It’s May already?! While I’m still coming to terms with the fact that its almost mid year already, I took some time, as I do every month, to look at the best of the previous month. Take a look at some of last month’s highlights including box office stats, our favorite posts and new blogs we’re into.
STATS:
- The Cabin In The Woods surprises critics and holds a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes
- The Hunger Games continued to blow away the new release box office competition in April
- Marvel’s The Avengers has already made over $185 Million overseas
- Anyone care to see the MTV Movie Award nominations?
WHAT TO READ:
- Dan of Public Transportation Snob gives a great list of the Top 5 alien invasion films
- OR LISTEN TO: Another great episode of Frankly My Dear Podcast about my fav movie so far this year: The Cabin In The Woods!
- The Smoking Pen is still doing a Quentin Tarantino blogathon motherfuckers!
- Mike at Man, I Love Films is quickly becoming my favorite editorial writer on the site. Read his story about how movies can bring people together.
NEW SITES TO CHECK OUT:
- Invasion of the B Movies - Run by Jason Soto, Jess and I did a guest spot on his (and Nohlan’s) podcast The Lair of the Unwanted and they were super awesome!
- Two Dude Review - It’s two dudes reviewing stuff, what did you expect?
- The Movie Log - Reviews and content on a wide ranging assortment of films
FTS STUFF:
- Best Reviewed Movie: The Cabin In The Woods 91%
- Worst Reviewed Movie: American Reunion 71%
- Featured: The F***ing Trailer Show
- Podcasts: Special TV Edition, Breakthrough Roles, Movies from 1985, & Harrison Ford Roles
thank you very much for the mention and for continuing to read.
No problem, keep up the amazing work!
Good gravy did I love Cabin in the Woods; I’ve written a ton about it just in comment sections already, nevermind my own review and the massive essay I’m writing on the film. There’s just an amazing amount of stuff to talk about in regards to all things Cabin, whether that just means gushing about the last twenty or so minutes (which to me plays out like a horror-themed Cantina scene, in that your eyes will be flying all over the place trying to take in all of the weirdness on display– but there will ALWAYS be something that you miss) or speaking about the greater meaning of the film.
(Spoilers here, I guess.) For my part, I think that final image can be taken in two ways; either it’s meant to represent Goddard and Whedon crushing the horror genre so as to rebuild it from scratch, or it’s meant to represent the displeasure of the “customer”/horror fans as they act out their wrath.
Anyways. If you liked Cabin you may also want to check out Detention. At this point I know that Cabin is my favorite of the two, but they’re both excellent– though incredibly different despite being meta takes on horror.
Yes! There really is so much to talk about with Cabin. It might seem like just a fun flick but I’m with you and think that there is a ton to ponder about the roles, messages/morals and overall points.
I’m only mildly familiar with Detention but I’ll certainly put it on my radar now.
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