Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews

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The Taking of Pelham 123
Marco Chacon | 
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 | 
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
Up
Marco Chacon | 
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 Salvation
Nathan M Rose | 
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 | 
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 | 
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
State of Play
Marco Chacon | 
"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
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