Safe House (2012)

Somewhere along the way, The ‘Spy’ genre was nicely redefined and refitted into a grittier, more ‘believable’ phase. Safe House very capably does its part to continue that excellent trend. The film follows Ryan Reynolds as a low-level government operative tasked with the dull maintenance of a CIA ‘safe house’ in urban Capetown, South Africa. […]

Act of Valor (2012)

“Roger that, Blackbeard 6 Actual…we are Oscar Mike on the film review at this time! Over!” Eventually a piece of media would emerge that would blur the line between games and cinema…and I think that Act of Valor MAY be it. This military action flick is pure, undeniable ‘Rah Rah America’ but at least MOST […]

John Carter (2012)

Despite all the hoopla about this flick being a financial disaster on near ‘Howard the Duck’ scale proportions, it’s really not fair to allow that unfortunate element to brand this large-scale fantasy sci-fi as a BAD MOVIE. It’s not. It’s actually quite inventive and mostly fun. In fact, I’d wager that the lore of the […]

Just Before Dawn (1981)

So, in light of my Terror Train review, a good buddy of mine suggested another little-known morsel from the height of the ‘slasher’ genre (late 70s/early 80s). I had no clue of this flicks existence before this, which lent to my viewing it with a completely clean slate…no clue even to the story. The plot […]

Terror Train (1980)

I’d never heard of this 20th Century Fox ‘slasher’ flick until it was prominently mentioned in the original Scream (1996) and since then, I’d always meant to check it out…if for no other reason than morbid curiousity. As Jamie Kennedys ‘Randy’ character points out, Terror Train is another in Jamie Lee Curtis’ filmography that really […]

Coriolanus (2011)

This film, based on one of WIlliam Shakespeares lesser known plays (of the same name) is a very ambitious ‘passion’ project brought to the screen by Voldemort himself, Ralph Fiennes. As in ‘Fiennes stars, produces and makes this his directorial debut’. The result is impressive. Set in ‘A Place Calling Itself Rome’, the flick follows […]

Iron Sky (2012)

This low budget ‘concept’ flick spent a silly amount of time in development, even going so far as to mention that the movie MIGHT get completed on an early version of the official website. Well, somehow the ‘Nazis From the Dark Side of the Moon’ movie hit the correct sequence of buttons and managed to […]

The Quest (1986)

This kids adventure movie was an Australian ode to Spielberg’s wildly successful 1980s Amblin Entertainment film roster (E.T., The Goonies, Gremlins etc) and it emulated that winning formula well. I loved this film when I originally saw it, say…oh…25 years ago but it gradually faded off into the mists of time and memory. Then I […]

Super (2010)

Awful movie. Don’t bother. It sucks.

In Time (2011)

Having very much enjoyed director Andrew Niccols intelligent sci-fi drama Gattaca (1997), I was curious when this one hit the scene. Having now checked it out…I can honestly say that In TIme wasn’t a waste of Time (*wink*). Justin Timberlake continues to show decent (but not perfect) acting talent here as Will, a depressed factory […]