Con Air

Directed by Simon West Staring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack & John Malkovich Rating MA Score 4/6 A former US Ranger Cameron Poe has just been released from prison and is hitching a ride home on a prison transport plane. Poe finds himself caught up in the middle of a hostage situation when the prisoners seize…

Click

Directed by Frank Coraci Staring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale & Christopher Walken Rating M Score 5/6 What would happen if you were given a remote control that controlled your universe? Workaholic Michael Newman is about to find out and will be able to fast forward and rewind through his life at will. What at first…

Clerks 2

Directed by Kevin Smith Staring Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes & Kevin Smith Rating MA Score 5/6 It has arrived and it doesn’t disappoint. This is one of those movies where you don’t have to take your parents. Clerks II does not fall pray to the curse of the sequel, probably because…

Alvin and the chipmunks

Directed by Tim Hall Staring Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardson, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler & Jesse McCartney Rating G Score 3/6 Strugling songwriter Dave Seville opens his home to three talented singing Chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore. They become overnight sensations. However, a ruthless record producer inteds to exploit the “boys”. This sugary…

Crash & Burn

Directed by Russell Mulcahy Staring Erik Palladino, David Moscow, Michael Madsen & Heather Marie Marsden Rating MA Score 3/6 A former car thief now working undercover for the FBI hooks joins up with his old small-time crime buddies to bring down a international auto theft ring. Crash & Burn isn’t anything to get excited about,…

Crank 2 : High Voltage

Directed by Neveldine/Taylor Staring Jason Statham & Amy Smart Rating R Score 1/6 This would have to be one of the best-case examples that I can think of how physics and the death of a lead character does not need to get in the way of a good story.This is not a cinematic masterpiece; in…

Cool Runnings

Directed by Jon Turtetaub Staring John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, Rawle D. Lewis & Leon Robinson Rating G Score 5/6 Loosely Based on the first ever Jamican Bobsled that competed at the XV Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. This is a feel good movie which Disney is legendary for producing. Cool Runnings is…

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Director Blake Edwards Staring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard Rating PG Status Legendary A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way. This is another movie that I will add to the list of where I can say…

Charlie St Cloud

Directed by Burr Steers Staring Zac Effron, Ray Liotta, Kim Basinger, Charlie Tahan & Amanda Crew Rating M Score 5/6 Based on an acclaimed novel, Charlie St. Cloud is a romantic drama starring Zac Efron as a young man who survives an accident that lets him see the world in a unique way. In this…

Children of men

Directed by Alfonso Cuaron Staring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore & Michael Caine Rating MA Score 6/6 20 years into the future the world has no hope, women are infertile. A former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to meet a boat which will take her to scientists that may be able to…

Charlie Wilson’s War

Directed by Mike Nichols Staring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman & Amy Adams Rating M Score 6/6 Based on a true story in the early 80’s a US Congressman from Texas Charlie Wilson at the instance of his major conservative Joanne Herring had covert dealings in Afghanistan in order to arm the rebels…

Casino Royale

Directed Martin Campbell Staring Daniel Craig Rating M Score 3/6 Daniel Craig: a new Bond and a new chapter to the 40 year legacy of Ian Fleming’s Secret Agent. While most critics seem to be saying Craig is the best Bond since Sean Connery, I think its to early to tell considering that this is…

Chain of Command

Directed by John Terlesky Staring Roy Scheider, Patrick Muldoon & Michael Biehn Rating M Score 6/6 Secret Service agents must retrieve the briefcase allowing the President control of America’s nuclear arsenal before massive destruction ensues. Occasionally there are movies that you find in the bargain bin that are better than you think they are going…

Cellular

Directed by David R. Ellis Staring Chris Evans, Kim Basinger, Jason Stratham & William H Macy Rating M Score 3/6 A self-indulgent young man receives a phone call from a complete stranger Jessica claiming to have been held hostage, thinking that her family is going to be killed soon, his battery could go at any…

Catch And Release

Directed by Susannah Grant Staring Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaegar, Kevin Smith & Juliette Lewis Rating M Score 5/6 A young woman must deal with the death of her fiance, Grady. She finds comfort in his friends and as time passes she comes to see new sides of the man she thought she know.…

Body of Lies

Directed by Ridley Scott Staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Carice Van Houten, Vince Colosimo Rating MA Score 6/6 A C.I.A operative who had uncovered intelligence on a notorious terrorist leader, plans to trap him by establishing a fake terrorist cell Mr. Ridley Scott is a legend when it comes to visual story telling. Ridley Scott…

Blood Diamond

Directed by Edward Zwick Staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou & Jennifer Connelly Rating MA Score 5/6 Set against the civil war in Sierra Leone in the 90’s a South African mercenary Danny Archer and a Mende fisherman Solomon Vandy join in a quest to recover a rare pink diamond. Blood Diamond is a brilliant Movie…

Bloodsport

Directed by Newt Arnold Staring Jean-Claude Van Dame Rating R Score 0/6 Frank Dux competes in a full contact martial arts tournament known as the Kumite. Bloodsport is said to be based on true events in the life of Frank W. Dux. However, if you do a little digging into Frank Dux’s life you will…