Tag: movies

Good Bad & Ugly Reviews, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews5 Comments

Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Transcendence

Derek

transcendence0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 18% (Critics) / 45% (Audience)
Directed By: Wally Pfister
Written By: Jack Paglen
Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and
Paul Bettany
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: As Dr. Will Caster works toward his goal of creating an omniscient, sentient machine, a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent him from establishing a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain. – (Source)

Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Transcendence”

Good Bad & Ugly Reviews, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews2 Comments

Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Raid 2 – Berandal

Derek

the-raid-2a
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 79% (Critics) / 84% (Audience)
Directed By: Gareth Evans
Written By: Gareth Evans
Starring: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Arifin Putra
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Synopsis: Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force. – (Source)

Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Raid 2 – Berandal”

Movies, Trailers4 Comments

Trailer of the Day: Gone Girl

Derek

gone-girl-1

Directed by David Fincher and based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn – unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior has everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? – IMDb

Continue reading “Trailer of the Day: Gone Girl”

Good Bad & Ugly Reviews, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews6 Comments

Good, Bad & Ugly Review: 300 – Rise Of An Empire

Derek

300a
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 42% (Critics) / 61% (Audience)
Directed By: Noam Murro
Written By: Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad
Starring: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey and Rodrigo Santoro
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy. – (Source)

Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: 300 – Rise Of An Empire”

Good Bad & Ugly Reviews, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews2 Comments

Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Snowpiercer

Derek

snowpiercer00
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83% (Critics) / 97% (Audience)
Directed By: Joon-ho Bong
Written By: Joon-ho Bong and Kelly Masterson
Starring: Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt and Ed Harris
Studio: Radius-TWC

Synopsis: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. – (Source)

Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Snowpiercer”

Good Bad & Ugly Reviews, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews2 Comments

Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Noah

Derek

noah0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75% (Critics) / 48% (Audience)
Directed By: Darren Aronofsky
Written By: Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel
Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Ray Winstone and Anthony Hopkins
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Synopsis: A man is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world. – (Source)

Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Noah”

Good Bad & Ugly Reviews, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews1 Comment

Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Sabotage

Derek

sabotage0
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 21% (Critics) / 53% (Audience)
Directed By: David Ayer
Written By: David Ayer and Skip Woods
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard, Olivia Williams, Joe Maganiello and Mireille Enos
Studio: Open Road Films

Synopsis: Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house. – (Source)

Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Sabotage”

Good Bad & Ugly Reviews, Movies, Reviews8 Comments

Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Divergent

Derek

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 41% (Critics) / 80% (Audience)
Directed By: Neil Burger
Written By: Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Zoë Kravitz, Jai Courtney, Ashley Judd and Kate Winslet
Studio: Lionsgate Films/Summit Entertainment
Synopsis: In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she’s Divergent and won’t fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it’s too late. – (Source)

Continue reading “Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Divergent”

Movies, TrailersLeave a comment

Trailer of the Day: Dead Snow 2

Derek

deadsnow2

If the worst day of your life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own arm off, and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you’d have to assume that things couldn’t get much worse. In Martin’s case, that was only the beginning. – IMDb

Continue reading “Trailer of the Day: Dead Snow 2”

Movie Reviews, Movies, Remake Rumble, Reviews15 Comments

Remake Rumble: Flowers In The Attic (1987) vs Flowers In The Attic (2014)

Derek

The 411: This psychological thriller, based on the popular 1979 V.C. Andrews novel of the same name, focuses on the four Dollanganger children and their mother who find themselves having to move into their wealthy grandparents estate after their father dies suddenly. Once at their grandmother’s house the children are imprisoned in the attic which is just the start of the cruel treatment they receive from the religiously fanatical old woman.

Continue reading “Remake Rumble: Flowers In The Attic (1987) vs Flowers In The Attic (2014)”

Listmania, MoviesLeave a comment

My 2014 Oscar Nominations Snubs

Derek

Let me preface this list by saying that The Academy got a lot right with their nominations this year and I understand how tough it was because this was a particularly good year in film with some amazing movies and even more amazing performances being delivered to theaters in 2013. However that does not mean that The Academy is immune from criticism or that this humble blogger does not think he knows better than people who work in the industry when it comes to picking who should be in the running to get a shiny gold naked man statue. So … Continue reading My 2014 Oscar Nominations Snubs