G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra (2009) PG-13 Directed by: Stephen Sommers Written by: Stuart Beattie,David Elliot Starring: Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung-hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Dennis Quaid, Saïd Taghmaoui, Arnold Vosloo Runtime: 118mins So I’ve stated before, I was not expecting much [...]
Wow, Ron Howard listens to critics…
Angels & Demons (2009) Directed by: Ron Howard Starring: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 138 mins It’s not common that a sequel ends up being better but thankfully, Angels & Demons is an exception. Ron Howard & team fixed the problems that made The Da Vinci Code a flop [...]
Terminator 4 – No salvation but maybe reincarnation
Terminator Salvation (2009) Director: McG Starring: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Helen Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin, Jadagrace, Common, Michael Ironside Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 130mins Is it worth seeing? Well, it depends. McG and crew deliver great action so if all you want to see is some Resistance kicking Skynet’s ass, then [...]
Latest Transformers 2 trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809943432/trailer Okay, so yeah, I saw the first one. I had fun watching it. Michael Bay may not have the best movies in terms of quality of story/plot but when it comes to action, special effects and good ol’ fun from seeing things blow up, he is the master…which is pretty much the reason why [...]
Who watches the Watchmen?
I do! Since the Husband worked on the film, he gets to see the movie Wed night and I get to go with. I will, of course, post a review, hopefully BEFORE the movie opens Friday…sans spoilers for those of you who aren’t familiar with the story. Word is that the ending has changed [...]
Hellboy 2, not so golden
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008) Directed by: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss, Anna Walton Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 120min The first “Hellboy” was not bad. It had good visuals, a decent script and interesting enough characters that were like-able. Overall, it was a fun and entertaining movie. When [...]
“Call me an asshole one more time…”
“Hancock” PG-13 Starring: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman Runtime: 92min Grade: B Last night, Dan and I caught a showing of “Hancock”, the latest Will Smith movie. Based on the trailers, it looked like this would be a good summer hit but then the reviews started coming out for it, mostly bad. Expectations fell [...]
HULK SMASH!!!
After the travesty a few years ago, I was quite skeptical about seeing “The Incredible Hulk”. The trailers made me somewhat curious but I was still leaning towards “rental”. There’s just something cheesy about a big green CG-ed oaf breaking things and going “AAAAAAHHHHH”, what can I say? I’m not a Hulk fan. But when [...]
Iron Man…duh duh duhduhduh duhnanana duh duh duh
By now, pretty much everyone and their grandma has seen “Iron Man. If you haven’t, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!?!? Straight up, “Iron Man” ranks 2nd on my list of most favorite comic-based movies. I do have to put a disclaimer: I am not a huge comic-book reader so I am not an [...]
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