Just saw Avatar in I-MAX 3D. Here’s a quick 10-point review.
1. The plot: it’s a lot like “Dances with wolves”: a white man wins the trust of the tribesmen and is accepted into the tribe as equal (becomes “one of us”), but later [...]
Avatar 3D (2009) PG-13 162min
December 21st, 2009 · 6 Comments
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) PG-13 107min
May 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
A prequel to X-Men (2000), X-Men 2: X-Men United (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), directed by Gavin Hood (directed famous award-winning Tsotsi), written by David Benioff and Skip Woods.
The plot: A brief history of James Logan (Hugh Jackman) begins with [...]
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12 Rounds (2009) PG-13 108min
March 29th, 2009 · No Comments
12 Rounds (2009)
“12 Rounds” is an action thriller starring WWE’s John Cena (The Marine), Ashley Scott (S.W.A.T., Walking Tall, Into The Blue, The Kingdom) and Aidan Gillen (Shanghai Nights and The Wire TV series) directed by Finnish director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, The [...]
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Mad Money (2008) PG-13 1h 44min
September 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Mad Money (2008)
Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes star in this comedy inspired by real events about janitors who stole money from Federal Reserve Bank. Directed by Callie Khouri.
The plot: Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) is close to retirement and when her husband [...]
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Review: Death Race (2008) R 89min
August 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Death Race (2008)
The Death Race is an action movie based on 1975 film Death Race 2000 and written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Both movies were produced by Roger Corman. The original movie was starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone. The new [...]
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Review: Tropic Thunder (2008) R 107min
August 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tropic Thunder (2008)
This latest summer comedy is directed by Ben Stiller – his first movie since Zoolander (2001), and is written by Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen.
The plot: A big-budget war movie with star-actors is being cancelled by the studio. Desperate to save the [...]
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Review of “Enemy of the State” (1998) R 140min
April 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Enemy of the State (1998) DVD
Ridley Scott’s brother Tony directed this action flick starring Will Smith, Jon Voight, Gene Hackman, Lisa Bonet, Jack Black, Gabriel Byrne, and . He’s also known for producing series Numb3rs and The Company and films like Assassination of [...]
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Review of “Rescue Dawn” (2006) PG-13 126min
February 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
This Vietnam War drama was written and directed by Werner Herzog. The movie is vaguely based on Dieter Dengler’s book, “Escape From Laos”. The actual Dieter Dengler died just before the movie came out of ALS – Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Herzog previously filmed [...]
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Iraq In Fragments (2006) 94min
November 21st, 2007 · No Comments
This powerful Oscar-nominated documentary from director James Longley is a depiction of stories of modern-day Iraqis as they try to cope with the war, with life without Saddam, without law and order, occupation, violence and division of country into sectarian regions. Finally a [...]
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