In Time (2011)

In Time (2011)

A more appropriate title for this mess of a Science Fiction movie would have been “Robin Hood Does SciFi” as it is essentially the tale of a boy born in the hood who robs the rich to feed the poor. The tale has its own version of a Maid Marian (the royal princess-type who joins Robin in his rogue crusade), an evil Sheriff that hounds the hero and...

The Spiciest Movies of 2010

The Spiciest Movies of 2010

What a year huh? It has been a rough one in 2010 having to follow-up on a year that brought us gems such as James Cameron’s Avatar, The Hurt Locker, District 9,  Black Dynamite and the list goes on. One thing that did feel good about the tremendous year that 2009 had was the return of good Sci-Fi to the big screen. This year we had some obvious mistakes...

TRON: Legacy

TRON: Legacy

Tron: Legacy is one of those movies that I am going to call perfect and someone I know will come at me with “how could you call it perfect? It was Matrix with light bikes, the CGI looked weird, they’re raping my childhood, the real grid had more colors than black and white” blah, blah, blah. What really helped me appreciate this movie was seeing the...

Year One

Year One

Beautiful women, fart jokes and biblical references are the ingredients in this gumbo of a comedy. The timing and feel of it all reminded me of Mel Brooks (though my stating this may be considered blasphemy by some) and I couldn’t imagine that the pairing of Jack Black and Micheal Cera would work so well. Synopsis: Zed (Jack Black) is the son of a great...