Green Lantern (2011) – 2/10 superhero movie review

Cast / crewDirector: Martin CampbellWriter (Screenplay) Based upon characters appearing in comic books publisherd by DC Comics: Greg BerlantiWriter (Screenplay) Based upon characters appearing in comic books publisherd by DC Comics: Michael GreenWriter (Screenplay) Based upon characters appearing in comic books publisherd by DC Comics: Marc GuggenheimWriter (Screenplay) Based upon characters appearing in comic books [...]

The Golden Compass (2007) 2/10 fantasy adventure movie review

Cast / crewDirector: Chris WeitzWriter (Screenplay): Chris WeitzWriter (Original Book) Northern Lights: Philip PullmanProducer: Deborah ForteProducer: Bill CarraroNicole Kidman: Mrs CoulterDakota Blue Richards: LyraSam Elliott: Lee ScoresbyEva Green: Serafina PekkalaChristopher Lee: First High CouncilorTom Courtenay: Farder CoramDerek Jacobi: Magisterial EmissaryIan McKellen: The Voice of Iorek ByrnisonIan McShane: The Voice of Ragnar SturlussonFreddie Highmore: The Voice [...]

Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009) – 2/10 animated supernatural drama movie review

Cast / crewDirector: Robert ZemeckisWriter (Original Story): Charles DickensJim Carrey: Scrooge, Ghost of Christmas Past, Scrooge as a Young Boy, Scrooge as a Teengage Boy, Scrooge as a Young Man, Scrooge as a Middle Aged Man, Ghost of Christmas Present, Ghost of Christmas Yet to ComeGary Oldman: Bob Cratchit, Marley, Tiny TimColin Firth: FredBob Hoskins: [...]

Clash of the Titans (2010, Bland Fantasy Adventure) – 2/10 movie review

Cast / crew Director: Louis Leterrier Writer (Screenplay): Travis Beacham Writer (Screenplay): Phil Hay Writer (Screenplay): Matt Manfredi Producer: Basil Iwanyk Producer: Kevin De La Noy Sam Worthington: Perseus Gemma Arterton: Io Mads Mikkelsen: Draco Alexa Davalos: Andromeda Jason Flemyng: Calibos / Acrisius Ralph Fiennes: Hades Liam Neeson: Zeus Director (Original Motion Picture): Desmond Davis [...]

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009, Science Fiction Action Adventure) – 2/10 movie review

Cast / crew Director: Stephen Sommers Writer (Screenplay) Based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe characters: Stuart Beattie Writer (Screenplay) Based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe characters: David Elliot Writer (Screenplay) Based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe characters: Paul Lovett Writer (Story) Based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe characters: Michael B. Gordon Writer (Story) Based on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe characters: [...]

The Reaping (2007, Movie) – 2/10 review

Director: Stephen Hopkins Writer (Screenplay): Carey W. Hayes Writer (Screenplay): Chad Hayes Writer (Story): Brian Rousso Hilary Swank: Katherine David Morrissey: Doug Idris Elba: Ben Annasophia Robb: Loren McConnell Stephen Rea: Father Costigan Reaping, The (2007) Katherine Winter, an esteemed myth debunker (that well-known not-at-all made-up profession), is called in to the small US town [...]

Pom Poko (1994, Movie, Anime) – 2/10 review

Director: Isao Takahata Pom Poko (1994) When raccoons find their habitat being systematically destroyed, they decide to break out their ability to transform into just about anything in an effort to scare the humans away. 2/10 Somewhat critically, this fails to keep your disbelief suspended. It’s all fine when the raccoons (actually raccoon dogs or [...]

The Covenant (2006, Movie) – 2/10 review

Director: Renny Harlin Steven Strait: Caleb Danvers Sebastian Stan: Chase Collins Laura Ramsey: Sarah Wenham Taylor Kitsch: Pogue Parry Toby Hemingway: Reid Garwin Jessica Lucas: Kate Tunney Chace Crawford: Tyler Simms Wendy Crewson: Evelyn Danvers Executive Producer: J.S. Cardone Writer: J.S. Cardone Covenant, The (2006) The Sons of Ipswitch are four boys with supernatural powers. [...]

A Scanner Darkly (2006, Movie) – 2/10 review

Director: Richard Linklater Keanu Reeves: Bob Arctor Robert Downey, Jr.: James Barris Woody Harrelson: Ernie Luckman Winona Ryder: Donna Hawthorne Rory Cochrane: Charles Freck Head of Animation: Bob Sabiston Head of Animation: Jason Archer Head of Animation: Paul Beck Writer (Original Novel): Philip K. Dick Writer (Screenplay): Richard Linklater Scanner Darkly, A (2006) Addiction to [...]

AVPR: Aliens Versus Predator Requiem (2007, Movie) – 2/10

Director: Colin Strause Director: Greg Strause Writer: Shane Salerno Writer (Characters’ Creator) Alien: Dan O’Bannon Writer (Characters’ Creator) Alien: Ronald Shusett Writer (Characters’ Creator) Predator: Jim Thomas Writer (Characters’ Creator) Predator: John Thomas Producer: John Davis Steven Pasquale: Dallas Reiko Aylesworth: Kelly John Ortiz: Morales Johnny Lewis: Ricky Ariel Gade: Molly AVPR: Aliens Versus Predator [...]

Ocean’s Thirteen (2007, Movie) – 2/10

Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Brian Koppelman Writer: David Levien Writer (Characters’ Creator): George Clayton Johnson Writer (Characters’ Creator): Jack Golden Russell George Clooney: Danny Ocean Brad Pitt: Rusty Ryan Matt Damon: Linus Caldwell Andy Garcia: Terry Benedict Don Cheadle: Basher Tarr Bernie Mac: Frank Catton Ellen Barkin: Abigail Sponder Al Pacino: Willy Bank Casey Affleck: [...]

First Option (1996, Movie) – 2/10

Michael Wong: Officer Don WongGigi Leung: Inspector Minnie KwanDamian Lau: Inspector LauWriter (Screenplay): Chan Hing-KaiWriter (Screenplay): Gordon ChanDirector: Gordon Chan First Option (1996) When Customs and Excise attempt to arrest unexpectedly armed crims, the resulting shoot out brings in the SDU team to assist. 2/10 Tiresomely, embarrassingly awful on every level, this Hong Kong action [...]

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003, Movie) – 2/10

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003) Insert plot of Mission: Impossible here (but make it entirely incomprehensible). 2/10 McG quickly eliminates all goodwill earned by the fun first instalment. The pre-credits sequence is bearable, the title sequence okay but once Bruce Willis gets his cameo done and dusted, McG simply jettisons all sense of coherence and [...]

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