Movie / Film Reviews

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Roger Longenbach | Jul 16, 2009

I don't know if it's just my luck, or just the quality of movies this summer, but this movie is another hard one to judge. If you're a fan of the books, or have followed the previous 5 movie...

Full Review | Grade: C

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Marco Chacon | Jul 09, 2009

"It is easy to shoot an art movie in a winery in the South of France. But people have no idea how hard it is to create something like Transformers. They (the critics) review...

Full Review | Grade: C

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Roger Longenbach | Jun 25, 2009

This is one of the hard movies to review, because I could give this movie an F and if you are a fan of the first movie, you're probably going to go see it in the theater anyway. While I did...

Full Review | Grade: D

The Hangover

Marco Chacon | Jun 22, 2009

The Hangover fits into a category that is somewhat fuzzy and defined as "guy movies". That is, there are few women, there is a lot of male-bonding, and there are wacky, usually R-rated hijin...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Proposal

Nathan M Rose | Jun 19, 2009

2009's summer movie season is now in full swing with its killer robots from the future, Full Review | Grade: B

The Taking of Pelham 123

Marco Chacon | Jun 18, 2009

The Taking of Pelham 123 was a 1973 thriller about a group of thugs who take over a subway train and threaten to kill one hostage a minute unless they are paid 1 million dollars. It was remade i...

Full Review | Grade: C

Marco Chacon | Jun 01, 2009

I was able to tell from the teaser-trailer that Up was about an old man who fastens a bunch of helium balloons to his house and then uses it to take off. I thought "what then?" It...

Full Review | Grade: B

Terminator Salvation

Nathan M Rose | May 21, 2009

Since 1984, the Terminator franchise has teased us about the war in the future, the war after Judgment Day. Now in 2009, McG and Warner Bros bring that war to light with Terminator: Salvation &n...

Full Review | Grade: B

Angels & Demons

Roger Longenbach | May 18, 2009

Shortly after 2006's The Da Vinci Code became a commercial success, Imagine Entertainment began work on the prequel to that novel, Angels and Demons. Due to the writer's strike...

Full Review | Grade: D

Star Trek

Marco Chacon | May 11, 2009

Star Trek's promise has always been that it would show us a “for-real Utopian future” where the best voices of mankind have triumphed. Star Trek’s fans, sometimes reaching reli...

Full Review | Grade: B