If you were casting a psychological horror movie, Kevin Costner would likely not be the first actor you’d think about for the lead role. For some, Costner is forever mired in the milquetoast category. In Mr. Brooks, however, Costner makes a case for more creative casting in the future. HeContinue Reading
As Hitman opens, we see a collection of children being trained as hired killers. We’re not given much information about who they are or who is training them, but we can see that they’re all bad-ass, bald, and have a UPC code tattooed on the back of their head. TheContinue Reading
1972’s The Poseidon Adventure was among the first of the 1970s big budget disaster movies, which included later films like Earthquake, The Towering Inferno, and Hindenburg. All of those movies had the following in common: big casts, big effects, and big melodrama. 2006’s Poseidon, a remake of The Poseidon Adventure,Continue Reading
The original Open Water wasn’t exactly begging for a sequel but, as is the case in direct-to-video movies, that really doesn’t matter. Many movies have been dubbed as sequels even if their story-lines have absolutely nothing to do with the originals’. Open Water 2: Adrift is one of those movies. All that it sharesContinue Reading
Back in the 1980s, the kind of action movie that now goes straight-to-video actually made it to theatrical movie screens. Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sylvester Stallone all made movies that, to varying degrees, made decent money at the box office. Rutger Hauer was notContinue Reading
When a movie is hyped as much as The Da Vinci Code, rarely does that movie live up to it all. When the book that the movie is based on is one of the most controversial books of all-time, there’s increased pressure to appease those that have read the book.Continue Reading
In 1991, Jack Starks, serving in Operation Desert Storm, is shot in the head. Believed to be dead, he is about to be sent home in a body-bag. He regains consciousness and is sent to a hospital. Suffering from amnesia and having no friends or family, he is sent homeContinue Reading