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Swamp Thing
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Swamp Thing Review

William McPherson

Way down in the swamps of Louisiana, Dr. Alec Holland (and his sister) has created a top-secret a secret formula that gives both plants/animals (and humans) that touch it the ability to survive in extreme conditions. It basically takes whatever the core essence of the thing it touches and makes that their super power. Alice, a government agent sent to investigate this process, shows up right when Holland is perfecting his formula, and of course, starts falling in love with him. All this is just…

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Review

William McPherson

Some movies are defined by the age you were when you first saw them. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is just such a movie for me. As a young squire I was blissfully unaware of how absurd it was that Christian Slater and Kevin Costner were portraying classic British legends. I just thought they were cool movie heroes, and I find, I am able to reconnect with those feelings when I re-watch this. On a side note, has Morgan Freeman had one of the longest careers in the niche spot of the “aged character…

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American Sniper Review
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American Sniper Review

William McPherson4 Comments

Clint Eastwood's American Sniper follows Chris Kyle across four tours of duty and the toll it takes on the man behind the legend. Bradley Cooper is outstanding. Full review.

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Fury Review

William McPherson

It has been said also that you cannot make a movie about war without glorifying war. Francis Ford Coppola tried with Apocalypse Now, Oliver Stone tried with Platoon, and Stanley Kubrick tried with Full Metal Jacket. But in the end all of these movies failed to take that “new car smell” off of humanity’s second most popular pastime for the past few millenniums. In the book Jarhead later turned into the movie of the same name, Anthony Swofford recounts how he and all of his fellow recruits during…

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The Expendables 3 Review

William McPherson

In this third installment of the Expendables franchise we learn a little bit about the origins of Barney Frank and Lee Christmas’ (Stallone and Statham) gang of do-gooder mercenaries. Apparently the team was originally co-founded with Frank by a man named Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson) who eventually tired of being the run around man of various government agencies and decided to form his own crew of “Expendables” to make himself crazy rich/powerful, unfortunately he did this by killing a lot of…

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The Monuments Men
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The Monuments Men Review

William McPherson2 Comments

Richard Roeper, who you may remember as the former television partner of the late Roger Ebert of ‘Ebert and Roeper’ fame, writes in his review of ‘The Monuments Men’ that this is a “solid albeit slow building film with few dull moments.” I like to imagine if Roger were still alive (and never lost his ability to speak,) and ‘Ebert and Roeper’ were still on the air that right after Roeper dared utter that nonsensical line on the show that Ebert would pick up a nearby phonebook and thwack him in…

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Resident Evil
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Resident Evil Review

Gary Smith

Based on the popular video game series by the same name, Resident Evil is about the Umbrella Corporation and their secret biological experiments. Living in the house above “The Hive," Alice (Jovovich) awakens following an accident down below. Long story short, a specially trained commando team (which includes Rodriguez) is sent in by Umbrella to assess the situation and shut down the supercomputer that runs the underground laboratory before the virus is unleashed on the outside world. As you’d…

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Safe
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Safe Review

William McPherson

As part of a new reviewing strategy I have bolded and underline the parts of this review that I feel are the most important to read, so if you'd just prefer the one minute version of my thoughts here, feel free to scroll down at your leisure. Mei (Catherine Chan) is a very gifted child to say the absolute least, as we learn right at the very start of this movie. She is startlingly brilliant at math and has the ability to memorize long sequences of numbers with very little time or effort on her…

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12 Rounds 2
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12 Rounds 2 Reloaded Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

The latest WWE Studios film to star a WWE Superstar released last Tuesday directly to DVD. I typically find WWE films to be okay at best, but never “offensive.” They’re always the type of movie that is worth watching at least once if you can find it on one of the movie channels. This one is a little bit different in that it is actually very enjoyable, and honestly, it should have gone to theaters (certainly better than Dead Man Down and the previous 12 Rounds starring John Cena). Before watching…

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The Last Stand
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The Last Stand Review

