Checked out Hitman: Agent 47 – a movie that is either the sequel to the earlier Hitman movie or an attempt to reboot the franchise (both films are based on the video game series of the same name). They’ve recast … Continue reading
Pixels is the new sci-fi/action/comedy about 1980s era video games attacking Earth… and only Adam Sandler, Josh Gad, Kevin James, Peter Dinklage, and Michelle Monahan can save the day (since some of them were 1980s-era video game champs). This movie … Continue reading
Unfinished Business may be the most confused and unfocused movie comedy I’ve seen in a long time. How so? Well, it’s about business men trying to land a deal selling industrial remnants, it’s a raunchy R rated comedy about leatherboys … Continue reading
The Raid 2 is the sequel to the Singapore-made The Raid: Redemption (a movie with no redemption but plenty or raid… this new one doesn’t have a raid or much redemption). The Raid is a simple setup (police raid a … Continue reading
The Knights of Badassdom is a much-delayed geek life comedy about LARPers (Live Action Roleplayers) who accidentally summon a real demon during one of their weekend gaming sessions and then have to fight the forces of darkness for real. It … Continue reading
The new movie Vampire Academy is a desperately hip attempt at cross-breeding Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight (though it pretends it’s better than Twilight by attacking it directly). The dialog is trying hard to be clever, … Continue reading
Buddy Cop movie Ride Along starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube is a fairly mediocre comedy… but not a total disaster. Your tolerance for this flick is probably going to be based on how funny you find the Ruby Rhod … Continue reading
When Kevin Sorbo and Hercules: The Legendary Journey is a more accurate representation of the Hercules myth than the new The Legend of Hercules movie, then you know something has gone horribly wrong. Kevin Lutz (who?) stars as “Hercules”… a … Continue reading
Saw Last Vegas – the new comedy starring Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Kevin Kline, and Mary Steenburgen (with Red Foo and 50 Cent in random cameos). Four old friends go to Vegas for one of their weddings and … Continue reading
So I watched with detached disinterest the animated flick Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs on DVD only to realize suddenly while watching that the movie was kind of funny and absurdist. And then I realized I kind of liked … Continue reading