Director: Tony Gilroy Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz The Bourne series has been a very nice alternative over the years to the Bond franchise. While Bond was down in the dumps with Pierce Brosnan at the helm, Matt Damon took the role for the spy thriller and took over a genre that was struggling. The … Continue reading »
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The Dark Knight Rises
To preface this review, I would like to say that my prayers and thoughts are with those who were affected by the events in Aurora, Colorado. It’s a truly horrible and sick thing that happened. I won’t mention anything else about this because it doesn’t have anything to do with the quality of the film, … Continue reading »
Mid-Year Movie Awards
I realized after the 4th of July weekend that 6 months of the year had gone by and a bunch of people were coming out with lists for their top films of the year so far (you know, those halfway through the year lists that people feel they need to release just because everyone else … Continue reading »
Star Trek (Revisited)
Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg From everything that I’ve seen, J.J. Abrams has not really done anything that I’ve disliked. I don’t even see much in his producing credits that I truly didn’t care for. His directorial debut in feature films was Mission Impossible III, which … Continue reading »
X-Men: First Class
Directed By: Matthew Vaughn Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Bacon The opening reviews for the prequel to the X-Men franchise were overwhelmingly positive. This only mildly surprised me because the two leads in the film have a pretty solid track record with their history of roles. On one side you have James … Continue reading »
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
So there’s this movie that came out this week-end (November 19th 2010). I don’t know how many have heard of the Harry Potter series, but the first part of the two part last chapter in this apparently popular franchise has been released in theaters. Okay, that’s enough of my week attempt at trying to make … Continue reading »
