Movies
‘Tron Legacy’ Review
Tron Legacy is not the deepest science fiction film in recent times. However its revolutionary visual style and solid acting result in a fun and entertaining film that fights for the viewers’ attention and will keep them riveted to their seats. Plot Summary (Spoilers Follow): It’s 1989 and Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), software engineer and CEO of tech giant... Read More »
‘Inception’ Review
Since the beginning of the summer, audiences have been dreaming of the great blockbuster of 2010. But all they’ve been given was a nightmare of mediocre comedies, rehashes of TV and yet another stupid movie involving sparkly vampires. But thanks to director Christopher Nolan and an allstar cast, audiences have been awakened to a visionary masterpiece of a film.... Read More »
‘The A-Team’ Review
A-Team’s scatter-shot plot misses the mark of being a good action-comedy. Its comedy is entertaining, and some of its action scenes are decent, but unfortunately its plot is riddled with enough holes that they sink the film. Plot Summary (Spoilers Follow) The film opens in Mexico, where Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith (Liam Neeson) is being held captive. Left for... Read More »
‘Prince of Persia: Sands of...
Video game movies are not good. However, from its initial announcement, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, seemed to have a great chance of reversing this trend. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer of the Pirates of Caribbean trilogy, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Ackerton, and Ben Kingsley, the film had strong Hollywood support. Its received mixed reviews from the critics and... Read More »Hot Tub Time Machine Review
Following in the grand tradition of such cinema classics as Snakes on a Plane, Hot Tub Time Machine has a title that leaves nothing to the imagination. This comedy, with a tremendous amount of blue humor and eighties references, succeeds where most outrageous comedies can’t. The movie scored a major coup by having John Cusack, a star of many... Read More »
The Blind Side Review
The Blind Side is a film about escaping poverty and disadvantage and finally finding success. The story is based on the real life journey of NFL player Michael Oher who is adopted by the white upper class Tuohy family and given a proper education and loving support. Due to the help of his new family, Michael works hard to... Read More »The Goods Review
This summer, studios have expanded the reach of the typical “guy comedy” movie. Movies such as The Hangover have broad appeal due to the affability of their characters, which allows an advertising executive to spin the movie as being about friendship, thereby overshadowing some of the movie’s raunchiest bits. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard does not fit in with... Read More »
District 9 Review
Despite the promising concept: District 9 only proves to disappoint my expectations as the film constantly prefers to use the sword over the pen. That being said, there’s still some stimulating aspects of District 9, but they never rise above the rest of the crowd. Read More »
