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When I first heard they were making a live adaptation of the infamous Parker Bros. (now owned by Hasbro since 1991) game, Battleship, I thought oh my, what a huge naval epic it could be. The possibilities were endless, in my opinion. A grand scale naval adventure hasn’t seen success on the silver screen in [...]
The trickiest thing about writing a review for Battleship, the film based on the popular board game, which now pits Tim Riggins of Mars against a fleet of aliens that challenge the Navy to deadly war games…or something, is capturing why I did not really care for the film as much as I did other, [...]
I think there is a certain amount of humor in the fact that Wrath of the Titans is essentially a take-two on this movie series. Wrath was certainly felt in regards to the 2010 film (which was in no way helped by the 3D that was then used as the key example of bad usage [...]
Did they really need a sequel to 2010’s remake of the classic Clash of the Titans? Of course they didn’t. But if the success of 2011’s Insidious taught us anything, it’s that any movie that meekly survives to cultivate a profit in this tumulus day and age…well…deserves a sequel. And rightfully so. Why not?! I [...]
Liam Neeson stars as John Ottway, a sharpshooting wolf hunter who becomes an unlikely hero, leading a group of oilrig roughnecks on a death-defying backwoods trek through the Alaskan wilderness. When a plane transporting them to Anchorage crashes on a remote mountaintop, eight survivors must find their way back to civilization or perish in a frozen wasteland. With [...]
It seems like Liam Neeson has been given quite the upgrade from tall, steadfast lead actor to confident, ass-kicking action start in recent years. Neeson has certainly been reliable in years past, but since Taken, no one seems to question whether or not Neeson has the capabilities of taking someone down if he has to. [...]
Liam Neeson, one of the most likable human beings in Hollywood, is back in the thriller-adventure known as…Unknown. *snare* Unknown stars Liam Neeson, January Jones, Diane Kruger, Aidan Quinn along with Bruno Ganz, and Frank Langella. Off the heels of the action packed Taken feature (which I loved) Unknown was set to keep Neeson going [...]
Unknown is the type of film that works very easily as a source of entertainment…when you try not to apply much logic to it. It is perfectly serviceable, mainly due to Liam Neeson, who has a screen presence that can elevate any B-movie (Taken, Darkman), and because of the film’s solid production values. However, once [...]
Up until recently I didn’t know anything about Unknown, but when I saw the movie’s trailer on television, a few weeks back, I instantly took notice. Why? Because… A) Liam Neeson stars in it… and B) Liam Neeson is shown in a bada$$ role much like he portrayed in Taken. And so, with only one [...]
That’s right folks! Get ready for the Blu-ray voyage of a lifetime as The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (say that 5x fast!) sets sail on Blu-ray April 8th. Are you ready to catch the Blu-ray wave? Just in case your appetite needed a little whetting, I have also included the [...]
Seeing the trailers for The A-Team earlier this year filled me with dread. It looked like another treasured television show from the 80′s was to be transformed into an atrocious full feature film. All of that changed after I saw a new trailer for The A-Team in front of the Predators blu-ray. It actually looked [...]
Of all the recent, popular, fantasy book series that have been adapted into films since the initial launch of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings films, C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series is the only one that I have read all the way through. It has been unfortunate that I have not been very impressed by the first two film entries. I was disappointed by ‘Wardrobe,’ and while I thought Prince Caspian was better (despite heading into a more disturbingly dark direction, while still being rated PG), I felt it still had problems finding the way to handle the world of Narnia. With that in mind, I had mixed feelings about what the next entry would have to offer. ‘Dawn Treader’ is my favorite book of the series, so an adaptation was going to have to work pretty hard to please me. Fortunately, I found this film to be the best so far in the Narnia film series.
I hope some comments answer the question I am going to start this off with. Why this film is called The Next Three Days? After sitting through this silly thriller, which consists of a lot of empty entertainment that can easily fall apart for the viewer if they try to step back and think about [...]
Though it underperformed in American theaters, here’s hoping the public doesn’t miss the boat again when A-Team comes out on Blu-ray this December. The film brought together a few of Hollywood’s heavy hitters along with some new arrivals as director Joe Carnahan entertainingly modernized the 80’s television series into a 2010 action movie. The film [...]
After recently suffering through the original 1981 Clash of the Titans on Blu-ray (see review here), my apprehension towards this 2010 remake was quickly relinquished after only the first ten minutes into my theatrical press screening. I was pleasantly surprised, instantly enchanted and obsessively engrossed within the mythical fantasy world brought to life using the [...]
Love or hate the 80’s, it became a pop culture mecca, spitting out one frame of success after another. As a kid, the The A-Team was one of my favorite television shows. I didn’t know anything about melding as a group back then or what good acting or bad acting was. I did know that [...]
Now here’s a film I was intrigued with during its short theatrical run. Due to time restraints, I was unable to make the press screening of this flick, but I was stricken with curiosity about it after seeing the film’s trailer. And now that it’s coming to Blu-ray, I definitely won’t miss it this time [...]
The Clash of the Titans will make its High-Definition debut this July. That’s a long to time to wait to see Gemma Arterton again, but I’m sure I’ll live. Speaking of Gemma, it gives me a reason to post yet another picture of her on the site. Yea! Of course, Clash of Titans also stars [...]
When I discovered late last year that one of my favorite childhood movies was going to be remade, I was jittery with excitement. Clash of the Titans was a film I enjoyed time and again, but notice I said ‘was’. Let me preface this; Star Wars is a movie that used, for its time, cutting-edge [...]
How do you tell who the hero is in Clash of the Titans? He’s the one with the buzz-cut. Sam Worthington of Avatar fame dons the role of Perseus, son of Zeus himself, played by Liam Neeson (who has now been a jedi, a martial arts master, and the trainer of Batman for goodness sake) [...]
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