Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews

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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

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Nathan M Rose | Jun 15, 2009

During the winter "dead movie months", Jerry Brucheimer and Touchstone pictures released a little publicized film, entitled Confessions of a Shopaholic. Now on June 23, 2009, Walt Disn...

Full Review | Grade: B

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: A

Terminator 2: Judgment Day Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Skynet Edition)

Nathan M Rose | May 23, 2009

There has never been another DVD (and looking like Blu-ray for that matter) that has been released as many times as 1991 smash hit film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Now with the release of the...

Full Review | Grade: A

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: A

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Marco Chacon | May 04, 2009

Wolverine takes the most popular character from the three successful X-Men movies, and explores his origins befo...

Full Review | Grade: B

State of Play

Marco Chacon | Apr 27, 2009

"Message movies" (like Stop Loss or Lions for Lambs) have a particular formula. They set up the victim for badness, but they must be sufficiently likable and innocent to be outrageous....

Full Review | Grade: B