Entries Categorized as 'Movies'

“Swing Vote” is surely swinging for the fences.

Date July 16, 2008

So yet another Kevin Costner movie is set to be released on August 1. Swing Vote looks to be one of those movies with a totally unimpressive plot and ranks up there with Waterworld and The Postman in quality…or lack thereof.
Directed by Joshua Michael Stern, the premise is that by some weird happenstance, Kevin Costner’s [...]

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“Kung Fu Panda” kicks butt in the theatres.

Date June 8, 2008

Yesterday, I decided to head down to the local mall to check out the morning showing of “Kung Fu Panda” starring Jack Black. I knew that it was an all-star cast, but didn’t know how big the cast was. Michael Clarke Duncan has a role in the movie, along with Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Dustin [...]

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Watching “The Punisher” is punishment enough

Date April 28, 2008

I don’t know what’s the matter with me. I keep watching a bunch of bad movies - they’re like a bad car accident. You can’t do anything BUT turn and watch.
This past weekend, The Punisher was on TV broadcasted on FX. It wasn’t the old version of The Punisher but the new one where John [...]

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“Forbidden Kingdom” is good for the kids, but not your typical kung-fu movie

Date April 20, 2008

So I went to watch “Forbidden Kingdom” today since it just came out on Friday. I think it was a pretty good movie, but there are some things that I’d like to point out. The Washington Post had said that this is a movie where Jackie Chan is basically like Eddie Murphy - playing multiple [...]

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Review: Shoot ‘em up is graphic but stupid

Date March 17, 2008

A co-worker of mine happened to have the DVD of Shoot ‘Em Up featuring Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti and let me borrow it tonight. I think after seeing it, I would never want to watch it again. It’s quite graphic and if you’ve seen 300 or Sin City, then you’ll see some similarities, but [...]

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