Jack Reacher (2012)

This Tom Cruise action thriller sort of popped in under the radar for me. I’ve never read any of author Lee Childs books dealing with a dangerous and intelligent former military police investigator and his various crime-related adventures. The one thing that did catch my eye was that this flick was to be the second […]

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Seemingly, Marvel Studios can do NEARLY no wrong. Iron Man 3 is yet another testament to the care and understanding that this new studio is putting into its admirably well-thought out series of Phase One Marvel movies (Iron Man 1-2, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers…with Iron Man 3 being the springboard for Phase Two). Now, […]

The Possession (2012)

Well, I do love me a good demonic possession/haunted house flick, and this little offering from Sam Raimis Ghosthouse Pictures qualifies nicely in both categories. The supposedly ‘based on a true’ story follows Clyde, a high school PE teacher, played with impressive depth by the ever-awesome Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen), as he and his family, […]

Killer Joe (2011)

Wow. Once again Ignorance has served me well. Hmmm….that’s a disconcerting sentence when said out loud. But in the case of Killer Joe…it’s completely accurate. I knew virtually nothing about this flick when it got its initial limited release. This film marks the return of classic film maestro William Friedkin, the man at the helm […]

Oblivion (2013)

Well, Mr. Scientology himself, Thomas Cruise Mapother IV strikes again, once more returning to the ‘hard’ sci-fi genre line-up he began with Minority Report (2002). This time around, he plays a ‘tech’ named Jack Harper, essentially a roving sentry/repairman who’s primary responsibility is to watch out for the fleet of sphere-like automated drones that patrol […]

Welcome to the Punch (2013)

Well, THAT was a pleasant surprise. I’d heard positive ‘rumblings’ about this UK-born action thriller and now that I’ve had the chance to see it…I can say that it’s one of the better action flicks I’ve seen in quite a while. The story follows Max Lewinsky, a dangerously obsessive London cop, played by Englands answer […]

Grabbers (2012)

I’d never heard of this silly Irish ‘creature-feature’ before it was mentioned by a conveniently Irish co-worker…who grew up in the area where the flick was filmed. Beyond the initial premise that he’d described, I had no idea what to expect. So…the premise goes like this: A straight-laced, by-the-book female police officer, Lisa, is temporarily […]

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Sometimes it really does pay to know exactly JACK and SHIT about a film before soaking it in. Here is a prime example of that. All I knew going in was: A) Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence were in it and B) it was a ‘darling’ on the awards circuit. So with a little persuasion, […]

The Ward (2010)

Ok, right off the bat…I LOVE a good chunk of John Carpenters filmography. I mean really, Halloween (1978), Escape From New York (1981), The Thing (1982), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Prince of Darkness (1987), They Live (1988) and In the Mouth of Madness (1994) are ALL kick ass genre movies. Scattered in amongst […]

Red Dawn (2012)

Jesus fuckin Christ why?!!! Why did this idiotic remake need to be brought into existence?! The original Red Dawn (1984) holds a special place in my heart because it’s a terrific snap-shot into the era that it represents, that being the paranoid Republican-controlled Cold War era of the early to mid 1980s. I remember seeing […]