Sunday, April 14, 2013

The Hottest Data!

Pictures Changing superfan Amanda has done us a massive solid and gone back to exhaustively catalog all of our review scores, top five lists, and other miscellaneous data.  Join us on a walk down memory lane:






Pictures Changing Podcast
Movies for You (out of 5* unless otherwise noted)

30 Minutes or Less (B) “Laughed so hard I literally shit myself”
(2011) Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his     chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else...
After Fall, Winter (A) 2.5*
(2011) After Fall, Winter is a secretive, dangerous and sexy love story about a       French dominatrix who falls in love with a New York writer in Paris.
Alvin and the Chipmunks- Chipwrecked (B) .75*
(2011) Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.
Argo (A) 2.5*
(2012) Based on real events, the dramatic thriller "Argo" chronicles the life-or-       death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes      of the Iran hostage crisis.
Bikini Girls on Ice (B) “A fuck you”
(2011) Stranded on their way to a bikini car-wash fundraiser, a group of hot           college girls find refuge in an abandoned gas station on the outskirts of town.   Soon their broken down bus is the least of their worries as a maniac axe-man          mechanic starts picking them off one by one. Scared, alone and miles from help,    the girls are faced with a psycho killer who wants to put these hot girls on ice.   Instead of struggling to raise small change, the honeys are now in the biggest fight    of their lives.
Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (B) 4*
(2012) In 1977 a group of young, horny, out of control Christians are spending a fun filled weekend at the Happy Day Bible Camp. Their impure antics rile up a sadistic crazy nun known as, "Sister Mary Chopper". One by one these youthful sinners pay a BLOODY penance for their sinful acts. 7 years later, another group of Bible totin' Christian wannabes return to the Happy Day Bible Camp. All ignore the warnings from the local folk of the grizzly murders that took place 7 years prior. Is Sister Mary Chopper dead or is she just waiting for backsliding Christians to commit sins of the unholy?
Cloud Atlas (A) 3.75
(2012) An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
Coraline (B) 3.75*
(2009) An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.



Crawl (B) .25*
(2011) A seedy bar owner hires a mysterious Croatian to commit murder, but a planned double-crossing backfires when a young waitress is taken hostage. A suspenseful, yet darkly humorous chain of events builds to a bloodcurdling climax.
Dread (B) 4*
(2009) Three college students set out to document what other people dread most.
Dredd (B) 3*
(2012) In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
Evil Dead (Remake) (B) 4.87*
(2013) Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. The evil presence possesses them until only one is left to fight for survival.
Frankenweenie (B) 3.5*
(2012) Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.
Frozen (B) 4*
(2010) Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death
Hot Tub Time Machine (B) 4*
(2010) A malfunctioning time machine at a ski resort takes a man back to 1986 with his two friends and nephew, where they must relive a fateful night and not change anything to make sure the nephew is born.
Identity Thief (A) 2.5*
(2013) Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Miami to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.
Kitchen Stories (A) 3*
(2003) A scientific observer's job of observing an old cantankerous single man's kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him.
Lost Boys 3: The Thirst (B) 3.5*
(2010) As the lost boys and girls of San Cazador prepare to party under the Blood Moon, an alpha vampire conspires to turn these unsuspecting ravers into an army of undead. The only thing that stands between him and the annihilation of the entire human race is the infamous vampire fighting Frog Brothers. Armed with double-barrel holy water balloon launchers and multi-arrow crossbows, Edgar (Corey Feldman) and Alan Frog (Jamison Newlander) join forces to kick some blood-sucker butt in this latest high-energy, action packed adventure in the Lost Boys franchise.




