Taken

Taken

★★★★ Director: Pierre Morel Year: 2008 This was the third time I've seen this film. It was on TV and my wife commented she had never seen ...

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Touchez Pas au Grisb

★★★ Director: Jacques Becker Year: 1954 So I had to see this based upon Godard's comments on Rififi, that this was a much better film than that. ...

Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys & Alien

★ Director: Jon Favreau Year: 2011 Wow, this film was so bad. It's such a great idea for a film, but the story was horrible, the acting possibly ...

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers: Dark o

★★ Director: Michael Bay Year: 2011 What do you expect  from Transformers' films? Not much. Just mindless explosions, but this one was worse than the previous. And ...

Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America: The

★★★ Director: Joe Johnston Year: 2011 As summer blockbuster's went, I wasn't that interested in watching this. Granted, I never read any of the comics growing up. ...

X-Men First Class

X-Men First Class

★★★★ Director: Matthew Vaughn Year: 2011 This film was such a nice suprise. I can't remember watching a good X-Men film in awhile. But the new, young ...

Thor

Thor

★★★ Director: Kenneth Branagh Year: 2011 This has got to be the biggest surprise hit of the year. Because the trailers looked so awful, but the film was ...

Hanna

Hanna

★★★★ Director: Joe Wright Year: 2011 Such a great take on Little Red Riding Hood.  You didn't get that? Here's a character doing battle with the big bad ...

Battle Royale

Battle Royale

★★★★ Director: Kinji Fukasaku Year: 2000 Wow, what a surprising and amazing film. Not only could it only work as a Japanese film, but so much of the ...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet o

★★★ Director: Rupert Wyatt Year: 2011 This film was not what I was expecting. It actually reminded me of 28 Days Later in regards to the pacing and ...

Sucker Punch

Sucker Punch

★★ Director: Zack Snyder Year: 2011 All you need to know about this film: - It's about 20 music vidoes strung together. - I would love to hire Zack ...

Equilibrium

Equilibrium

★★ Director: Kurt Wimmer Year: 2002 This film had so much promise. A great plot. Unfortunately, it just falls apart. I can't say where, but it tries to ...

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

★★★★ Creators: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss Year: 2011 The best show on TV. Period. Absolutely fun, unpredictable and addictive. I can't believe I have to wait another year ...

Fast Five

Fast Five

★★★ Director: Justin Lin Year: 2011 As fun summer movies go, you can never go wrong with the Fast & the Furious series. They're fun, they're stupid, there's ...

Zombieland

Zombieland

★★★★ Creator: Ruben Fleischer Year: 2009 This definitely isn't a horror film. It's the most perfect date movie ever! You have zombies, you have a good looking girl, ...

Sin City

Sin City

★★★★★ Creator: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez Year: 2005 I'm not sure what took me so long to see this film. It's absolutely incredible. I never read the graphic ...

Unstoppable

Unstoppable

★★★★ Creator: Tony Scott Year: 2010 Even with its simple premise, this is how you do a summer blockbuster. Tony Scott is the master of timing and this ...

The Bank Job

The Bank Job

★★★ Creator: Roger Donaldson Year: 2008 The fact that this is based on a true story makes it that much more awesome. Set in the late 60s/early 70s, ...