Category: Movie Reviews

Cast: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Mike Epps, Oded Fehr, Jared Harris Studio: Screen Gems Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: A deadly virus has been unleashed on the population of Raccoon City. Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a terrifying adventure in survival horror. Milla Jovovich (5th Element, Dummy) returns as Alice, one of only two survivors of the…

Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Famke Janssen, Gretchen Mol Studio: Miramax Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Set against the backdrop of New York’s high-stakes underground poker world. Mike McDermott (Damon), a master card player who trades the poker playing rounds for law school and a shot at a new life with his girlfriend. For…

Cast: Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Raquel Castro, George Carlin, Jason Biggs Studio: Miramax Rating: 5.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Breaking from his signature slacker-underdog films like CLERKS, MALLRATS, and CHASING AMY, Kevin Smith delivers the feel-good family movie JERSEY GIRL. While Smith’s pert one-liners and wryly ironic sense of humor are clearly present in the script, his…

Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry J. Lennix, Frank Collison Studio: Paramount Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: It’s 4 AM and torrents of rain pour down on a dusty roadside New Mexico diner. Inside, an innocuous looking salesman sips coffee while catching up on his fishing magazines. After the front door creaks open, an…

Cast: Stellan Skarsgard, James D’Arcy, Izabella Scorupco, Alan Ford, Billy Crawford Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 4/10 CORPORATE LINE: Father Lankester Merrin thinks that he has glimpsed the face of Evil. In the years following World War II, Merrin (STELLAN SKARSGÅRD) is relentlessly haunted by memories of the unspeakable brutality perpetrated against the innocent people of…

Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner, Colin Salmon Studio: Fox Rating: 2/10 CORPORATE LINE: The iconic monsters from the two franchises battle each other on Earth for the first time on film, as they have in the comic-book world. The discovery of an ancient pyramid buried in Antarctica sends a team of…

Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg Studio: Dreamworks Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Max (Jamie Foxx) has lived the mundane life of a cab driver for 12 years. The faces have come and gone from his rearview mirror, people and places he’s long since forgotten…until tonight. Vincent (Tom Cruise) is a…

Cast: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux Studio: Disney Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: A space crew traveling the cosmos runs into a long-missing craft, manned by Dr. Hans Reinhardt (Maximilian Schell). Upon meeting Reinhardt, the astronauts discover that not only is he insane, but also he is steadfast in his efforts…

Cast: Brittany Murphy, Ron Livingston, Kathy Bates, Holly Hunter, Rashida Jones Studio: Revolution Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: A dark comedy about new boyfriends, ex-girlfriends and little black books. In Little Black Book, Stacy Holt, an associated producer for daytime talk show hostess Kippie Kann, is frustrated when her boyfriend Derek refuses to discuss his past…

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adrien Brody Studio: Buena Vista Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: In M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Village,” the Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker who brought you “The Sixth Sense” and “Signs” assembles an all-star cast, including Academy Award-nominees Joaquin Phoenix and Sigourney Weaver and Academy Award-winners Adrien Brody and William Hurt, to bring…