After John Harrison (Benedict Cumberbatch), a rogue Starfleet officer, bombs a London archive, it’s up to Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) and the intrepid crew of the USS Enterprise to track him down and stop him. What I expected to be an inferior followup to the very well done Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness turned out to … Continue reading »
NOTE: MILD SPOILERS! (I will not give away major plot points, but there may be something here you don’t want to know. Consider yourself warned.) After the events of The Avengers, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is targeted by the terrorist group headed by The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley). Iron Man 3 is by far the best Iron … Continue reading »
NOTE: This is a review of a film on Netflix. After robbing a bank, an unnamed man (Mel Gibson) is arrested by the Mexican Police and sent to El Pueblito prison. Get the Gringo marks Mel Gibson’s return to action films after his near blacklisting in Hollywood due to his racist ranting and subsequent girlfriend … Continue reading »
When the President (Aaron Eckhart) is taken hostage by a North Korean terrorist (Rick Yune), it’s up to a disgraced ex-secret service agent to save him. Just from that one sentence, I’m sure you can figure out what this movie is . . .yep, Die Hard in the White House. That is pretty much what you get. … Continue reading »
After Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner) receives a page from the 20 years missing Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), Flynn’s son Sam (Garrett Hedlund) investigates, only to be teleported into ‘The Grid’, a virtual reality world created by Flynn. The sequel to Tron, Tron Legacy is a blast. A sumptuous feast for the eyes and ears, it is … Continue reading »
When Billy (Sam Rockwell) and Hans (Christopher Walken) steal the dog of a notorious mobster, Charlie (Woody Harrelson), they find themselves on the run with the dog. Seven Psychopaths is impossible to sum up in one sentence. That single sentence above does nothing to describe what is actually going on in this film. Hell, in that … Continue reading »
When his son Jack (Jai Courtney) is arrested in Moscow, John McClane (Bruce Willis) travels to Russia to help; of course, things don’t go as planned for the McClane boys. The fifth film in the Die Hard franchise, A Good Day to Die Hard is the weakest film of the series. While this doesn’t make it a terrible … Continue reading »
An escaped bank robber, Jack Foley (George Clooney), falls for the Federal Marshal, Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez), trying to re-capture him. Anyone who has seen Steven Soderbergh‘s (Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Ocean’s 11) brilliant Out of Sight knows that there is a lot more going on with the plot of this film than that simple, one … Continue reading »
When a drug kingpin escapes from federal custody and heads for the Mexican border, it’s up to a small town sheriff and his deputies to stop the man before he escapes. The Last Stand is Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s return to film in a starring role. While he did appear in The Expendables is a minor role, and The Expendables 2 … Continue reading »
After riding the rails into Hope Town, a Hobo (Rutger Hauer) picks up a shotgun to dole out justice to the scum of the city. Hobo with a Shotgun is one of those movies that is just amazing. Feeling like a straight to video Troma film from the ’80′s, only with a better eye for … Continue reading »
