Movie Reviews

Safety not Guaranteed

Director Colin Trevorrow Staring Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson Rated M Score 4.5/6 Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel. For those of you who are interested Safety not guaranteed was inspired by a 1997 Backwoods Home Magazine…

The Hammer

Director Oren Kaplan Staring Russell Harvard, Raymond J. Barry, Shoshannah Stern & Michael Anthony Spady Rated PG Score 4/6 The Hammer follows Matt Hamill, who was born deaf, in his youth and mostly in 1997, when Hamill is a sophomore walk-on at Rochester Institute of Technology and wins the first of three collegiate wrestling championships…

Oz the Great and Powerful

Director Sam Raimi Staring James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz Rated PG Score 4/6 When small-time magician Oscar Diggs pulls one flimflam too many, he is hurled into the fantastical Land of Oz, where he must somehow transform himself into the great and powerful Wizard – and just maybe into a better man as well.…

Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground

Director Jesse V. Johnson Staring Ross McCall, Suzanne May, Vernon Wells, Graham McTavish & Marina Sirtis Rated MA Score 0.5/6 Following the deadly climax of “Green Street Hooligans,” several members of the West Ham firm and numerous members of Millwall end up in jail. The GSE quickly discover the brutality of life on the inside,…

Green Street Hooligans

Director Lexi Alexander Staring Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani Rated MA Score 5/6 Okay, considering a sequel for Green Street Hooligans actually exists these are the natural choice for a movie marathon double. My advice, avoid the sequel at all costs. Green Street Hooligans is a different example of a British gangster flick. However,…

The Keeper

Director Keoni Waxman Staring Steven Seagal, Liezl Carstens, Arron Shiver Rated MA Score 3/6 Roland Sallinger is an LA cop who after nearly being killed by his greedy partner, and eventually being forced to retire for medical reasons, flees to San Antonio, Texas, after being asked to work as a bodyguard for the daughter of…

The Last Stand

Director Jee-woon Kim Staring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville Rated MA Score 2.5/6 The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff. Arnold is back in his first feature film role since…

I hope they serve beer in hell

Director Bob Gosse Staring Matt Czuchry, Geoff Stults, Jesse Bradford Rated MA Score 3.5/6 A guy tries to patch things up with his soon-to-be-married pal after botching things up at his bachelor party. To all of the women out there, if your man comes home from the friendly neighbourhood DVD store with I hope they…

The Sweeny

Director Nick Love Starring Damian Lewis, Hayley Atwell, Ray Winstone Rated MA Score 6/6 Armed and dangerous, the Flying Squad (rhyming slang Sweeney Todd) have their own unique way of operating, however, they always get the results. With a bank heist in progress and his old enemy making a re-appearance on the London crime scene,…

Time After Time

Director Nicholas Meyer Starring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner Rated M Score 6/6 H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer’s time machine to escape his time-period. Ok, for the record this one was suggested by the guy at the friendly neighbourhood DVD store.…