Movie / Film Reviews

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1408

Marco Chacon | Jul 09, 2007

I was introduced to 1408 in the audio-book collection Blood and Smoke, three stories by Stephen King that vaguely, barely, relate to death and smoking ... as in ... they have a cigar...

Full Review | Grade: B

Ocean's Thirteen

Marco Chacon | Jul 09, 2007

The Ocean's movies have always, fundamentally, about getting George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt together and having them look cool. In fact, all you need to know about this movie is at the end...

Full Review | Grade: B

Transformers

Nathan M Rose | Jul 04, 2007

Transformers, the highly anticipated movie that this reviewer has been waiting for many years was finally released this week. The questions are does it live up to all its hype? Does it live up to the...

Full Review | Grade: C

Live Free or Die Hard

Nathan M Rose | Jun 28, 2007

The Die Hard series has been a roller coaster for the movie going public. The first movie is considered by most one of the best action movies ever made. However like any success there are always downf...

Full Review | Grade: B

Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer

Marco Chacon | Jun 19, 2007

The first in the series sold out one of the greatest villains in comic history by trying to make Dr. Doom into Lex Luthor. Maybe you can't blame them too harshly: they got the titular four down pretty...

Full Review | Grade: C

Ratatouille

Nathan M Rose | Jun 17, 2007

First off let me preface this review by saying I am not the biggest fan of Pixar. I feel that that previous story lines have been weak. Even though Pixar's movies have always been somewhat entertainin...

Full Review | Grade: B

Ultraviolet

Marco Chacon | Apr 21, 2007

In a future where technology can compress dimensional space, where motorcycles can ride on the walls, where pathogen-created vampires can kill rooms full of people in the blink of an eye, there is sti...

Full Review | Grade: B

Grindhouse

Marco Chacon | Apr 18, 2007

Think one of the more interesting things about Grindhouse is that Quentin knows that the trailers for it have to tell the audience what the hell it means. This is because if you weren't a som...

Full Review | Grade: B

Clerks

Marco Chacon | Apr 12, 2007

I've got to give Kevin Smith credit--he did something that's very hard to make work. Namely, he put himself in a movie without doing the "look-at-me! I'm-the-director!" thing. In...

Full Review | Grade: C

Shaun of The Dead

Marco Chacon | Mar 08, 2007

Shaun, which was released at the same time as the remake of Dawn of the Dead was billed as "A romantic comedy ... with zombies" (proclaiming itself with the cringe inducing...

Full Review | Grade: C