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Brent McKnight

Brent McKnight lives in Seattle, and is working feverishly to finish his degree in creative writing through the University of New Orleans Low-Residency MFA Program.  His thesis is a post-apocalyptic, zombie, spaghetti western, much to the chagrin of most of his advisors.  He likes dogs, beards, and Steven Seagal, and rants about movies at thelastthingisee.blogspot.com and BeyondHollywood.com.  Recently he fulfilled a lifelong goal, appearing as an extra in a zombie movie.


Reviews

Wednesday, May 16 2012

Like a Jack London Story on Steroids: 'The Grey'

A bleak, desolate setting full of bleak, desolate men: A group of oil workers survive a plane crash and have to fight a pack of wolves across the Alaskan wilderness.


Monday, May 7 2012

Some Guests of This Hotel Never Checked Out: 'The Innkeepers'

Two amateur ghost hunters get more than they bargained for when they set out to prove that a New England hotel is haunted.


Tuesday, April 24 2012

Despite a Generic Plot, 'Contraband' Is a Perfectly Solid Action Flick

Because no criminal can ever truly leave, an ex-smuggler gets dragged back into the game.


Tuesday, April 24 2012

'Night Wolf': A Familiar Genre Romp Through the Dark

When Sarah returns home she gets more than she bargained for: monsters!


Monday, April 16 2012

Base and Brutal with a Unique Visual Style: Xavier Gens' 'The Divide'

Xavier Gens delivers a post-apocalyptic tale of nine survivors forced together in a cramped bunker. With the world in ruins around them, supplies running low, it's only a matter of time before they reach their breaking points.


