Review: Lockout

April 12, 2012 by | Leave a Comment

The nice thing about Lockout is it moves fairly quickly. The not so nice thing about Lockout is…it moves fairly quickly.

Review: Wrath of the Titans

March 29, 2012 by | 3 Comments

Although it’s a brisk and flawed 99 minutes, most blockbuster-seeking audiences will feel fulfilled with Wrath of the Titans.

Review: Project X

March 1, 2012 by | Leave a Comment
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Rule # 1: Turn-off your brain before entering the theater. Rule # 2: Seriously. Turn-off your intelligence muscle.

Review: Act of Valor

February 24, 2012 by | 9 Comments
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How do you rip on Act of Valor when its subject matter is all about real-life American heroes? Like this…

Review: This Means War

February 15, 2012 by | 3 Comments
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If the movie Bad Boys featured two white guys in the lead roles it would be This Means War.  The only difference between them is the filmmaking mechanics were executed better in the former while the

Review: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

February 10, 2012 by | Leave a Comment
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island has a solid helping of thrilling elements. For yours truly, seeing a cameo by Branscombe Richmond (Bobby Sixkiller from Renegade TV series) was probably the most

Review: The Woman in Black

February 2, 2012 by | 4 Comments
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Well, you have to give The Woman in Black one thing; she did provide a few jump-worthy moments (lord knows she was trying). But then there’s the other 90 minutes (out of 93)…a flat 90 minutes.

Review: Man on a Ledge

January 27, 2012 by | Leave a Comment
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It's a decent idea; Man on a Ledge.  Now what can we do with this? Best guess is that this discussion went on all the way through shooting, because after taking in the 102 minutes, the only thing

Review: Underworld: Awakening

January 20, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Take Van Helsing, a Mummy sequel and the attitude of The Crow; lose the campy nature of the first two flicks mentioned, and that’s pretty much what Underworld: Awakening feels like.