Movie Reviews

Review: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Fantasia)

Rating: 5/10

Posted 16 years ago

[Ed. note: This film was reviewed as part of the 2010 Fantasia Film Festival] PLOT: A centuries-old sorcerer, Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage), finds an unlikely apprentice in the guise of New Yorker Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel). Despite being the last...

Review: Predators

Rating: 8/10

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: A group of battle-hardened warriors are transported to the Predator home world, where they are hunted for sport. REVIEW: Fuckin’ A! That’s what I was thinking to myself the second this film started, with Adrien Brody waking up mid-free...

Review: Despicable Me

Rating: 7/10

Posted 16 years ago

Plot: A super-villain (Steve Carrell), intent on shrinking and stealing the moon, finds himself distracted by three orphaned sisters, who end up in his care. Review: DESPICABLE ME is a pretty damn charming little CG-animated film that borrows a lot...

Review: The Kids Are All Right

Rating: 8/10

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: Jules (Julianne Moore), and Nic (Annette Bening) are a happy lesbian couple, raising two teen-aged kids (Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson) that they conceived with the help of a sperm donor. When the kids go looking for the donor,...

Review: Inception

Rating: 10/10

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: Hmm, where to begin. A thief (Leonardo DiCaprio) assembles a crew to help him pull off an almost unthinkable “heist.” Instead of stealing secrets from people’s dreams, he’s interested in planting an idea in someone’s mind through their dream....

Review: The Last Airbender

Rating: 1/10

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: Aang (Noah Ringer), is the last in a long line of Avatars, born with the ability to control the four elements: earth, air, water, and fire. This makes him the target the evil Fire Nation, specifically, the exiled prince...

Review: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Rating: 2/10

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: When we last left the Cullen clan, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) had just asked to be made a vampire, in order to enjoy immortality with her undead boyfriend, Edward (Robert Pattinson). Not wanting to damn his love to an...

Review: Grown Ups

Rating: 4/10

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: Five childhood friends (Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and David Spade) reunite for the fourth of July weekend, after their beloved high school basketball coach passes away. With their wives (Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph),...

Review: Knight & Day

Rating: 8/10

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: June (Cameron Diaz), an ordinary, thirty something woman on her way to her sisters wedding, finds her life turned upside down after a chance encounter with Roy Miller (Tom Cruise), a spy on the run from rival agents and...

Review: The Killer Inside Me

Rating: 9/10

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: On the surface, Lou Ford (Casey Affleck), a deputy sheriff in a sleepy West Texas town, seems like a swell guy. He`s friendly with the locals, soft-spoken, intelligent, but alas, that`s just the surface, as Ford harbors a dark...

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