Category: Action
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Clooney’s The American can never rest
The American – 2010 Directed by Anton Corbijn Starring George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Rueten, Paolo Bonacelli, Irina Bjorklund, Johan Leysen Screenplay by Rowan Joffe Hit man movies have only so far to go. You are usually making the hit, and then becoming the target. There are other options, where one becomes entangled along the way,…
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Jonah Hex What In Tarnation’s Going on?
Jonah Hex – 2010 Directed By Jimmy Hayward Starring Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Aidan Quinn, Wes Bentley, Tom Wopat, Will Arnett Screenplay By Neveldine/Taylor Around the second time Jonah Hex (stoically grimaced by Josh Brolin) is injured to the point where he should be dead, a series of…
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Jolie’s Salt hits all the spots, should try to miss a few
Salt – 2010 Directed by Philip Noyce Starring – Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor Screenplay by – Kurt Wimmer, Brian Helgeland There are 3 versions of the movie Salt, with none of them substantially differing from the rest, in terms of predictability. This is hard to do, but the makers of the film manage to…
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Kick-Ass shows Mintz-Plasse’s potential beyond McLovin
Kick-A$$ Directed by Matthew Vaughn Starring Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong Screenplay by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman based on the book by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. Christopher Mintz-Plasse has had the grave misfortune of hitting the ball out of the park in his first at-bat. Same thing…
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Twilight: Eclipse story is good, action better, head shots a little close
Twilight: Eclipse Director David Slade Starring Robert Pattison, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas Howard, Billy Burke, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellen Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Anna Kendrick Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer There’s a point in Eclipse, the third movie in…
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Knight and Day is Cruise at his frenetic best and Diaz ain’t bad either
Knight and Day -2010 Director James Mangold Starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Dano, Maggie Grace, Marc Blucas, Viola Davis, Jordi Molla Screenplay Patrick O’Neill and about 11 others From out of development hell, Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz play what is essentially a North by Northwest with Diaz in the Cary Grant role…
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The Expendables shows Stallone can still make films, sort of…
The Expendables Directed by Sylvester Stallone Starring Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Terry Crews, Steve Austin, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzeneggar Screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, David Callaham Somewhere, beneath all the human growth hormones and machismo, lies the heart of a poet. The man who wrote and directed Rocky…
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Robin Hood sucks all of the fun out of life
Robin Hood (2010) Directed by Ridley Scott Starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, Mark Addy, Kevin Durand, William Hurt, Danny Huston, Oscar Isaac Screenplay Brian Helgeland Ridley Scott has made some of the best films of all time (Alien, Black Hawk Down), some great films (Gladiator, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, American…
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The Losers strives to reach mediocrity
The Losers Director – Sylvain White Starring – Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Jason Patric, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Óscar Jaenada, Holt MaCallany Screenplay by – Peter Berg, James Vanderbilt Zoe Saldana is on a roll now, as the Star Trek reboot and Avatar have shown. She figured prominently in the ad campaign for…
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CPE’s Prometheus / Predator / Alien Universe Chronological Timeline Reviews
With the release of the first good Predator film in almost 25 years, and the making (by Ridley Scott) of an Alien prequel, Prometheus, now is a great time to review the two series as a whole. Both series have gone to hell and back (sometimes together), but overall, the entire series has provided many intense,…
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