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Haywire’s a Misfire

Haywire’s protagonist, Mallory Kane, played by statuesque Mixed Martial Artist brawler Gina Carano, looks a lot like a younger version of America’s undisputed girl next door, Sandra Bullock.  Too bad in her leading “lady” debut, she has all the charm of the door.  Not that any of this will matter to moviegoers not burned out [...]

‘Haywire’ Is Streamlined, Offbeat, And Brutal

Once again, the month of January has actually managed to deliver some disposable fun, this time in the form of an action thriller from director Steven Soderbergh.  Haywire falls into the director’s category of more mainstream, but it certainly boasts a strong cast and enough offbeat qualities to make it stand out a bit.  Of [...]

SDCC 2011: Relativity Media: Haywire and The Raven

It was easily going to be a difficult task to follow a panel that featured Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson in Hall H on Friday, at San Diego Comic Con, but the folks at Relativity Media attempted to do so anyway.  While not quite blowing anyone out of the water, this panel contained exciting previews [...]

SDCC 2011: ‘Haywire’ Trailer Premiere!

Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who [...]

‘The Eagle’ Soars At About Mid Altitude

The Eagle presents a story about a soldier trying to redeem his family’s honor by retrieving a lost treasure of the Roman nation.  It is also a buddy film that unites two unlikely friends.  I would have liked to enjoy these two aspects of the film more if this film tried to make it more [...]

“Dear John, Why Do You Want Me To Cry So Much?”

YouTube Video reviewer guru Chris Stuckmann is back on the scene with his latest look at the Channing Tatum/Amanda Seyfried romance Dear John, which opened nationwide yesterday.  Dear John was directed by Lasse Hallstrom and adpated from the novel written by Nicholas Sparks.  Find out why Chris says that Channing Tatum actually stands a chance of [...]

Gregg’s Best & Worst Cinema Films of 2009

2009 was an interesting year for films.  By mid-summer, I was wondering if I was going to be able to fill out this list.  Hasbro made a splash with two of its most successful lines appearing in theaters.  Sandra Bullock had two films surface this year.  Vampires seemed to be at the turn of every [...]