Now this is what Basement Cinema is all about! Drive Angry is a fun, trashy B-movie with all the fixin's: bloody violence, liberal use of profanity, sex, nudity and hot chicks driving hot cars. Sure, it's got Nicolas Cage, but he's good in these kinds of off-kilter roles. And the world needs more Amber Heard because, well, just look at her! This is a 70s drive-in movie on steroids and it wears that badge proudly. Drive Angry isn't trying to be anything more than a crazy, beer-drinking movie experience, and I love it! Pair this up with Piranha 3D and you've got a great double feature. I'm giving this a Good, and will be watching it again and again and again.
If you're a 40 + white dude, like myself, you may remember a comic series called " The Adventures of Tintin ". I know I remember them. This series, dating back to 1929, got turned into a animated feature film by Steven Spielberg in 2011. After buying a model of ship called The Unicorn, teenaged journalist Tintin finds himself on adventure that will take him from the high seas, to the low deserts, and from the distant past to the present. With his trusty dog, Snowy, by his side, Tintin uncovers a story connecting two men across the centuries.. . The story is really quite good. It's well crafted, and high paced- with just enough slow moments to build and develop the world and the characters. This is the sort of adventure story you'd find in the old serials of the 1930's and '40's. In fact, it felt like it was the sort of tale that you'd find Indiana Jones undertaking. I found myself swept up, and swept along as our hero swung from one e...
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