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For the most part Martin Scorsese does my favorite book justice, SHUTTER ISLAND focuses on Ted Daniels’ slow but sure journey spiraling down to either madness or reality. Any author Denis Lehane’s fans like yours truly won’t be disappointed by this adaptation. On the other hand,… Read the rest of this entry »

Think Open Water but skiing and instead of getting stuck in the middle of the ocean, you’re stuck high above the ground, on a chairlift, in freezing temperature, and there you have FROZEN. Writer/director Adam Green who brought us… Read the rest of this entry »

EDGE OF DARKNESS is director Martin Campbell’s Taxi Driver. Mel Gibson might be a drunk driving anti-semite, I don’t know, who knows, people say stupid sh*t when they’re drunk but the fact remains that Gibson is still one of the most excellent, compelling actors on screen. Age only made him better. Monahan and Bovell’s brilliant writing makes it feel like… Read the rest of this entry »

THE LOVELY BONES is utter disappointment. It fails to capture the yearning and the heart in Alice Sebold’s story. Even if the movie stands by itself, it fails to get the audience to understand the meaning of THE LOVELY BONES at all because it gets lost in… Read the rest of this entry »

I’m trying hard to trash this movie but the fact is I’m going to describe it in the most loosely used term around these days, ARMORED is quite simply… Read the rest of this entry »

You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension of not only sight and sound but also of the button and mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas and a family with money problem in the 70s. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge and toe-less Cameron Diaz. You’ve just crossed over into… Read the rest of this entry »

I should’ve known, THE STEPFATHER was directed by the same guy who helmed Prom Night remake, now that says a lot. THE STEPFATHER is not only an unnecessary remake but a terrible one. Where the hell is the suspense? It’s a like… Read the rest of this entry »

If you like puzzles and games that somehow just won’t let you solve them, then LAW ABIDING CITIZEN is a must-see thriller. Twists and turns on every corner, screenwriter Kurt Wimmer has crafted a story that… Read the rest of this entry »

PANDORUM is sheer terror. It’s more than just mutants chasing the characters. It’s one helluva trip watching the walls of psychological twists and surprises slowly become unraveled as the need for survival gets closer and closer to reality. PANDORUM is… Read the rest of this entry »

Almost everything about this movie is cold and I’m not talking about the natural element. I’ve never read the graphic novel that this movie’s based on but WHITEOUT is the epitome of predictability. I don’t know what’s more sad, the fact that it’s… Read the rest of this entry »