Mutants (B) 2.5*
(2009) ER doctor Sonia (Helene de Fougerolles) and her boyfriend Marco (Francis Renaud) take refuge in an abandoned base when a pandemic has turned almost everyone in the world into a flesh-eating monster. But one of the creatures infects Marco and soon Sonia is fighting off zombies, dealing with her own pregnancy and desperately hoping for a cure as Marco literally disintegrates before her eyes. Finally, Sonia faces the truth: the one man worth fighting for has become the one man she must fight against to survive.
Night of the Demons- remake (B) 2.5*
(2009) A group of kids go to a Halloween party, only to have to face down a group of demons.
Nightmare before Christmas (A) 3.25*
(1993) Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn't quite understand the concept.
Paranormal Activity 3 (B) 2*
(2011) In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
ParaNorman (B) 4*
(2012) A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
Play Dead (B) 3*
(2009) A hilarious battle between petty crooks in over their heads, and three shamelessly shallow actors from Hollywood.
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (B) 2*
(2006) When the American Chicken Bunker, a military-themed fried-chicken chain, builds a restaurant on the site of an ancient Indian burial ground, local protesters aren't the only ones crying fowl! The previous tenants, fueled by a supernatural force, take "possession" of the food and those who eat it, and the survivors discover that they must band together before they themselves become the other white meat!
Quarantine 2: The Terminal (B) 1.5*
(2011) A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.
Repo! the Genetic Opera (B) 4.75*
(2008) A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
Rise of the Guardians (B) 3.25
(2012) When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world.
Safety Not Guaranteed (A) 4.5* (B) 2.5*
(2012) Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

Savages (A) “Meh”
(2012) Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Serenity (A)
(2005) The crew of the ship Serenity tries to evade an assassin sent to recapture one of their number who is telepathic.
Severed: Forest of the Dead (B) 1.2*
(2005) A group of young environmental activists become ravenous, unstoppable zombies when a forestry company's genetic experimentation goes disastrously wrong. Sheer terror can’t pump enough adrenaline through these bodies to help them out of this remote forest in this gruesome tale of horror. Severed stands heads (and other body parts) above the rest!
Silent Hill Revelation (B) 3.75*
(2012) When her father disappears, Heather Mason is drawn into a strange and terrifying alternate reality that holds answers to the horrific nightmares that have plagued her since childhood.
Silent Night (B) 5* (out of 10)
(2012) The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.
Silver Linings Playbook (A) 2.75*
(2012) After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
Sinister (B) 4.5*
(2012) A true-crime writer finds a cache of 8mm home movies films that suggest the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose career dates back to the 1960s.
Sky High (B) 3*
(2005) Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
Some Guy Who Kills People (B) 4*
(2011) Some Guy Who Kills People is about Ken Boyd, a lonely man fresh out of the loony bin, who sets out to kill those he deems responsible for his miserable life.
Space Jam (A) 1*
(1996) Michael Jordan agrees to help the Looney Toons play a basketball game vs. alien slavers to determine their freedom.
Straw Dogs (B) 2*
(2011) L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
Suck (B) 3.75*
(2009)A comedy centered on a rock 'n' roll band that will do anything to become famous.
Survival of the Dead (B) 2*
(2009) On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.
Ted (A) 3*
(2012) As the result of a childhood wish, John Bennett's teddy bear, Ted, came to life and has been by John's side ever since - a friendship that's tested when Lori, John's girlfriend of four years, wants more from their relationship.
The Collection (B) 4.8*
(2012) A man who escapes from the vicious grips of the serial killer known as "The Collector" is blackmailed to rescue an innocent girl from the killer's booby-trapped warehouse.
The Collector (B) 4.75*
(2009) Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
The Dictator (B) 2.5*
(2012) The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
The Divide (B) 8.8* (out of 10)
(2011) Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (A) 4.25*
(2012) A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on an "unexpected journey" to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug.
The Lives of Others (A) 4*
(2006) In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
The Perks of being a Wallflower (A) 3.5*
(2012) An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
The Sitter (B) 2*
(2011) A college student on suspension is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door, though he is fully unprepared for the wild night ahead of him.
The Thaw (B) 3.5*
(2009) A research expedition to the Arctic discovers that a melting polar ice cap has released a deadly prehistoric parasite.
The Watch (B) “Your loved ones will burst into flames”  (A) 2.5*
(2012) Four men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.

