Category: The Twenty-First Century

If you’re looking for a solid popcorn flick to sink your teeth in, this ain’t it. I hated “Priest”. Hated, hated, hated it. Hated every single audience insulting moment of it. Hated Director Scott Stewart and his stupid belief that anyone would be entertained by it. Hated the fact that legendary actor Christopher Plummer agreed…

Drama Drama Drama. If you’re a black man watching this movie, chances are you will find it highly offensive. Why? because every single one of them is portrayed as verbally, sexually, or physically abusive, aswell as selfish and heartless. This depressive film, courtesy of Mr. Tyler Perry (a.k.a Madea) is not only repetitive, but awfully long aswell. Yes we…

I was a kid growing up when the first “Scream” movie hit theaters back in 1996. The suspense became bigger than ever before, and the new age horror began with a clever mix of humor, suspense, blood and gore. Since then, so many movies have been made as a parody to the notorious killer, but…

Overproduced junk starring Nicolas Cage (with long hair and badass attitude left over from “The Bad Lieutenant”) as Milton, a vengeful father who escapes from hell to avenge his daughter’s death and rescue his granddaughter from a Satan worshipping cult, that plans on sacrifying her so as to bring hell on earth, or armageddon, or something. Along the way, he…

It isn’t like the old days when you called the box office to see what was playing and the response was “Tootsie” or “The French Connection”. Here, you know exactly what you’re getting, and for those who dreaded the last two installments in the series need to put their predjudices aside. Why? Because “Fast Five” totally…

One of the main problems with “Something Borrowed” is that Kate Hudson’s character is very annoying  that it’s hard to sympathize with her.  She plays Darcy, the lifelong best friend of our leading lady Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin). When we first meet them, Darcy is about to be married to Dex, who Rachel has had a crush on…

The Circus is a fascinating world. And sadly, there aren’t too many circus related movies these days, with the last being Tim Burton’s “Big Fish”. “Water For Elephants” is based on a best selling novel by Sara Gruen. I’ve never read the book, but the way the people talk about it with passion and affection, one would…

“Super” is a totally different kind of superhero. It’s about an everyday man who decides to start fighting crimes, eventhough he has zero skills or powers. The story takes place in the real world, where of course nobody has done this before. Rainn Wilson (“The Office”) is that guy. He is married to the beautiful…

Summer season is officially on (at least cinematically), and I’m glad to report that the first blockbuster of the year is actually a lot of fun. And eventhough he lacks the profile of Spiderman or even Iron Man, Thor (a.k.a The God of Thunder) is easily one of the best superhero movies since “The Dark Knight”. And unlike “Iron Man…

Based on the novel of the same name by Ayelet Aldman, “Love and Other Impossible Pursuits” deals with divorce, step-parenting, grief and SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). I guess one of  the main reasons why this movie didn’t make it on first theatre release (note that it was made in 2009) is because it was…

Beware! The multiplex has officially become a no-fly zone for good movies. Hum “Amen” while I call out recent filmmaking screw-ups: “The Rite”, “Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son”, “Battle: Los Angeles”, “Season Of The Witch”, and the craptacular “Skyline”. The epidemic continues with this dreadful “thriller” starring Minka Kelly as a college student who finds her safety…

Since “The Exorcist”, only a few movies dealing with the same subject turned out to be decent enough. “The Rite” isn’t one of them. In fact, it would be unnecessary to talk about its premise, which sounds chilling at first. Think of it as “The Exorcist” meets “The Order”, minus the fun. “The Rite” offers absolutely nothing…

It’s all about Rio in this delightful animated movie about a domesticated Macaw named Blu (Voiced by a tremendous Jesse Eisenberg) who was whisked away from his homeland as a newborn and raised in frigid Minnesota by a loving human named Linda (Leslie Mann). Years later, a Brazilian naturalist shows up and explains that if…

I don’t know about you, but I’m a sucker for everything related to the 70’s, let alone Rock’ n’ Roll music. The movie, directed by Floria Sigismondi and based on the autobiography “Neon Angel”, chronicles the rise and inevitable fall of the all girl band The Runaways. Kirsten Stewart plays Joan Jett, a 17 year old girl…

Say what you will about Channing Tatum (“G.I Joe”, “Dear John”), but the dude totally kicks ass in “The Eagle”, playing Marcus Flavius, a Roman Centurion and son of a disgraced commander who disappeared along with the entire Ninth Legion and Rome’s beloved Eagle standard in the year 120 AD. Fast forward 20 years, Marcus…

It took me two months to finally decide to watch “I Am Number Four”, and I can honestly say that it wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be. It’s true that the story feels awfully familiar: there’s the high school kid who discovers he has powers, decides to use that to initially fend…