William McPherson6 Comments

If you’re looking for the nuanced realism of modern action movies such as those in the Jason Bourne franchise with lots of shaky hand held camera shots and heroes who are held firmly to the laws of physics and whatnot, ‘The Last Stand’ is not the movie for you. If you’re ready for a break from that kind of gritty realism though and just want to kick back and enjoy an old fashioned Hollywood action movie that won’t challenge you mentally or in any other way really, this may be the perfect flick…

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The Vikings
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The Vikings Review

Gary Smith

* Spoilers ahead! The History Channel miniseries “The Vikings” premieres this Sunday night, and since I’m actually looking forward to it (along with “The Bible”) this CCW felt like the perfect time for an epic that I hadn’t seen before for with the same name. Luckily, Amazon Instant Prime has this 1958 “epic” available for free streaming for Prime members. The Vikings is the tale of two half-brothers who don’t know that they’re half-brothers, both sons of the Viking King Ragnar. Ragnar led a…

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Pathfinder
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Pathfinder Review

Gary Smith

Besides the subpar acting, one thing stood out as the downfall of what could have and should have been a wonderful movie- the directing. So I wasn’t too surprised when I looked up Marcus Nispel on the Internet Movie Database and found that the only thing he’d ever directed was music videos; and boy does that show. Pathfinder is filled with cameras shaking and rapid angle changes, all edited together to leave you scratching your head wondering what the hell was the point of doing that. Nispel…

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Lord of War
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Lord of War Review

Gary Smith

Day 41 of the QDR brings the Nicolas Cage film, Lord of War; it's the story of a Ukrainian immigrant who goes into the arms dealing business. Is the film worth watching? Read the review to find out.

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Spartacus Vengeance
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Spartacus Vengeance Review

Gary Smith

We prepare for tonight's Spartacus: War of the Damned premiere by reviewing the action-packed second season, Vengeance, in the 25th Quick Daily Review. Is Vengeance as good as Blood and Sand? Click to find out.

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Samson and Delilah
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Samson and Delilah Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

After a horrible film last week, Classic Cinema Wednesday gets back on track with another great classic film: Cecil B. DeMille's 1949 Biblical epic, Samson and Delilah. Click here to read the review.

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Django Unchained
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Django Unchained Review

William McPherson1 Comment

Quentin Tarintino is back with a new film and a star-studded cast, but is "Django Unchained" any good? Click here to read Jules' review to find out.

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King Kong (1933) Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

At its release in 1933, King Kong was quite a spectacle and a true blockbuster. And while it’s been almost 80 years since this film released, it is still quite a spectacle. Prior to watching this for the first time, I had previously seen the 1976 remake starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange and thought it okay. I had also seen, and greatly enjoyed, the 2005 remake starring Naomi Watts and Adrian Brody. So I was more than familiar with the story of King Kong, but I had never seen the original…

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The Expendables 2
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The Expendables 2 Review

Gary Smith

Back in September of last year, our Features Editor, Jules, posted the full review of the theatrical release of The Expendables 2. For the most part, I agree almost completely with his review of the movie and so reviewing the movie isn’t why I’m posting this today. Instead, this quick review isn’t a critique of the movie itself (since Jules has already provided that) but rather of the Blu-ray release. Now I should point out that I didn't see the movie when it was in theaters, and I mention that…

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A Man Apart
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A Man Apart Review

Gary Smith

Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel), a DEA agent, arrests the leader of a major drug Cartel, in Mexico. With Memo Lucero (Geno Silva) in prison, a new player emerges as the top dog in the drug business, a man known only as Diablo. A hit is placed on Vetter, and while the attempt to murder Vetter is thwarted, his wife Stacy (Jacqueline Obradors) is killed. Together with his partner, Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate), Vetter sets out for revenge and to bring down the Cartel’s and Diablo once and for all. They…

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The Expendables 2
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The Expendables 2 Review

William McPherson1 Comment

About this time a year ago I penned my review of the original Expendables movie. I am tempted to simply copy and paste it here while just adding a 'two' to the end of the title and maybe make some other slight changes and be done with it, but on second thought this movie does deserve a slightly more thorough job than the likes of that. It's not that the story, thin and paperlike as ever here is any better than that of the original movie, in fact you could argue the plot here is even simpler than…

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