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You have reached the Film Reviews page. Here you’ll find reviews of films new and old that you can see on screens big and small. You’ll soon learn that I’ll watch pretty much anything. Hollywood blockbusters, science fiction, indie films, drama, action… you name it. If I see it I’ll write about it and you can read about it here.
I have been chomping at the bit to get this review done because I couldn’t wait to tell the world how rad G.I. Joe Retaliation was. Especially considering just how long we’ve been waiting for this film to come out. Originally slated to come out last summer, it was then pulled and re-scheduled for Spring. [...]
The Call, starring Halle Berry, focuses on a profession that doesn’t get a whole lot of love as far as movies are concerned. In this film, Berry plays Jordan, a veteran 911 emergency dispatcher in Los Angeles. Jordan takes each call with a detached grain of salt until she gets a call from scared teenage [...]
There is something about Walter Hill’s films that I really like. His style is just, I don’t know, cool I guess would be the proper word. To be honest, I didn’t know that he directed Bullet to the Head until I was sitting in the theater watching it. The opening reminded me of Streets of [...]
The Evil Dead series is one of those where if you haven’t seen it, chances are good that you’ll be chastised for your lack of knowledge about the films, feel left out when your group of friends begin quoting the films, and begin to feel ashamed for calling yourself a film buff. If I sound [...]
“Tom Cruise isn’t six-foot five and he doesn’t weigh two hundred and fifty pounds. He’s more like five foot seven and probably weighs a buck fifty.” That was the response I got when I asked my movie partner-in-crime if she wanted to go see the latest Tom Cruise actioner, Jack Reacher with me. He may [...]
Any time a reboot is launched, comparisons will be made between the new version and the original. Dredd isn’t any exception, and the question has been raised on whether or not it can or will erase the stench that the 1995 Sylvester Stallone powered Judge Dredd left in its wake. While many may consider the [...]
I guess it’s only fitting that as I write this I’m currently watching Rocky IV. I didn’t plan it, but rather got sucked into a Rocky marathon. Anyway, I only bring it up because of Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren. You know, the two guys that are also in the gratuitous action porn, Expendables 2. [...]
Every once in a while it pays to check out a film that one hasn’t seen in a while. A film pops in your mind and you think, “yeah I liked that. Haven’t seen it in a while, I should check it out again.” I did exactly that recently and revisited the British gangster film, [...]
The road to getting the latest Bourne film on the big screen was definitely a bumpy one. First, it was going to be another film centered around Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne, with Paul Greengrass on board to direct. Both Greengrass and Damon left the film and its future was looking rather grim. Would they cast [...]
If I remember correctly, the general response to news of a Total Recall remake was simply: why? Remakes, reboots and re-imaginings are all the rage these days, so therein lies the answer. Even the original was based on established material. First came Phillip K. Dick’s short story, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. Then [...]
