September 2011
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CACTUS MATT PRODUCTIONS
I am officially re-locating my tumblr to http://cactusmattproductions.tumblr.com/ so please, everyone who follows me here and wants to continue to follow me do at the aforementioned account. And yes I will follow back ;)
Hope to see you over there, thanks!
January 2011
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Top 10 Films Of '10
The following is a list of what I consider to be the best films of 2010, there will be some omissions for the obvious fact that I didn’t see every film that came out in 2010.
10. Easy A
9. How To Train Your Dragon
8. Law Abiding Citizen*
7. Toy Story 3
6. Shutter Island
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
4. Kick-Ass
3. The Social Network
2. Jackass 3D
1. Inception
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November 2010
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A New Dimension of Stupidity [Review]
Jackass 3D (2010) Review.
Jackass 3D is a lot of things, it’s disgusting, it’s offensive, it’s ridiculous, it’s also hilarious, entertaining and most of all 90 minutes of pure fun. But it’s also something else, something rather remarkable. It’s by far the best use of the 3D technology in a film to date. And when you think about it, it makes logical sense that...
October 2010
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'Matt Likes This' [Review]
The Social Network (2010) Review
Watching The Social Network is a sublime experience. Everything about this film exudes quality, experience, hard-work, polish and just an effortless brilliance that is quite frankly a frightening thing to behold. David Fincher is the talented man behind the helm, his previous works on such films as Se7en, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (to name...
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The Dark Knight Rises...
So Christopher Nolan has given us the official title for the third in his Batman films. The Dark Knight Rises, I don’t know about you but this is probably the worst title I’ve heard for a superhero movie… ever. The first one is called Batman Begins, simple and to the point. The second one is called The Dark Knight, a title I wasn’t particularly keen on anyway but makes...
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My Favourite Band.
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The thing about a-ha is...
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Day 15 - Favourite David Lynch Quote
“Sex was like a world so mysterious to me, I really couldn’t believe there was this fantastic texture to life that I was getting to do…it has all these different levels, from lust and fearful, violent sex to the real spiritual thing at the other end. It´s the key to some fantastic mystery of life.”
“Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but...
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It Ain't Easy Being Easy [Review]
Easy A (2010) Review.
The ‘chick flick’ is not a genre I am at all familiar with, due entirely I will admit, to my own prejudices. I am not the target audiences of these films, there is nothing that appeals to me within this genre and the few I have seen I did not enjoy. I did however want to see Easy A because the trailers portrayed this as a somewhat sharp comedy with a likable and...
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Day 1 - Favourite Lynch Film
INLAND EMPIRE
Every Lynch film I’ve seen has something remarkable about it, some more than others. The quintessential weirdness that makes a Lynch film memorable and magnificent is forever imitated but never matched. Inland Empire takes the madness and amplifies it to it’s logical progression, this is a film that exists in some part in all his films and yet only here has it been...
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15 Day David Lynch Challenge
While I generally find these types of blogs a little pointless (no offence to anyone who does them of course). I liked this one for obvious reasons and decided to start it since my first episode of my new review show will likely take longer than I thought to get going. Note: I think it’s odd this list starts with favourite Lynch film, I would have thought that one would be best left til last...
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An important(ish) update.
So a week or so ago I promised a video review every night for Between the Static, as some of you may have noticed some days have passed without update. The reason? Mostly because I wasn’t happy with the format of the videos, nor their originality factor (I’m an insane perfectionist). So what happens now, you may ask?
My unrelenting mind will not cease without a new show to occupy my...
September 2010
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Something new is coming...
I have returned to tumblr with a new(ish) idea. I will be posting 1 minute video reviews of movies, games, TV-shows and music.
Expect more of my biting criticism, and no-holds barred commentary on society that comes with reviewing films I hate.
Watch this space!
Cactus Matt
Reason for recent inactivity.
Hi followers, in case you were wondering why my daily reviews had stopped it’s because I decided I needed a place where my reviews would be found my more people and put in a place where they were more appropriate. Tumblr is cool but it doesn’t seem to be the right place for text reviews so I’ve started up a wordpress account.
http://betweenthestatic.wordpress.com/
I’ll...
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5 Favourite Actors
When picking favourite actors, the criteria came down to one simple thing: how much more awesome their presence in a movie makes the movie. So without further ado, here are my five favourite actors!
Will Smith
Whether the role be action (Independence Day, I Robot), comedy (Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, Men In Black) or a bit of both (Bad Boys I & II) Will Smith has an effortless cool factor and...
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Fallen Down [Review]
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Review Abandon all brains, ye who enter here. That’s about the best advice I could anyone who hasn’t watched this film yet and for some reason wants to. And even going into this film with that attitude, expecting nothing more than a raucous action extravaganza, Transformers 2 still disappointed, massively so. Director Michael Bay has made a...
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"I came here to drink milk and kick ass, and I've...
The IT Crowd - Series 4 (2010) Review “I may be able to get an Iphone without giving any money to Apple, I’ll be living the dream!” - Moss. Despite a rough start with the uneven first series, series two and three proved to everyone that The IT Crowd is a sharply written, astoundingly well-acted and all round hilarious British comedy. The writer/creator responsible is...