To Paraphrase Rick James, Cocaine Is a Hell of a Drug: 'Wizards' [4.Apr.12]
'Alien Opponent' Comes Close to Inspired Madness -- then Spirals Away [4.Apr.12]
Savage, Sharp, Satirical and Brutally Funny: 'Battle Royale: The Complete Collection' [2.Apr.12]
Better than 'Clash of the Titans', 'Immortals' Is Still Crappy [21.Mar.12]
Are You a Man or a Muppet? 'The Muppets' [21.Mar.12]
'The Three Musketeers': Like Putting a Silk Hat on a Pig [15.Mar.12]
Winter is Coming: Prepare Yourself for 'Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season' [7.Mar.12]
'Track 29' Has Some Mommy Issues [27.Feb.12]
''Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure' -- and Some Truly Black Humor [22.Feb.12]
A Well-Worn Road, 'Killer Elite' Is Still a Badass Action Film [15.Feb.12]
A Badass in the Charles Bronson Vein: 'Outrage: Way of the Yakuza' [14.Feb.12]
Seijun Suzuki's Classic New-Wave Gangster Films: 'Tokyo Drifter' and 'Branded to Kill' [9.Feb.12]
'Apollo 18': Little Variation on a Thoroughly Explored Theme [1.Feb.12]
'Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption': Sit Back and Bask in the Ninjaness of It All [31.Jan.12]
'Justified': More Macho Posturing [17.Jan.12]
Butch Cassidy is Dead, Long Live Butch Cassidy: 'Blackthorn' [17.Jan.12]
'The Fades' Has Horror, Humor, and Heart [15.Jan.12]
'Point Blank': Has Action, Action and More Action [6.Jan.12]
'A Serbian Film' Will Leave You Bruised, Bloody, and Badly Needing a Hug [12.Dec.11]
'Bones: The Complete Sixth Season': A Specific, Intelligent, Not to Mention Morbid, Brand of Humor [9.Nov.11]
'Hell on Wheels' Raises the Inevitable Question... At What Price Progress? [6.Nov.11]
'Retreat': From Vacation, to Sanctuary, to Barren Prison [4.Nov.11]
'Set Up' Moves from A to B to C at Lightning Pace and With Little to No Causality or Connection [2.Nov.11]
'How I Met Your Mother: Season Six' Gains Weight and Substance [17.Oct.11]
'The Butcher, The Chef, and The Swordsman' Is a Frenetic Mess [13.Oct.11]
'Blades of Blood' Is Almost Really Good [6.Oct.11]
'Angel of Evil': A Gritty Portrait of a Career Criminal [5.Oct.11]
'Scary Movie 2' and 'Scary Movie 3': Terrible Potential, Squandered [29.Sep.11]
'Revenge' Is a Pale Update of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' [21.Sep.11]
'Top Gun' Taught Me What It Is to be THE Man [12.Sep.11]
'BKO: Bangkok Knockout' Is a Face-Paced Blast -- Except When the Actors are Talking [30.Aug.11]
'Dream Home': The Hong Kong Housing Market Can Be Murder [16.Aug.11]
'Strike Back' Has That Direct-to-Video Aesthetic [12.Aug.11]
'The Last Godfather' Is a Slumping Droolfest [11.Aug.11]
'Dylan Dog: Dead of Night' Hits Like a Vampire [1.Aug.11]
Some Curses Should be Avoided at All Costs, 'Goblin' Is One of Them [1.Aug.11]
After Dark Originals: 'The Task' and 'Scream of the Banshee' [27.Jul.11]
'Tekken' Is Vaguely Post-Apocalyptic & of Course, Vaguely Dystopian [25.Jul.11]
If Zach Snyder Made a Western, It Would be 'The Warrior's Way' [11.Jul.11]
'Black Moon': Like Fingers Raking Down a Black Chalkboard [7.Jul.11]
'Hall Pass': Do You Remember the Last Time the Farrelly Brothers Were Funny? Neither do I [22.Jun.11]
'Outcasts' Series Premiere [19.Jun.11]
'Viva Riva!': Vivid and Sinister [10.Jun.11]
'Trollhunter' Proves Big Trolls Only Look Better on a Big Screen [10.Jun.11]
'Cross': The End is Near. Look Busy. [8.Jun.11]
The Comancheros [2.Jun.11]
'Le Mans' Provides Actual Footage from the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans [24.May.11]
'Black Death': It's 1348 and Things Are Grim [17.May.11]
'Everything Must Go': Off Type [5.May.11]
'Road, Movie' Gorgeously Conveys the Transformative Power of Cinema [4.May.11]
Honor, Loyalty and Brotherhood in 'Le Cercle Rouge' [22.Apr.11]
'Happy Endings' Series Premiere [13.Apr.11]
Watching The Next Three Days Feels Like It Takes Three Days [11.Apr.11]
'Rubber': In a Movie [7.Apr.11]
'Siren': A Decent Little Supernatural Psychological Thriller [6.Apr.11]
The Easter Bunny Gets His Due in 'Hop' [1.Apr.11]
happythankyoumoreplease [31.Mar.11]
On a Theoretical Level, 'Vanquisher' Should Be a Good Time [29.Mar.11]
Bad Boys [24.Mar.11]
'Birdemic: Shock and Terror': So Bad It's Not Good [22.Mar.11]
'The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu' Wallows in Unabashed Geekiness [15.Mar.11]
