Movie Reviews

Looper

Directed by Rian Johnson Staring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt Rated MA Score 6/6 In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to ‘close the loop’…

Grimm’s Snow White

Directed by Rachel Goldenberg Staring Eliza Bennett, Jane March and Jamie Thomas King Rated M Score 1/6 When the King is killed by ferocious reptile beasts, his Queen takes control of the kingdom. She tries to kill her beautiful stepdaughter Snow, but she escapes into the enchanted forest. This movie was The Asylum’s attempt at…

Men In Black 3

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld Staring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin Rated M Score 3.5/6 Agent J travels in time to MIB’s early years in the 1960s, to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history. It was good to see that with the third instalment of the Men…

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Directed by John Madden Staring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith Rated PG Score 6/6 A group of British retirees decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel, they arrive to find the palace a shell of…

Stash House

Directed by Eduardo Rodriguez Staring Dolph Lundgren, Briana Evigan and Sean Faris Rated MA Score 3/6 Dave and Emma have found the perfect house, until they discover a stash of heroin and end up imprisoned in it by violent thugs. In retrospect I am not sure why I decided to hire this one from the…

Resident Evil : Retribution

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson Starring Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory and Michelle Rodriguez Rated MA Score 3.5/6 The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations…

Bad Ass

Directed by Craig Moss Staring Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton and Ron Perlman Rated MA Score 2/6 A Vietnam veteran who becomes a local hero after saving a man from attackers on a city bus decides to take action when his best friend is murdered and the police show little interest in solving the crime.…

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon Starring Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen and David Schwimmer Rated PG Score 6/6 By Liam Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the…

Guns, Girls & Gambling

Directed by Michael Winnick Staring Gary Oldman, Christian Slater and Megan Park Rated MA Score 6/6 The story throws Elvis impersonators, Indians, modern cowboys, a 6-foot-tall blond assassin, a frat boy, a corrupt sheriff and a prostitute into a chase for a priceless American Indian artifact stolen during a poker game at an Indian casino.…

Dawn Rider

Directed by Terry Miles Staring Christian Slater, Jill Hennessy and Donald Sutherland Rated M Score 2/6 After his father is killed, John Mason is willing to turn the world inside out to find the man responsible. What he does not know is the killer might be in his own house. I will never hide the…