, I thought that was ... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:07:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Halloween-DVD-Guide-The-ChildrenOrphan--Kids-Terrorize-Their-Parents-in-the-Snow?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Halloween-DVD-Guide-The-Thaw--Leave-This-One-Cold-and-Buried?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner It's been a while since I've done a review, but I couldn't resist setting everyone up for my favorite holiday of the year. So I'll be trying to cram every horror release of late into the few days we have until Halloween is upon us.... Review Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:08:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d30-Halloween-DVD-Guide-The-Thaw--Leave-This-One-Cold-and-Buried?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d14-I-Am-Legend-Week-I-Am-Legend?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner   Rounding out I Am Legend week is…I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, a dog, and a lot of CG. How does the latest attempt at Richard Matheson’s brilliant novel hold up against the rest? Is the Fresh Prince a better Neville?Nope.... Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:35:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d14-I-Am-Legend-Week-I-Am-Legend?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d14-I-Am-Legend-Week-The-Omega-Man?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner    Ok, next up is The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston.This is the one that got away, as it’s by far the least like the book. Set in the city, (just A city, dunno which one it is) Omega follows Heston’s Robert Neville as... Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:57:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d14-I-Am-Legend-Week-The-Omega-Man?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d14-I-Am-Legend-Week-The-Last-Man-On-Earth?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner    Ok, so this week’s theme might’ve been a bit more interesting at the time of the release of I Am Legend a couple years ago, but I wasn’t an examiner back then, so…there. Actually, I’m doing this as a d... Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:06:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d14-I-Am-Legend-Week-The-Last-Man-On-Earth?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d5-Starship-Troopers-Week-The-Sequels?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner  The rest of Starship Troopers Week ends here, as both sequels to the original will be condensed into one review. Read on as I rip the rest of the franchise a new one.Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the FederationWell, not quite ripping a new one, ... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:16:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m7d5-Starship-Troopers-Week-The-Sequels?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Starship-Troopers-Week-Starship-Troopers-1?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner             Remember that crazy-violent movie made in 1997 by the same mad dutchman who did Total Recall and Robocop? Hard to forget. Remember how two sequels were made? Hard to believe. It'... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:03:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Starship-Troopers-Week-Starship-Troopers-1?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d14-Jet-Li-Week-Fist-of-Legend?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner    It's fine because fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping and leading man Jet go nuts with the kungfu in this one. No fancy cueball tricks (see the Kiss of the Dragon review) or gory self-impalements (Black Mask review), just all around fa... Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:25:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d14-Jet-Li-Week-Fist-of-Legend?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Jet-Li-Week-Kiss-of-the-Dragon?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner      Probably the most known of the 3 films being reviewed in Jet Li week, Kiss of the Dragon is one of Jet Li's best of all time. If you've never heard of it, either you're not a kungfu fan or you are and need to do the foll... Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:15:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Jet-Li-Week-Kiss-of-the-Dragon?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Jet-Li-Week-Black-Mask?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner    Starting off a chopsocky trifecta of Jet Li awesomeness (with Fist of Legend and Kiss of the Dragon to follow) , we're going to start with Black Mask, a rather brutal 1996 Hong Kong action film from producer Tsui Hark (A Better Tomo... Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:37:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Jet-Li-Week-Black-Mask?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d31-Drag-Me-To-Hell-and-the-top-ten-horror-comedies?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner  Since Drag Me To Hell reviews have been done to death by now, I figured I'd throw in a little extra: My top ten horror comedies of the last few decades. First, Drag.So if you haven't seen Sam Raimi's first return to horror in over 15 years, you... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:10:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d31-Drag-Me-To-Hell-and-the-top-ten-horror-comedies?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d28-Martyrs-If-you-can-handle-it-this-film-will-blow-your-head-off?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner  What's in the word "horror"? When you think of a "horror film", what comes to mind? Mindless bimbos running around in nothing-ons getting killed by pyschos in hockey masks while they're jerk boyfriends smoke pot instead of g... Thu, 28 May 2009 21:29:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d28-Martyrs-If-you-can-handle-it-this-film-will-blow-your-head-off?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d21-An-unknown-future-Can-the-Terminator-franchise-connect-with-the-past?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner   Terminator (1984) - Introduces us to the mind-blowing idea that the very things that we create are the very things that destroy us.- Almost single-handedly started our Governor's film career. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) - Featured grou... Thu, 21 May 2009 20:22:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11693-Oakland-Movie-Examiner~y2009m5d21-An-unknown-future-Can-the-Terminator-franchise-connect-with-the-past?cid=exrss-Oakland-Movie-Examiner