Movie Reviews

Machete Kills

Director Robert Rodriguez Staring Danny Trejo, Alexa Vega, Mel Gibson Rated MA Score 4/6 The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space. This one seemed to have a blink and you’ll miss it run at the…

Thor: The Dark World

Director Alan Taylor Staring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston & Stellan Skarsgård Rated M Score 3.5/6 Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save…

Soldiers of Fortune

Director Maxim Korostyshevsky Staring Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames & James Cromwell Rated MA Score 1.5/6 Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don’t go exactly to plan. If there was movie that I really have to wonder why I brought it, Soldiers of Fortune…

Bounty Killer

Director Henry Saine Staring Matthew Marsden, Kristanna Loken, Christian Pitre Rated R Score 6/6 Bounty killers compete for body count, fame and a fat stack of cash. They’re ending the plague of corporate greed and providing the survivors of the apocalypse with retribution. This is the age of the BOUNTY KILLER. On the face of…

2 Guns

Director Baltasar Kormákur Starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton Rated MA Score 3.5/6 A DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer find themselves on the run after a botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. While fleeing, they learn the secret of their shaky alliance: Neither knew that the other was an undercover agent.…

The Bling Ring

Director Sofia Coppola Staring Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson Rated MA Score 0.5/6 Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities’ whereabouts in order to rob their homes. To be honest I am actually kind of glad that I did not catch this one at the cinema…

12 Rounds Reloaded

Director Roel Reiné Staring Randy Orton, Tom Stevens, Brian Markinson Rated M Score 2.5/6 Nick Malloy, an Emergency Medical Technician finds himself caught in a deadly 12-round game of cat and mouse with a vigilante tied to the paramedic’s past. With little time to spare and his wife’s life hanging in the balance, the EMT…

Rush

Director Ron Howard Staring Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde Rated MA Score 5/6 The story follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error:…

The Call

Director Brad Anderson Staring Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin Rated MA Score 3.5/6 When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl’s life. It would seem that just…

Runner Runner

Director Brad Furman Staring Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton Rated MA Score 3.5/6 When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur. Okay, fans of the 1998 movie starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton, Rounders…