The Woman in Black (B) 2.5*
(2012) A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.
Vamp U (A) 1*
(2013) Wayne Gretzky (Adam Johnson) is a vampire who can't grow his teeth. His impotence began when he inadvertently killed Mary Lipinsky, the love of his life, 300 years ago. To take his mind off the pain, he teaches college history - who better? Attempting to regain his full power, he enlists help from his friend and colleague, Dr. Levine (Gary Cole). Nothing works until a new semester brings freshman Chris Keller. She's a dead ringer for Mary and they have a lurid affair, while rumors fly around the campus. But it all sours when he turns Chris into a vampire and her newfound bloodlust spins out of control in a bloody rampage, making the rumors a little too real.
Wanderlust (B) 4.25*
(2012) Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.
Watchmen (A) 4*
(2009) In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.
What’s Your Number? (B) 3.5*
(2011) A woman looks back at the past twenty men she's had relationships with in her life and wonders if one of them might be her one true love.
Would You Rather (B) 4*
(2012) Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman unknowingly agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.
Wreck-It Ralph (A) 2.5* (B) 4.5*
(2012) A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.
Zero Dark Thirty (A) 4*
(2012) A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011.








Books for You

Gone Series (book 1) 2.5*
By Michael Grant. The series is centered around the fictional American town of Perdido Beach, in which every human 15 and older vanishes. The town and surrounding areas become encased within an impenetrable energy barrier, with many of its inhabitants developing supernatural powers. The books follow the exploits of the protagonist, Sam Temple, as he battles antagonists Caine Soren and Drake Merwin, as well as a mysterious, malevolent creature.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
By Art Spiegelman. The story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the horror of the Holocaust through cartoons, the author captures the everyday reality of fear and is able to explore the guilt, relief and extraordinary sensation of survival - and how the children of survivors are in their own way affected by the trials of their parents. A contemporary classic of immeasurable significance




Episode 1- Things you Hate
When you order food and its terrible
Driving courtesies ie. Signaling  “The Mike Parr Solution”

Episode 2- Top 5 Games of the Year
5 (B) Lollipop Chainsaw
   (A) Borderlands 2
4 (B) Twisted Metal
   (A) Walking Dead- A Telltale Game
3 (B) Walking Dead- A Telltale Game
   (A) Dragons Dogma
2 (B) XCom: Enemy Unknown
   (A) Sleeping Dogs
1 (B) Sleeping Dogs
   (A) XCom: Enemy Unknown










Episode 4- Top 5 Favorite Things about Christmas
5 (A) Unwrapping things
   (B) Mom still treating me like I’m 6
4 (A) Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart)
   (B) Eggnog
3 (A) Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
   (B) Scrooged & National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
2 (A) Colored Lights
   (B) Time off work
1 (A) Drunken Eve shenanigans
   (B) Giving and seeing my children’s excitement over gifts

Episode 6- Favorite “Fast Food” Restaurant Items
5 (B) Mighty Taco-Nacho Buffito
   (A) Burger King- Rodeo Burger
4 (B) (A) Wendy’s- Baconator
3 (B) Denny’s- Grand Slamwich
   (A) Arby’s- Curly Cheese Fries
2 (B) McDonalds- Hot n’Spicy Chicken Sandwich
   (A) McDonalds- Big Mac
1 (B) Quizno’s- Baja Chicken Sub
   (A) McDonalds- McRib

Episode 8- What’s crawling under your skin?
Facebook being used as a Political Platform ie. Gun control, religion
Dead Island Riptide Torso

Episode 16- The 90’s
Consoles-
                        Super Nintendo (Super Metroid, Uncharted Waters, Shadowrun, Act                                 Raiser, Final Fantasy 2&3, Supersmash TV)
                        PlayStation (GTA, Silent Hill, Evil Dead, Gameday, Contra, Pong Reboot)
            Music-
                        Alternative Rock- STP, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Counting Crows, Gin                              Blossoms, Offspring, Sister Hazel)
            Shows-
                        Music Videos, Saved by the Bell, Tales from the Crypt, Beavis and                                    Butthead, Singled Out, Dead at 21, Aeon Flux 
            90’s wrestling- Character personalities, story lines (Razor Ramon, Taker, Macho                 Man)

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