American Reunion, 2012. Directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Starring Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Chris Klein, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge and John Cho. SYNOPSIS: Jim, Michelle, Stifler and company reunite in East Great Falls, Michigan for their high school reunion. 13 […]
Movie Review – 21 Jump Street (2012)
21 Jump Street, 2012. Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Ellie Kemper, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle and Ice Cube. SYNOPSIS: A pair of underachieving cops (Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum) become part of a special unit that embeds undercover cops in high school. Their mission – to […]
Movie Review – The Muppets (2011)
The Muppets, 2011. Directed by James Bobin. Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones.Featuring the voice talents of Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Peter Linz, David Rudman, Bill Barretta, Matt Vogel and Tyler Bunch. SYNOPSIS: After going their separate ways, the Muppets reunite to save their old theatre from an evil […]
Movie Review – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2011. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Joely Richardson, Goran Visnjic and Geraldine James. SYNOPSIS: A magazine journalist and a troubled computer hacker team up to search for a woman who has been missing for forty years. Ah, […]
Movie Review – Puss in Boots (2011)
Puss in Boots, 2011. Directed by Chris Miller. Featuring the voice talents of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris, Constance Marie and Guillermo del Toro. SYNOPSIS: The heroic Puss in Boots is pitted against the outlaws Jack and Jill, who have discoved an ancient power that threatens the world. As […]
Movie Review – Real Steel (2011)
Real Steel, 2011. Directed by Shawn Levy. Starring Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Anthony Mackie, Hope Davis and Kevin Durand. SYNOPSIS: In the not too distant future – where robot boxing has superseded human boxing/MMA – a struggling robot fight coach discovers that he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father […]
Movie Review – Colombiana (2011)
Colombiana, 2011. Directed by Olivier Megaton. Starring Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis and Lennie James. SYNOPSIS: A young woman, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. This is a no holds barred ‘vengeance actioner’ with the great Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek) getting a […]
Movie Review – Bad Teacher (2011)
Bad Teacher, 2011. Directed by Jake Kasdan. Starring Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel and Justin Timberlake. SYNOPSIS: A romantic comedy centred around a shallow, drug using, potty mouthed junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague – a move that pits her against a fellow teacher. So, Bad […]
Thoughts on… G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 2009. Directed by Stephen Sommers . Starring Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Dennis Quaid, Arnold Vosloo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ray Park, Byung-hun Lee, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Jonathan Pryce. SYNOPSIS: An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe take on an […]
Movie Review – Sucker Punch (2011)
Sucker Punch, 2011. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Oscar Isaac, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm and Scott Glenn. SYNOPSIS: Locked away against her will, a young girl’s vivid imagination provides a thrilling escape from her dark reality. With Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder is for the first […]
