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Movie / Film Reviews by Marco Chacon

Browse reviews written by Marco Chacon, including critical takes on films, home entertainment releases, and television series.

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Exposed to radioactive films early on, Marco Chacon has gained proportional strength and agility, though it hasn't been useful. On the internet, opinions hold sway over facts, and Marco is no exception, often possessing multiple, conflicting views. Marco is also the author of the JAGS Roleplaying Gaming System.

Body of Lies

Oct 13, 2008

Body of Lies exists on a spectrum of political thrillers that extends from the complex (sometimes to the point of incomprehensible) Syriana, to the far more conventional 2001, Spy Gam...

Full Review | Grade: C

Burn After Reading

Sep 13, 2008

The Coen brothers have a long history of doing comedic films with dark streaks (The Big Lebowski, Fargo). They have a re...

Full Review | Grade: C

Babylon A.D.

Sep 01, 2008

I like Vin Diesel--he's got screen presence. He's got charisma. I liked him in Pitch Black and I enjoyed t...

Full Review | Grade: C

Tropic Thunder

Aug 18, 2008

Apocalypse Now was so hard to make they made a movie about making it. They couldn't even figure out how to end it. Brando was so heavy he was problematic (and hard to understand). When it tur...

Full Review | Grade: C

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Aug 04, 2008

What's the opposite of 'Synergy' where things are more than the sum of their parts? The answer is "antagonism" where additive elements actually detract from the whole. This is the force at w...

Full Review | Grade: D

The Happening

Jun 21, 2008

It's no surprise that M. Night makes challenging movies--exactly who they challenge, though, is a matter of some opinion. The consensus seems to be that they challenge audiences on a mass scale to thi...

Full Review | Grade: C

Speed Racer

May 17, 2008

Speed Racer isn't just an adaptation. It's a live-action anime executed with fearless conviction.

Full Review | Grade: C

George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

May 08, 2008

All the cool kids are shooting video on their phones and using handcams these days so when Romero goes for a reboot of his moribund Dead franchise he picks up where Full Review | Grade: C

The Forbidden Kingdom

Apr 29, 2008

You'd expect the first collaboration between Jet Li and Jackie Chan to be something special: together they're about as close as we come to a cultural icon on the scale of Bruce Lee. Indeed, filmed par...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Ruins

Apr 10, 2008

Horror has several elements that make it really sparkle. First, it has to scare you--this should be obvious but there are different kinds of "scared." There's the "Boo" effect when...

Full Review | Grade: C