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Glitter or Fur? [Review]
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) Review I read the first Twilight novel and I don’t regret it. Why? Very simple, I can criticise what is quite easily (and by a far margin) the worst literary abomination ever committed to print. Contemptible in every conceivable way, without an ounce of redeeming qualities, originality or sense. I can criticise with aplomb and do so at every chance I get....
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You Goddamn Dirty Ape! [Review]
King Kong (2005) Review So there’s an island, and on it there’s a big ape, no correction, a big motherfucking ape. And also there are dinosaurs, and an ancient tribe, and… wait, back up a minute, dinosaurs? Okay, so there’s an island with a big motherfucking ape, ancient tribespeople and some goddamn genuine dinosaurs, oh and it’s a love story too. Right, so which...
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15+ Hours Of Fame [Review]
InFAMOUS (PS3) Review A lot of open world/sandbox games suffer from a lack of story, this is certainly not the case with Sucker Punch Productions Infamous. You play an ordinary bike messenger named Cole MacGrath, who finds himself in the middle of a world of hurt when a package he is delivering explodes destroying most of his hometown of Empire City. Due to his proximity to the epicenter of the...
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A Secret Worth Spreading [Review]
Audio Secrecy by Stone Sour (2010) [Album] Review
Stone Sour is one of my favourite bands of all time, maybe this is something not best mentioned at the start of a review, because it might imply bias. But if something is bad, regardless of whether it’s from a favourite director, or starring a favourite actor or as is the case here from a favourite band and it isn’t up to scratch...
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They Blue It [Review]
Avatar (2009) Review
I’m glad to say I wasn’t one of the people who made Avatar a $2.7 billion theatrical success story. From the moment I had heard of the film I was sceptical, and as reviews came in criticising the story I knew my scepticism to be true. To have preconceptions about a film is normal, certainly one is never decried for having great anticipation for a film before it comes out so...
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Deeply Disturbed [Review]
Asylum by Disturbed (2010) [Album] Review
Disturbed is considered to be something of a red-headed step child among the metal community and indeed the greater music community at large. Part of this comes from the fact that Disturbed has never really taken themselves seriously. Covering 80’s pop/rock classics such as Shout (by Tears for Fears) and Land of Confusion (by Genesis) is a good way...
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Last But Not Least [Review]
The Last House On The Left (2009) Review
In 1972 Wes Craven made his cinematic debut with his brutal tale of rape and revenge titled The Last House On The Left. Indeed so shocking it was considered, it was banned in Australia for thirty years. Of course when it was released here on DVD I was quick to pick it up, curious of course as to why it was banned and what about it made it so objectionable...
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Ups and Downs [Review]
Up (2009) Review
Pixar owns the monopoly on my heart and soul. Sure classic Disney may have Bambi’s mother copping a bullet to the brain, Snow White getting glass cased by seven little men and Mufasa getting it old school with a slo-mo fall into stampeding wildebeest, but those are light-hearted in comparison to what Pixar has been serving up out of late. Specifically their last three films...
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Firkytoodling, Opium and Back-Alley Theatre...
Dorian Gray (2009) Review
Never before has a movie so inspired me to read the source material which it is based upon. Truthfully, the moment the film finished I found myself scouring the internet book shops for Oscar WIlde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’. And as I type this now that very book sits in my shopping basket waiting to be ordered. This is not to the credit of the...
August 2010
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Gold tarnishes (so does Silver) [Review]
Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver [NDS] (2010) Review
Nostalgia is a dangerous thing for a reviewer. Nostalgia can distort and exaggerate, it can make the fondest of childhood memories into the loftiest of benchmarks and it can make flaws, regardless of their size, into the most unforgivable of sins. Pokemon, the cartoon, the cards and of course the games were probably the largest part of my childhood...
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Burton in Wonderland [Review]
Alice in Wonderland (2010) Review
Tim Burton delivers yet another film in his apparently endless parade of remakes/re-imaginings in Alice In Wonderland. After the universally derided Planet of the Apes remake (which I’ve purposely avoided) and the frighteningly different take on Rohl Dahl’s classic children’s tale Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton tries his hand at...
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Observe and Criticise [Review]
Observe and Report (2009) Review
I’ve observed and now I shall report, this movie is not funny, I can’t make it any clearer than that. Ronnie (Seth Rogen) is a mall cop with delusions of grandeur, so when a flasher terrorises his mall and the girl of his dreams Brandi from the perfume counter (Anna Farris) he takes it upon himself to catch the guy while trying to win her heart. Ronnie...
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I Still Play With (Murder)dolls [Review]
Women and Children Last by Murderdolls (2010) [Album] - Review
Well this was unexpected, not only the appearance of another Murderdolls album EIGHT years after their first one (Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls) but the album itself, what a difference nearly a decade makes. For those unaware or just uninitiated the Murderdolls straddle a line between Horror Punk and Heavy Rock a line which...
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Strike one, strike two... [Review]
Eastbound & Down - Season 1 (2009) Review
“Can I wear the Scream mask? The mask from Scream… when I fuck you from behind?” - Kenny Powers.
Eastbound & Down is the story of once bad-boy Baseball legend Kenny Powers who after riding the waves of success into a life of drugs and excess finds himself washed up, living with his brother and his straight-laced family and...