The Book Of Eli (2010)

The world as we know it is no more, it's apocalyptic, it's scary, and Denzel is hunting cats. That's what we see from the very beginning of the movie and it sort of makes sense. Think about it, when the the world looks like nuclear bombs have destroyed it, what else are you going to eat? Denzel Washington (The Bone Collector) plays Eli, a man on a mission from God to bring the only existing copy of the Bible to the west coast. He meets some strange fellows along the way and kills them very swift and easily. He gets caught up with Mila Kunis (That 70's Show, Extract) and is trying to runaway from Commissioner Gordon himself Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight). Oldman plays a man named Carnegie, the only one around besides Denzel that can read and he wants that very book that Denzel has because he believes that it brings great power and domination to whoever possess it. I thought the movie was very good and come on it's Denzel, so of course it'll be decent. I don't think it's the greatest movie ever made, but I enjoyed the movie. The movie also stars Ray Stevenson (Punisher: Warzone, The Other Guys) Oldman's lead henchman, The L Words Jennifer Beals as Mila's mom Claudia, and Tom Waits (Bram Stoker's Dracula) as the engineer. I give the movie a B

The Collector (2009)

This movie really tried to be all it could be, but overall it was an okay movie. I'm glad I waited till now to see this because this movie is a one and done type of movie. Josh Stewart (The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button) stars as Arkin, a guy whose been staking out a house to rob so that he could pay off an old debt. Until he runs into a guy who wants something different but it's in that house. Now, Arkin has to figure out a way to save himself and the family that lives there before The Collector gets them all. Again, the movie wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. It sort of reminded me of "The People Under The Stairs" and any other torture movie that's out there. I give the movie a C- for lack of originality. The movie costars Andrea Roth (War), Michael Reilly Burke (Ted Bundy), Californication's sexy star Madeline Zima, and Juan Fernandez (Crocodile Dundee 2) as The Collector.

Brooklyn's Finest (2009)

When I first rented this movie I expected something a little different than what I saw on my TV screen. I really liked the movie and thought it was good because of it's main stars. To me, they saved the movie because most of them were seasoned veterans and there acting abilities made it believable. Richard Gere (An Officer And A Gentleman) stars as Eddie Duggan, a suicidal veteran cop with a week left of retirement. Duggan is a pessimistic cop who doesn't want to get too involved in anything when it comes to his job and obviously has a few skeletons in the closet. Ethan Hawke (Dead Poets Society) stars as Sal Procida, a cop with big dreams of taking himself and his family out of their current living situation into a better one. The only problem for him is that he doesn't have the money to do it and when he goes on the drug busts, he thinks the worst. You can tell the job is getting to him. Don Cheadle (Boogie Nights) plays Tango, an undercover cop being a drug dealer who just wants his life back. Tango struggles with his persona that he's had to adopt while undercover and now has to figure out a way to protect Caso (Played By Wesley Snipes). The premise of the story is that three men who don't know each other will all be in the same place one deadly night. Like I said it is definitely worth watching. I give it an A

The Losers (2010)

This is a movie about a CIA black ops team that goes on a mission, gets screwed, left for dead, and now they want revenge on those that did it to them. The team so aptly entitled "The Losers" is made up of Clay (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Pooch (played by Death At A Funeral's Columbus Short), Roque (Played By Obsessed's Idris Elba), the coolest character and a man of few words Cougar (played by Oscar Jaenada), and the always comical Jensen (Played by Chris Evans) make up this team that struggles to make their way back to the states. Some of the other key players in this film is Zoe Saldana (Avatar) and Jason Patric (The Lost Boys) and everyone in this film does an excellent job. I really enjoyed the flick and as a guy it has everything you could want in a action movie. It's got guns, bombs, a hot chick, and explosions. I'm telling you blow a lot of things up and we're happy. I think that this is obviously one of the cool movies to come from comic books and maybe thats because I'm sick of the supermans and things of that nature. I give the movie a A-

Clash Of The Titans (2010)