'Virus X' Is a Lot Like a Mid-'90s Nine Inch Nails Video [9.Mar.11]
We Still Love to Hate Nancy in 'Weeds: Season Six' [24.Feb.11]
'Ong Bak 3': Who Knew There Were So Many Ways for a Man to Kick Another Man In the Face? [14.Feb.11]
Death Hunt/Butch and Sundance: The Early Days [8.Feb.11]
'A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop': A Farcical Comic Makeover [4.Feb.11]
In 'Buried', One Must Suspend Disbelief About the Actual Range of Cell Phone Coverage [3.Feb.11]
Not Much to Shoot for in 'The Gunslingers' [1.Feb.11]
After Dark Horrorfest Double Features to Die For [26.Jan.11]
'Paper Man' Is a Petulant Infant [19.Jan.11]
'The A-Team': When No One Else Can Help You With Your Problem [13.Jan.11]
'The Heavy' Is Much Lighter Than It Wants to Be [12.Jan.11]
'Resident Evil: Afterlife' I Forgot... What Was that About? [10.Jan.11]
'Bitter Feast': A Tasty Revenge Against a Mouthy Blogger [5.Jan.11]
Fanaticism, Sacrifice, War, Religion, and Imperialism in 'Valhalla Rising' [9.Dec.10]
'Vengeance': Bullet Operatic [18.Nov.10]
'Fear Me Not' -- Unless I'm on Antidepressants [17.Nov.10]
'Legend of the Black Scorpion': Love, Lust, Power and Desire [11.Nov.10]
In 'Coffin Rock' a Wife, Desperate for a Child, Sleeps with the Wrong Stranger [5.Nov.10]
Dead Is the Present Tense in 'Make-Out with Violence' [29.Oct.10]
'Searchers 2.0': Justice. Gas. Revenge. [27.Oct.10]
The 'Last Day of Summer' Is the Day When the Loser Loses It [26.Oct.10]
'Mirrors 2': Don't Look In the Mirror, but Not Because It's Scary [22.Oct.10]
'The Hitman Diaries: Charlie Valentine' Don't Look Back. Don't Ever Look Back. [20.Oct.10]
'Holy Rollers', Set in Modern NYC, Depicts Why One Might Choose to Be Less than Holy [19.Oct.10]
Sex and Lucía [8.Oct.10]
A Strong-armed Robin Hood Is Reviled and Respected In 'Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema' [6.Oct.10]
'Warriors! Swordsmen in Double Flag Town' & 'Journey to the Western Xia Empire' [30.Sep.10]
A Mysterious Stranger Drifts Through the Bland Western Tale That Is 'Doc West' [23.Sep.10]
'Under the Mountain' Is One Of Those Movies You Won't Mind Watching With Your Kids [14.Sep.10]
'Cemetery Junction' Might Just Break Your Heart [27.Aug.10]
In 'Ca$h', Money Changes People and Power Corrupts -- Nothing New Under the Sun [17.Aug.10]
On a 'Dark and Stormy Night', 'The Lost Skeleton Returns Again' [17.Aug.10]
'Barking Dogs Never Bite' Left Me Growling [5.Aug.10]
There's Too Much Talking and Not Enough Shooting in 'Six Gun' [29.Jul.10]
'Jesse Stone: No Remorse', No Nuance No Subtlety [27.Jul.10]
'Don't Look Up', Look Away [27.Jul.10]
Gaze Into the Abyss Too Long and the Abyss Will Gaze Into You: 'Parasomnia' [26.Jul.10]
'Caught in the Crossfire' Gets Caught-up in Every Cop-Movie Cliché There Is [13.Jul.10]
'Murder in Fashion' -- It Damn Near Killed Me, Sitting Through This [24.Jun.10]
The Plots of Streets of Laredo and Dead Man's Walk Are Prone to Wandering Off Into the Frontier [22.Jun.10]
'Legend of the Tsunami Warrior' is Like 'Star Wars', Only Vader and Obi-Wan Are the Same Dude [18.Jun.10]
'American Bandits' Ain't No 'Treasure of Sierra Madre' [15.Jun.10]
The Main Character is John Rain; the Movie is 'Rain Fall' [27.May.10]
Aside From Nicholas Garreau’s Enthusiasm, 'Fan of the Dead' Has Little to Offer [18.May.10]
Tales From the Darkside's Third Season is Low-Lit and Low-Budget, but It Has Some Shiny Nuggets [11.May.10]
The Blue Tooth Virgin [5.May.10]
Black Crescent Moon [21.Apr.10]
Defendor [19.Apr.10]
Steven Seagal Lawman: The Complete First Season [31.Mar.10]
Matt Houston: The First Season [15.Mar.10]
Haunted Echoes [8.Mar.10]
Zombieland [18.Feb.10]

Blogs

Thursday, February 10 2011

Thank You MGM For Finally Releasing 'Rolling Thunder'

You should order a copy of Rolling Thunder for yourself. Mine is in the mail.


Wednesday, December 8 2010

Destroy All Movies!!!

Destroy All Movies!!! The Complete Guide to Punks on Film [$35.00]


Friday, December 3 2010

Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer!

Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer!: Writings on Bruce Willis, Badass Cinema and Other Important Topics [$14.95]


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