Author Archives: Brandon Alexander

The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships, 2008, Documentary Plot: A documentary about the effects of pornography on our society and within our relationships. Thoughts: An interesting look at the way porn is portrayed, but it is one of those “heard it before” kind of documentaries. I was intrigued by the personal testimonials, butContinue reading “The Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships”

MST3K: Soultaker, 1990, Comedy (originally: Sci-Fi/Horror) Plot: A group of kids are marked by the “Soultaker” to die and we follow them as they try to survive. Thoughts: This was the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of the movie, which made it much more bearable. Martin Sheen’s weirdo brother and his “catcher’s mitt for aContinue reading “MST3K: Soultaker”

Apocalypse How, 2008, Documentary Plot: Scientists talk about the various ways that they believe the world will end. Thoughts: This type of documentary has been done several times over and there was nothing special about this one. The graphics were better than other documentaries of this type, but aside from that everything was pretty blah.Continue reading “Apocalypse How”

A Single Man, 2009, DramaPlot: A college professor struggles with loneliness in his life after losing his partner of 16 years. Thoughts: This film comprised of about 50% of the time in silence. There was an awful amount of pure emotion from Firth whose performance in this mirrored his performance in The King’s Speech. The storyContinue reading “A Single Man”

Hunter Prey, 2010, Sci-FiPlot: An alien-ship holding a dangerous prisoner crash lands on a planet and is forced to track down the prisoner before it destroys their home planet. Thoughts: This was an extremely professional-looking independent film and that is what I’m about. It was a minimalist film, in that there were only 3 charactersContinue reading “Hunter Prey”

Still Waiting, 2009, ComedyPlot: A manager of a failing restaurant (due to next-door competition) must figure out a way to make $9000 in one day in order to save the restaurant and the jobs of his employees. Thoughts: This started off as another one of those late-night, tacky movies and …continued that trend until the end. ItContinue reading “Still Waiting”

Pelada, 2009, Documentary Plot: A soccer-playing couple travel the globe to see how the sport is played in other countries, from the slums to recreational leagues. Thoughts: GREAT documentary. Two people did basically what I want to do in my life: travel the globe EVERYWHERE. I didn’t care for the two of the, but theContinue reading “Pelada”

The Bill Collector, 2010, ComedyPlot: A debt collector is forced to find a way to pay back debts of his own within 2 weeks or he will be killed. Thoughts: This movie sucked. The acting was terrible, the writing was half done, and the directing was downright questionable. The story was the only part ofContinue reading “The Bill Collector”

Them, 1954, HorrorPlot: A group of giant, killer ants begin to take over the United States. Thoughts: This movie was dated, but still very effective. I really enjoyed the use of sound in the film and will definitely use similar tactics in my films. The roles were very archetypal and it was refreshing to seeContinue reading “Them!”