I loved the original and I have to say that I enjoyed this one as well and the reason for that is what special effects can do for a movie of this caliber. I had said before that I believed Sam Worthington (Avatar, Terminator: Salvation) was going to be the next big thing from Australia. I still think I'm right on that one. Sam stars as Demigod Perseus, who wants to extract revenge for the death of his adoptive family by the hands of Hades (played by Ralph Fiennes), the God of the underworld. Man for a while was appreciative of the Gods until man rises up and defies them. Hades has a plan to convince Zeus (played by Liam Neeson) to punish mankind for their disobedience, but is it for his own agenda. So Perseus and a handful of soldiers are on a quest to defeat the Kraken and save the princess from being sacrificed. The very beautiful Alexa Davalos (Defiance) stars as the princess Andromeda, Gemma Arterton (Quantum Of Solace) stars as Perseus's watcher IO, Mads Mikkelsen (King Arthur) stars as Draco, and Pete Postlethwaite (Inception) as Perseus's adoptive father Spyros. There are a lot of great actors in this movie and I give the movie a B because the original still rocks and we need to become more original with movies. The age of the remakes continues!

The Crazies (2010)

Since Piranha is making it's official debut in the theaters today, I thought I would check out another remake before I see that and I picked the George Romero flick, "The Crazies". Now I'm usually skeptical about remakes because their either not as good or better than the original. We live in an age in Hollywood where remakes are the in thing and every body's doing it. I tip my hat to the guys that remade The Crazies because this was an excellent movie and it did not disappoint me but I think that's because I'm guilty of not seeing the original movie. Timothy Olyphant (Rock Star) does an excellent job as the sheriff of a small farm town in Iowa that is under some strange attack from the towns people going crazy and the government who is trying to destroy all of them. I think the movie is definitely worth checking out to see if he can lead himself and his wife (Played by Radha Mitchell), his Deputy (Played by Joe Anderson) and Becca (Played by Danielle Panabaker) to safety. I'll give this movie an A- for now until I see the original. The last point I want to make before I end this is that George Romero is an absolute genius because this movie along with 28 Days Later, and 28 Weeks Later make you think that the government can end up creating something so deadly that we end up crazy or like a zombie. Their only solution is to destroy and cover up the problem. Think about it, some food for thought while you watch this movie.

The Runaways (2010)

I almost felt a little ashamed watching this movie because of the fact of how Dakota Fanning is almost grown up. The 16 year old stars in this movie as Cherrie Currie, the lead singer of controversial all girl rock band The Runaways. The movie is based on the book written by Currie herself, but the movie focuses on the relationship between Joan Jett (Played by Twilight's Kristen Stewart) and Currie more than it does on the rest of the band. It's a shame because Lita Ford (played By Halloween's Scout Taylor Compton) saw success as well in the 1980's after the Runaways, but she's not important in this film. The movie is slow at times and feels like it drags on and on, but the overall star of this film is Dakota Fanning. I don't want to say it but she was really hot in this film and Kristen Stewart was very terrible. I don't see her as a great actress and this movie proves it. Michael Shannon does an excellent as well in the film as the very eccentric Kim Fowley, but overall I don't blame you if you skipped this one at the movie theaters when it came out. I give the movie an C.

Friday The 13TH Part V: A New Beginning (1985)

With every slasher flick in the genre there always seems to be a new beginning or a re-imagining of the series, but I do have to admit that I enjoy them. Slasher flicks are my favorites and like anything good in this life theirs a big three of everything. In case of the slasher flicks, it's Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Freddy. On Friday The 13Th i decided to watch one, which was part five of the Friday series and this one happened to be right in front of me. Now remember that there already has been four previous movies and the last one was named the final chapter. Now the only important actor in this film was Corey Feldman, but he had a small cameo in the beginning. The movie again introduces us to a older version of Tommy, who seems more mentally distraught and he's going to a group home near Crystal Lake. The only problem is one of the patients living there gets murdered by another and someone decides to dress up like Jason and tries to murder everyone. This wasn't my favorite Friday movie, but it has everything from mayhem and boobs. I give this one a C-

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Kick Ass (2010)

I really wasn't expecting a lot out of this film but Kick Ass is Bad Ass. Aaron Johnson plays Dave, a kid that's pretty much a loser and reads comic books until the day he decides to be this pathetic superhero named Kick Ass. The video of him trying to defend people ends up on Youtube and inspires an ex-cop whose obsessed with getting revenge on a crime family that he teaches his daughter about every type of combat. To me that is when the movie is at it's best and most violent point is when Nicholas Cage and his daughter played by Chloe Moretz (Diary Of A Wimpy Kid) and boy does she kick major ass and she swears a lot in the process as she is forced to help Kick Ass fight the crime family. Mean while Kick Ass for most of the movie battles the fact that a girl only likes him because she thinks he's gay. The movie also stars Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes) as Frank D'Amico, Clark Duke (Hot Tub Time Machine) as Marty, Lyndsy Fonseca (Hot Tub Time Machine), and McLovin himself Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Role Models, Superbad) as the Red Mist. The movie is violent but it did manage to keep me on the edge of my seat for most of it. I give the movie an A.

