Haywire is an uncomplicated spy versus spy movie. With one noticeable exception; the lead character is a woman. A woman that would put the fighting skills of James Bond to shame, meaning she can’t be killed and can beat up and kill any man alive with barely a bruise to show for it. So it’s… Read More »
The uncomplicated storey of a mysterious and skilled car enthusiast, and his relationships with the seedy characters he finds himself involved intertwined with. At first glance this movie appears to be a snoozer. In fact it seems to go very slowly for the most part. But I think the audience would be divided in half,… Read More »
Take an average loser, give him a stash of intelligence enhancing pills, and set him loose on a roller coaster of life’s adventures, and you have the plot for Limitless. It’s a slightly less than typical Hollywood movie, unique enough to keep your attention for the duration. Neither a great movie nor bad, just good… Read More »
Take a rebel cowboy/soldier from the 1800’s, transport him against his will to a colonized Mars, and make him a rebel fighter of the resistance in a Martian war. And you have the plot for John Carter. Several of the reviews I read when this movie was released complained about how confusing the plot was,… Read More »
The only draw to the movie initially for me was Chris Evans. In the end, it was still the only reason I watched it. It’s quite a dark and gloomy tale. Apparently based on a real story of a lawyer that struggles with his own drug addiction, and righting a wrong in the US medical… Read More »
The chronicles of 3 friends that develop super hero like powers. I wasn’t expecting the entire movie to be shot in the jerky-annoying-handycam Blair Witch Project style. As the movie progresses, it becomes less annoying, and the cinematography starts to show a little more professionalism. Not a lot, but some. The first part of the… Read More »
It’s been 9 years since the original Underworld movie, and Kate Beckinsale still looks as hot as ever in her black leather jump suit. Assuming you are already familiar with the premise, Awakening is the 4th movie in this series. Let’s hope it is the last, as it’s a dying a slow painful death. Unfortunately,… Read More »
I was under the mistaken impression that “This Means War” was an action/comedy, somewhere along the lines of a Mr & Mrs Smith. In fact it’s a chic-flic. It’s a romantic comedy that poses as a pseudo action movie to get us guys interested. But it’s a goofy, sappy, love story comedy. Yes the action… Read More »
MI4, 5, 6, whatever. I lost track or stopped caring much about the Tom Cruise Mission Impossible movies with the disappointment of MI2. I think anyone that has been a Tom Cruise fan, or a Mission Impossible fan, loved the first one. For me, all sequels since have been very forgettable. There is nothing in… Read More »
The lead in Our Idiot Brother is a really dumb hippie, like there is any other kind. A comedy of a stereotypical hippie (dumb as a bag of hammers) who inadvertently helps his sisters to solve some issues in their lives. That’s it, that’s the entire plot. But through some very smart writing, this movie… Read More »