Category: Movie Reviews

Cast: Nicholas Cage Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 5/10 THE STORY: Out patrolling a California highway, police officer Edward Malus (Nicolas Cage) stops a station wagon to return a little girl’s lost doll. Moments later, a runaway truck slams into the station wagon, igniting it into a fiery wreck with the mother and child trapped inside. […]

Cast: Paul Soter Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 4.5/10 THE STORY: The Broken Lizard comedy group returns to the big screen in a new comedy that proves revenge, like beer, is best served cold. When American brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse (Erik Stolhanske and Paul Soter) are sent to Germany on a mission to spread their […]

Cast: Mark Wahlberg Studio: Disney Rating: 7/10 THE STORY: From the studio that brought you “The Rookie” and “Remember The Titans” comes INVINCIBLE, inspired by the true story of Vince Papale (MARK WAHLBERG), a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach (GREG KINNEAR) […]

Cast: Justin Long Studio: Universal Rating: 4/10 THE STORY: High schooler Bartleby Gaines (“B” to his friends) is on his way to scoring a perfect eight out of eight college rejection letters-which isn’t going to go over big with his parents. At least, he’s not alone-several of his posse of oddball friends are in the […]

Cast: Ed Norton Studio: Yari Rating: 8/10 THE STORY: In a world where nothing is as it appears, an illusionist and a police inspector face off in a challenge of wills that attempts to determine where reality ends and magic begins…all the while blurring the line between power and corruption, love and devotion, vigilance and […]

Cast: Nicholas Cage Studio: Paramount Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: This is the true story of Will Jimeno and John McLoughlin, two Port Authority police officers who rushed into the burning World Trade Center on 9/11 to help rescue people but became trapped themselves when the tower collapsed. A race against time ensued to free them […]

Cast: Will Ferrell Studio: Sony Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) has always dreamed of driving fast — real fast — like his father, Reese Bobby, who left the family to pursue his racing dreams. Early on, Ricky’s mother, Lucy Bobby worried that her boy was also destined to end up as a […]

Cast: Natalie Mendoza Studio: Lion’s Gate Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: THE DESCENT is Neil Marshall’s hotly anticipated follow up to his 2002 hit DOG SOLDIERS. Directed by Marshall from his own script, it tells the story of an all-female caving expedition that goes horribly wrong, and stars Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, […]

Cast: Jason Statham Studio: Lions Gate Rating: 7.5/10 THE STORY: Chev Chelios is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and with a heart that’s barely beating, he hears the voice of thug Ricky Verona, who reveals Chev has been poisoned in his sleep and only has […]

Cast: Nicholas Cage Studio: Universal Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Poor 10-year-old Lucas Nickle (Zach Tyler Eisen) can’t get a break. Recently moved to a new city with his family, he hasn’t made a single friend. He gets nothing but grief from his teenage sister, Tiffany (Allison Mack), and not a whole lot of attention lately […]