Film Review: Silent Hill: Revelation

Ever wonder what it would be like to see all of one’s skeletons in one’s closet manifest and ripple into the physical world? Imagine yourself in such a situation: all the horrors, mental torments, regrets, and anguish balled up into a small, seemingly abandoned town. Imagine the calling, the lure of its gray, dusty streets, the way it feeds off your psyche like a leech. The successful Silent Hill video game franchise is exactly this. But much like the slew of Resident Evil flicks, a few things tend to get lost in the translation. While few fans probably go into video game movies anymore expecting some sort of loyalty, the thing to watch for has instead become butchery. Silent Hill: Revelation is full of butchery. But is there more to the cutting board than just chunks of mutilated flesh?

Best and Worst Films I Saw in 2012

Ten Best Films I Saw in 2012

Note: I don’t get to the theater much because it is expensive and there usually aren’t five films that come out all year that are worth going to the theater for. So instead I keep track of the films I’ve never seen before during the year and select from that list ten best (complete list of the films I saw this year, among other things, at http://coffeecupreview.wordpress.com/).