Movie Reviews

21 Jump Street

Directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller Staring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube Rating MA Score 1.5/6 A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. It is hardly ever a good sign when an action movie like 21 Jump…

Project X

Director Nima Nourizadeh Staring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown Rating MA Score 2/6 3 high school seniors throw a birthday party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads. It was great to see that so many young actors…

Demoted

Director J.B. Rogers Staring Sean Astin, Michael Vartan, David Cross and Billy West Rated MA Score 1/6 What goes around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss. I’d like to think that I am actually able to spot all dodgy movies based…

Dirty Girl

Director Abe Sylvia Staring Juno Temple, Jeremy Dozier and Milla Jovovich Rated MA Score 3/6 It’s 1987 and Danielle, the high school ‘Dirty Girl’, is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious ’80s tunes. In the beginning I was not entirely sure…

Red Faction : Origins

Director Michael Nankin Staring Brian J. Smith, Danielle Nicolet and Kate Vernon Rated M Score 4/6 On a Mars colony in the year 2145, an officer in a rebel militia discovers that his sister, who was abducted a dozen years before, is still alive and has been raised as a soldier whose goal is to…

Blackthorn

Directed by Mateo Gil Staring Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega and Stephen Rea Rating M Score 4.5/6 In Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorne) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike. I have always…

2012

Directed by Roland Emmerich Staring John Cusack, Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor Rated M Score 3.5/6 An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. 2012 is one of the epics that Roland Emmerich is known for. However, 2012 makes absolutely…

Young Adult

Director Jason Reitman Staring Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson and Patton Oswalt Rating MA Score 0/6 Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter. Getting to the end of this of movie…

The Amazing Spider-Man

Director Marc Webb Staring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans Rating M Score 5/6 Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father’s former partner. Okay, before I get to involved…