Jude Law is one of the self-loathing Repo Men
Repo Men Directed by Miguel Sapochnik Starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Liev Schreiber, John Leguizamo From the opening scene, when Law as Remy easily “collects” on a man […]
Matt Damon’s The Green Zone plays like a hippie dream
The Green Zone Directed by Paul Greengrass Written by Brian Helgeland Starring Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Khalid Abdalla Jason Isaacs was in a movie […]
Clash of the Titans is an interesting, if incomplete take
Clash of the Titans (2010) Directed by Louis Leterrier Starring Sam Worthington, Gemma Aterton, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Danny Huston, Mads Mikkelson Not since Nancy Kerrigan was knocked in the […]
Bruce Willis’ and Tracy Morgan’s Cop Out Gives a Plea to End Kevin Smith’s directing career
Cop Out Directed by Kevin Smith Starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Rashida Jones, Sean William Scott, Jason Lee, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz, Michele Trachtenberg At first, they were going to […]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: Big, Dumb, Fun
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Directed by Stephen Sommers Starring Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Marlon Wayans, Ray Park, Lee Byung-hun, Dennis Quaid Screenplay Stuart […]
Jackie Chan is your average Chaplinesque hero in The Spy Next Door
The Spy Next Door Directed by Brian Levant Starring Jackie Chan, Billy Ray Cyrus, George Lopez, Amber Valletta, 1 Little Jimmy, 1 Princess, and 1 Little Tyke. Questions run through […]
Percy Jackson & The Olympians – The Lightening Thief is one long title and a decent kid’s movie
Percy Jackson & The Olympians – The Lightning Thief Directed by Chris Columbus Starring Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Alexandria Daddario, Jake […]
Denzel Washington protects the integrity of The Book of Eli
The Book of Eli Directed by Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes Starring Denzel Washingon, Mila Kunis, Gary Oldman, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Michael Gambon, Frances De La Tour, Tom Waits, Malcom […]
Scorcese has an off night with Shutter Island
Shutter Island Director – Martin Scorcese Starring – Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams There is a scene almost 3/4 through Shutter Island where a bunch […]
Mel Gibson is on the Edge of Darkness
Director: Martin Campbell Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston Screenplay by: William Monahan, Andrew Bovell, Troy Kennedy Martin adapted from Martin’s BBC Series Mel Gibson has taken a lot […]
Sherlock Holmes: No S#!t, But Close
Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong Guy Ritchie’s specialty is slow motion fight scenes. Sherlock Holmes’ specialty is deductive reasoning. Downey’s specialty is […]
2012 – Just when you thought the world had about ended…
For those of you who did not sense a pattern in Roland Emmerich’s repertoire, the guy likes to put his characters through a lot of permanently changing scenery. Starting small with […]
In which there is plenty of “Fighting”
Channing Tatum seems like a model pretty boy, but after half an hour of Fighting, it is apparent he is a good fit for this type of movie. Playing a down on […]
J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK – One for the Ages
I was in absolutely no hurry to see Star Trek‘s 2009 reboot. In fact, it had been out for 3 weeks before I went to see it, really out of […]
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 