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

I'm starting to think Clark Duke (Kick Ass, Sex Drive) is gold in the comedy world and he stars in this movie about being sucked back in time to 1986. The movie stars John Cusack (The King Of Eighties Films), Craig Robinson (Pineapple Express), Rob Corddry (Harold & Kumar Escape...) as three down and out friends who haven't really spoken to each other but because of an attempted suicide decide to take a weekend at an old hot spot. The only problem is that they end up going back to 1986 and they have to relive that weekend at the ski resort all over again and manage to figure out how to get back to present time. This movie was very good but it was not better than the Hangover like the DVD case claims. The movie has a lot of old 80's stars that have cameos in the film like Crispin Glover (Back To The Future), Chevy Chase (The National Lampoon Vacation Movies), and William Zabka (The Karate Kid) as well as great references to the 80's. If you love the eighties or grew up in the eighties than rent this film because you'll understand it and probably think it's funnier than the Hangover. I give the movie a A- because it just might usher in the new generation of time travel in Hollywood. Another amazing thing to me was the fact that they found someone that almost looks identical to Cusack in his younger days.

Sex Drive (2008)

When I first saw this movie sitting on the shelf in what used to be a Blockbuster Video store, I didn't know if I wanted to take the risk on renting it. But in a hot summer night with some left over Chinese food and your hanging out with your bud, this seemed like the movie to watch. The movie stars Josh Zuckerman (Lions For Lambs) as Ian, a kid constantly disrespected and socially awkward to woman, 18 year old virgin, who decides to steal his brothers car and head to Tennessee to bang a girl he met on the Internet. He heads down with his buddy Lance played by Clark Duke (Hot Tub Time Machine) and his BFF Felicia played by Amanda Crew (Charlie St. Cloud) and the adventure begins. The real treats of this movie however are the unsung hero's of this movie being Seth Green who plays an Amish man able to fix 69 GTO's and his knack for sarcasm and James Mardsen (Death At A Funeral) who plays Ian's over testosterone, abusive big brother Rex. Clark Duke also delievers in this movie and some of the cameos are okay like the one by Brian Posehn, but be careful which version you watch of this movie. I did enjoy the Unrated and Cream Filled version but not as much as the version you get on Demand. The unrated version promises you more nudity and other crewed things like the camera focusing on a penis for a scene or on an oldman's balls. plus you hear the outakes and the actors telling the director, "cut." The on demand version is just as naughty and you see the movie for what it really is, a comedic masterpiece. The Unrated version gets a B and the On Demand Version gets an A- because you don't have to stick naked women constantly in the scenes to make it a good movie unless thats who you're targeting. But overall both versions will make you laugh.

The Other Guys (2010)

It's been a while since I have gone to the movies with ticket prices being so ridiculous, but I had to get out of the house. I've seen the making of this movie on HBO and it did strike my interest. I went with an open mind and I do have to say that I really enjoyed this movie. Mark Wahlberg (Fear) and Will Ferrel (Old School) made a great comedy team throughout this whole entire film. There were some OK moments in the film but overall the movie was hilarious and that was because of Will Ferrell who redeems himself for his failed attempt at remaking Land Of The Lost. Mark Wahlberg plays a frustrated office detective Terry, who wants nothing but redemption and the chance to be the next great detectives after the deaths of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (Gameplan) and Samuel L Jackson's 9 (The Negotiator) Characters. The only problem is that his partner Allen is way too happy doing other peoples work instead of putting himself in danger. But Allen has a good case on his hands and Walhberg decides to go along hoping for his redemption. It was great to see Michael Keaton (Batman) back in films as Captain Gene and he was back doing what he did best and thats comedy. The Movie also stars Damon Wayans Jr. (Dance Flick), Rob Riggle (The Hangover), Ray Stevenson (Punisher: Warzone), and Eva Mendes (The Spirit). I give the movie an A-