Brave New World (1980)

Brave New World (1980)

Imagine a world absent the need for free will where happiness is just a soma away, you take a pill to overcome sadness, a pill to make yourself sleepy and a pill to keep things perfect. A world that not only encourages sex with multiple partners but mandates it – several times a day in fact. There is no family, there is only perfection. Babies are...

Colombiana

Colombiana

Written by Luc Besson and directed by Olivier Megaton, Colombiana is a tale about a young girl who witnesses the death of her parents and is raised by her uncle to exact revenge. Borrowing from many revenge tales from the past, Colombiana pulls from elements that have worked in the past for many movies but inevitably fails for its inability to think outside of...

Before I Self Destruct (2009)

Before I Self Destruct (2009)

While technically terrible with the lackluster acting (though I found Curtis Jackson to be good), amateur camera work and clichéd story Before I Self Destruct had its moments and ended up being an enjoyable Netflix watch for me. Part of the reason being that Clarence played by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson was such a likable characters that besides all of his...

X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

Forget that other trilogy (with the exception of the fabulous second one) X-Men: First Class has placed itself as the de facto live action translation of the comic book series that we all know of. The writing will blow you away, the characters are true to form, and the production value is splendid especially the frame for frame comparisons of Magneto’s...

Thor (2011)

Thor (2011)

How appropriate was it that I chose Thursday (Thor’s Day) to check out the thunder god’s addition to the Marvel take over. It was a moderately large crowd which contained I would assume 50% curious fans who loved Iron Man, 40% geeks who love anything comic book, and 10% Thor fans that know more about him than “that dude who is a god”. Natalie Portman...

Fast Five (2011)

Fast Five (2011)

An excellent job by Vin Diesel and company on this action packed return to form for Fast and Furious series. If you thought that the series was over think again, this reboot has brought back the excitement of the original. Jordana Brewster is slim, tan and absolutely delicious. Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson are JACKED! These two titans clashing took all of the...