Babylon A.D.
I like Vin Diesel--he's got screen presence. He's got charisma. I liked him in Pitch Black and I enjoyed t...
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Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews by Marco Chacon
Browse reviews written by Marco Chacon, including critical takes on films, home entertainment releases, and television series.
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.
Tropic Thunder
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...
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles The Complete First...
In short, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is something that you've got to check out if you're a Terminator fan. If you're not, it's still a pretty good science fiction drama.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
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...
The Happening
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...
Speed Racer
Speed Racer isn't just an adaptation. It's a live-action anime executed with fearless conviction.
George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead
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
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The Forbidden Kingdom
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...
The Ruins
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...
Horton Hears a Who
The live-action Dr. Seuss movies have not been kind to his legacy. I think that this isn't for lack of trying, I think it's because of the medium as much as anything. Dr. Seuss's locations aren't mean...