Review: “The Hills Have Eyes II”
This is the 2007 sequel to the 2006 remake of the original 1977 film which got its own sequel in 1985 which bears no...
Review: “TMNT”
Wedged between the "Transformers" of the early 80's and the "Power Rangers" of the early 90's, came the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" craze. For...
Review: “Premonition”
A tedious thriller that is likely getting theatrical release simply due to actress Sandra Bullock's presence, "Premonition" can't seem to get an inkling that...
Review: “Dead Silence”
2004's "Saw" was a landmark in more ways than one. The sub-million dollar picture showed how two ordinary guys, in this case ex-students from...
Review: “I Think I Love My Wife”
An improvement on his terrible two directorial efforts, Chris Rock's third time out both in front of and behind the camera mixes Rock's over...
Review: “Gone”
No doubt the advertisements for "Gone" will tout this British-made, Australian outback-set thriller as "The Hitcher" meets "Wolf Creek". The truth is more mundane...
Review: “The Host (2007)”
A slickly made B-movie, but a B-movie nonetheless, "The Host" is an often surprising Hollywood-like monster movie from loved Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho. Armed...
Review: “Zodiac”
Despite being a David Fincher-directed serial killer thriller, the often subtle and procedural-driven "Zodiac" bears little resemblance to the helmer's 1995 gore and tension...
Review: “The Abandoned”
Last Fall came the 'After Dark HorrorFest', a collection of eight horror feature films without major distribution in the United States which got screened...
Review: “The Number 23”
A convoluted and rather dull affair, "The Number 23 " is one of those serious Jim Carrey vehicles but without the smarts or originality....
Review: “Reno 911! Miami”
Essentially a "Police Academy 5" remake with even less plot and interesting characters, 'Miami' will obviously please fans of the "Reno 911!" show but...
Review: “Breach”
More character study than suspense thriller, Billy Ray's follow-up effort to his brilliant 2004 drama "Shattered Glass" is a better constructed, albeit less engaging...
Review: “Ghost Rider”
As comic book film adaptations reach further down into the barrel to find marketable franchises, so continues their inevitable decline in quality with "Ghost...
Review: “Norbit”
With Rocky Balboa in cinemas now, it must be the time for comebacks, and anyone born before 1990 knows Eddie Murphy belongs squarely in...
Review: “The Messengers”
Several years ago an atrocious little horror film named "Darkness Falls" showed that January & February, generally the poorest moviegoing months of the year...
Review: “Blood and Chocolate”
Sour candy lies at the heart of this sweet treat, a rather tame and unimaginative blend of gothic romance meets "Underworld" style action fantasy....
Review: “Epic Movie”
There are two kinds of two kinds of comedy. No, that's not a misprint. The first duality is between small, sharp, arthouse or subversive...
Review: “The Hitcher”
Time has been kind to the rather bland 1986 schlock classic "The Hitcher". It may be fondly remembered by fans, but looking back on...
Review: “Primeval”
When making a monster movie, the whole point is to either celebrate in the ridiculousness of the genre and use it as much as...
Review: “Stomp the Yard”
Another year, another steppin' film. Movies about this particular modern street dance movement tend to be melodramatic coming-of-age pieces interspersed with lively and energetic...
Review: “Codename: The Cleaner”
One day Cedric the Entertainer will actually live up to his moniker, but today is not that day. Is "Code Name: The Cleaner" bad?...
Review: “Freedom Writers”
It's another January, which means another 'inspirational' drama about someone telling unruly students that getting an education in literature will get them out of...
Review: “Black Christmas”
When it comes to horror, and especially that slasher sub-genre, sheer simplicity often works far better than anything else. Unfortunately the filmmakers behind this...
Review: “Children of Men”
A compelling and haunting look at a dystopian England, Alfonso Cuaron's "Children of Men" doesn't entirely gel as a whole - but its various...
Review: “The Good Shepherd”
When it comes to cinema one often likes to believe in the fantasy, the lie with which we're presented, because the truth is usually...
Review: “Curse of the Golden Flower”
Trash-talking uber-producer Joel Silver couldn't shut up about his hip urban action trilogy a few years back, and we enjoyed/suffered through Romeo Must Die,...
Review: “Eragon”
With "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" films raking in the cash for Ted Turner, it comes as no surprise that others...
Review: “Blood Diamond”
The more I see of their work, the more I realise that directors Ed Zwick and Sam Mendes have one thing very sharply in...
Review: “Turistas”
Move over morally responsible and athletic girls in tight tank tops, it now seems that Western tourists with good bodies and bad attitudes have...
Review: “The Fountain”
Profoundly personal, "The Fountain" is a somewhat visionary love story across time that is so gut-wrenchingly intimate, it's as if Director Darren Aronofsky literally...