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Shooter
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Shooter Review

Gary Smith

A former marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger (Wahlberg) was living more of a solitary mountain life until he is visited by Colonel Isaac Johnson(Glover) who had received a threat on the President’s life. Reluctantly pressed back into service for his country, Swagger must figure out the assassin’s plan for attack and in which city it will occur. Trouble for Swagger is, he’s the fall guy for a coup to kill a visiting dignitary and he must now uncover who is behind the elaborate plot. Chaos and action…

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K-Pax
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K-PAX Review

Gary Smith

Kevin Spacey shows why he is the man in this adaptation of the 1995 book by Charles Brewer. Spacey stars in this drama as Prot, a mental institution patient who claims to be a visitor from the planet K-Pax. Prot falls under the care of Dr. Mark Powell (Jeff Bridges), who immediately dismisses “Prot” as delusional. Throughout the course of the movie, several “miracles” happen around the mental hospital, as Prot’s presence seems to calm everyone. Dr. Powell becomes intrigued by his latest patient…

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Black Hawk Down Review

Gary Smith1 Comment

Black Hawk Down might be the most realistic war film ever made. Ridley Scott's account of the Battle of Mogadishu puts you in the streets and never lets you breathe. Full review.

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Eastern Promises
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Eastern Promises Review

Gary Smith

After a mysterious girl dies giving birth in a London hospital, Anna Khitrova (Watts) discovers the girl’s diary and tries to use it to find the newborn baby’s relatives. Naturally, it is written in Russian so Anna cannot understand it, but her uncle can, and despite his warnings to stay away, she goes off to seek answers at the Trans-Siberian restaurant that is the front of a violet crime family headed by a man named Semyon (Mueller-Stahl). Semyon’s driver Nikolai (Mortensen) takes a liking to…

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King Arthur
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King Arthur Review

Gary Smith

Bob Longino of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution referred to this film as “…a really, really cheap knockoff of Gladiator.” I’m not usually one to agree with professional critics, but this is one of the exceptions to that rule, as this movie did have me thinking, “Damn, this is almost like Gladiator, only not as good.” The story centers around Arthur, who spends a whole five minutes (if that) in this movie as King Arthur, and his Knights of the Round Table, stationed in the British Isles. Arthur…

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Astral City A Spiritual Journey
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Astral City: A Spiritual Journey Review

Gary Smith

  Astral City: A Spiritual Journey is a Brazilian film from director Wagner de Assis that is based on the book Nosso Lar (Our Home) by Brazilian medium Chico Xavier as dictated through psychography by the spirit of Dr. André Luiz. Since this is a Brazilian film, the language spoken is Portuguese meaning this is a film you will have to read the subtitles for, which will unfortunately automatically disqualify it for many viewers. The film, and book, tells the supposedly true story of Dr…

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Righteous Kill
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Righteous Kill Review

William McPherson1 Comment

There seems to be two basic trains of thought on this movie among the different reviews I have read. No one, at least not many that is I would say, would argue that this is a great movie, however, camp one says almost in unison that Righteous Kill is at worst a bad movie made decent by the two greatest living actors of theirs or anybody else’s generation. Camp two argues however that since we have here in this movie, arguably the two greatest living actors of theirs or anybody else’s generation…

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Burn After Reading
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Burn After Reading Review

William McPherson

“Intelligence is Relative” Ah, those whacky Coen Brothers. They’ve done it again. Burn After Reading’s plot is such a cooked up, convoluted, utterly confusing, overly complicated and in many ways brilliant one that to reveal all the parts of it would be at once both counterproductive and, just downright hard to do in fact. I think the quote that bests sums it up was delivered by J.K. Simmons playing one of the CIA officials, who quips in a funny scene to one of his underlings “Report back to me……

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The Wrestler
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The Wrestler Review

William McPherson1 Comment

(spoiler warning - this review may contain slight spoilers) If there was to be one word to describe Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson it would be this: addict. He is an intense abuser of alcohol and several different kinds of drugs, both recreational and otherwise, but that is not what I am talking about here. Robin Ramzinski, which is The Ram’s real name in the movie, is mainly addicted to acceptance, and, in whatever form he can find it, love. He gets his fill of that mostly from his primary job…

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3:10 to Yuma
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3:10 to Yuma Review

Gary Smith2 Comments

Daniel Evans (Bale) is a poor rancher trying to make it out West with his wife and two sons, and having a hard time making it work. Evans is figuratively and almost literally a one legged man in an ass-kicking contest (he lost one of his feet in the Civil War). His youngest boy has tuberculosis, and in order to pay for medicine, he had to take loans that he can’t make enough money to repay, as it’s not easy to raise good cattle with a drought. About to lose his small ranch and become homeless…

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Dr. No
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Dr. No Review

William McPherson

Hello everyone and welcome to the first in my series of reviews chronicling the James Bond movie franchise. Seeing as this is the first installment of this new project of mine I suppose now would be the opportune time to lay down the general modus operandi for all of you, my general audience. Over the Christmas holidays last year I was able to view most of the films of the aforementioned Bond franchise. Since then I’ve been able to fill in the blanks by seeing the few films I missed at that…

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Terminator Salvation
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Terminator Salvation Review

William McPherson

There are a few odds and ends I should get out of the way before I begin this review. First off you should know that the version of the film I am reviewing is the directors cut release. I did not see the original theatrical cut, and thus cannot really say a whole lot about the differences here and whatnot, so please forgive me in that regards. Also, after watching this I, as per my usual pre-review routine, read around to see what the general critical consensus was on this movie, and found that…

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The Expendables
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The Expendables Review

William McPherson3 Comments

The Expendables is an easy movie to pick apart, if one were of a mind to do so, on several structural levels. However, this reviewer does not feel the need to do so. I for one like movies that aren’t ashamed of what they are, and also, movies that don’t pretend to be more than what they are either. The Expendables is a prime example of this sort of movie. It was advertised as a non-stop parade of explosions and shoot outs featuring a large collection of some of the most notorious action movie…

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Gran Torino
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Gran Torino Review

William McPherson2 Comments

“Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while that you shouldn't have fucked with? That's me.” - Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski Clint Eastwood is not just an actor, he is an American institution. If they ever make a place on Mount Rushmore for iconic badasses his mug should be the first one etched up there, that is, if they can find suitably hard enough granite for his likeness. I, like many, grew up learning what it meant to be a ‘real man’ by watching movies like Dirty Harry, The…

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Public Enemies Review
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Public Enemies Review

William McPherson

William reviews Public Enemies (2009). Johnny Depp becomes John Dillinger completely, but Michael Mann somehow turns one of history's most exciting criminals into a sleep aid.

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The Green Mile Review (1999)

Gary Smith2 Comments

Frank Darabont's The Green Mile is one of the finest films of the 1990s. Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan deliver performances that follow you home and sit down at the kitchen table.

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Taken Review 2008
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Taken Review

William McPherson1 Comment

William reviews Taken, the 2008 Liam Neeson action thriller that under-promises and over-delivers — and then some.

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