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RYAN: I’m thrilled to welcome my dear friend Tina Nelson to the site for this review. She’s form Kansas which appropriately lends tornado street cred for this movie. And I love that throughout her life, whenever anyone finds out she’s from there, they invariably make a Wizard of Oz or Dorothy comment, which would be amazing for ..
HORROR
RYAN: Starring Eric Bana, this is a new horror/thriller, “based on actual events,” notice the quote there – and is opening for July 4th instead of Halloween which is random because I think it would play so much better in the fall. CAROLINE: It is a rather random release date for a horror flick. How ..
ACTION
RYAN: This first-ever 3D Godzilla hits screens and my initial reaction is that this is the year of the best special effects because after Captain America, The Amazing Spider-Man 2… well even last year’s Gravity, I mean, effects just can’t get any better! CHUCK: But I remember thinking that with Avatar too. They just keep evolving. RYAN: I was ..
ACTION
RYAN:There’s been much ado about Noah so I’d been eagerly anticipating it and after extremely limited press screenings, added by Paramount Pictures at the last minute, it’s finally showing up in theaters! It certainly delivers on my visual expectations set up by the trailer. The effects are very good. It’s a spectacle and it’s so epic! ..
DRAMA
RYAN: We were both intrigued by Enemy, primarily since it stars Jake Gyllenhaal. But we quickly agreed, once our butts hit the seats, that the trailer was misleading. This is experimental filmmaking. CAROLINE: I mainly wanted to see this because of the director, who made last year’s Prisoners, also starring Jake G. That was enough ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is a drama/romantic thriller starring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin. Kate was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Golden Globe for this performance (she lost to Cate Blanchett/Blue Jasmine) and then all buzz for her and this film dropped off. It hasn’t received any other recognition. I really, really liked it. It’s ..
DRAMA
RYAN: The new crime thriller from director Ridley Scott is a beautiful film but falls short on thrills. They’re in there but it’s 85% simmer and 15% boil. CAROLINE: That’s too bad. This cast is killer. Maybe it was just a slow script? RYAN: Well the movie is two hours long. If they cut thirty ..
DRAMA
RYAN: Passion stars Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace who are both former Sherlock Holmes damsels. It was written and directed by Brian De Palma and it jumps genres halfway through the movie, from a drama to a psychological thriller and I liked the first half much better. CHUCK: It’s a bipolar movie. RYAN: [laughs’ Seriously! ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is a suspense-driven drama starring Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall as ex-lovers who are working both with and against each other on a high-profile terrorism case in London. CAROLINE: It looks like a good mystery and we like the cast. How did it turn out? RYAN: Eh… it’s ok but not as riveting ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is an ambitious movie with a good cast that doesn’t completely deliver for all it aspires to be. I was a bit bored. TIMOTHY: I liked it. It’s not the thriller it’s set up to be, at all; there wasn’t that much to do with paranoia – it was all actually happening. They ..
SCI FI / FANTASY
RYAN: I don’t know what had me more more excited about this movie – that it’s the new film from Neill Blomkamp, the guy who did District 9, or Jodie Foster! CAROLINE: They are both good draws. District 9 made quite an impact when it came out. How does this one compare? RYAN: It’s not ..
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RYAN: R.I.P.D. stands for Rest in Peace Department and it stars Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges in a sort of fantasy, Men in Black meets Beetlejuice meets buddy cop comedy. And it’s not that entertaining or even comedic. ERIN: I couldn’t tell from the trailer whether it would stink or be great and I’m sorry ..
