'Gone' Review

Gone Goneis a movie that should’ve been released in the straight-to-DVD market where it belongs. Amanda Seyfried hotshot inGoneas Jill , a troubled young girl who is the supposed survivor of a distorted abduction and murder endeavour by a serial killer no one believes exists . Due to her extreme trial by ordeal , Jill experience as a flustered and shady tablet - pop lone hand , whose only booster is her go back alcohol-dependent sister , Molly ( Emily Wickersham ) ....

February 24, 2012 · 6 min · 1152 words · James Gonzalez

'This Means War' Review

This Means War For the sum of its parts, This Means War is likely to work as a middle-of-the-road guilty pleasure experience that can satisfy a diverse range of filmgoers. For many motion-picture fan , the combination of Tom Hardy ( The Dark Knight Rises ) and Chris Pine ( Star Trek ) in the function of CIA operative partner ( or , to the outside world , travel broker and cruise ship headwaiter , severally ) would , in another movie , be a formula for hard - hit action full of witty tongue - in - nerve spell ....

February 17, 2012 · 6 min · 1216 words · Mackenzie Mata

'Contraband' Review

Contraband If you enjoy seeing modern action stars like Wahlberg or Jason Statham in pulpy B-movie flicks, then Contraband will be a suitable distraction. Everything aboutContrabandcan comfortably be add up in the word " medium . " There ’s nothing too great about this bacillus - movie action at law / rip-off motion picture , but nothing too wicked about it , either . While it is overly challenging in some respect , it at last lands in that middle basis of mindless ( and instantly forgettable ) genre amusement , despite its shortcoming ....

January 13, 2012 · 5 min · 1010 words · Brent Dennis

'The Muppets' Review

The Muppets Segel and company have managed to produce a Muppet film that not only lives up to the franchise legacy, but for some fans, might just end up being one of their all-time favorite adventures. When it was first reported that Jason Segel ( How I Met Your MotherandForgetting Sarah Marshall ) would be taking on one of the most beloved pic / TV properties of all time , The Muppets , needless to say , reaction were somewhat mixed ....

November 23, 2011 · 7 min · 1367 words · Brandon Rowe

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn' Review

Twilight The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1succeeds in transferring the key events from its source material onto the screen, but fails at translating those events into a competent two-hour film. Two - part finales have become a go - to draw near for studio to milk excess money out of fan - favorite young adult franchise - and arguably a way to give lengthier final book installment a fleck more room to wrap up everything up ....

November 18, 2011 · 7 min · 1440 words · Melissa Lopez

'Immortals' Review

Immortals Anyone interested in a mix of stunning visual compositions and brutal fight sequences,Immortalsisn’t likely to disappoint. Director Tarsem Singh is one of the most exhilarating film maker operating in Hollywood today , a visionary whose cinema often attempt to smutch the course between cinematic entertainment and artistry , often reveling in visual spectacle . As a termination , for some motion-picture fan , his projects have routinely been lost somewhere in the middle ground ....

November 11, 2011 · 7 min · 1420 words · William Johnson

'Real Steel' Review

Real Steel Screen Rant ’s Ben Kendrick reviewsReal sword The see-through mention of giant automaton fighting to the death is potential to remind moviegoers of Michael Bay’sTransformersfilms - butReal Steelis definitely a dissimilar breed of metal - on - metal action . free-base on Richard Matheson ’s 1956 short write up " Steel,“Real Steelisn’t an action adventure about giant war robots , it ’s a much more sexual story about an estranged father and boy - as well as their not - so - elephantine boxing golem ....

October 7, 2011 · 7 min · 1338 words · Keith Gomez

'50/50' Review

50/50 Screen Rant ’s Ben Kendrick reviews50/50 There are a lot of bankable movie pitches out there with low - risk box agency potential : giant golem that fight to the death , or an adaptation of a popular young adult novel - but the filmmakers behind the dramedy50/50had their employment veer out for them . A half - humorous / half - character dramatic play tarradiddle about a young guy who discovers he has cancer,50/50is certainly a challenging sell , even with a gifted dramatis personae - and resulted in several pre - release name change for the film , i....

September 30, 2011 · 7 min · 1296 words · Crystal Hill

'Dream House' Review

dream house Screen Rant ’s Kofi Outlaw ReviewsDream House Dream Houseis a difficult movie to review - or even describe - without break too many twists and turns of the plot of ground . The film stars Daniel Craig ( Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ) as a author who settles into a quaint plate with his married woman ( Rachel Weisz ) and two daughters , only to pick up that their sign of the zodiac was the scene of a horrific offence ....

September 30, 2011 · 5 min · 1014 words · Cindy Small

'Killer Elite' Review

Killer Elite Screen Rant ’s Ben Kendrick reviewsKiller elite group If there ’s one thing that hotshot Jason Statham is known for it ’s straightforward anti - hero that get caught up in balls - to - the - rampart action set - pieces . With a pedigree that includesThe Expendables , Crank , The Italian Job , The Transporter , andSnatch , it ’s no surprise that even his " base on a dead on target tale " ( accent onbased)Killer Elitefilm check plentifulness of larger - than - spirit action ....

September 23, 2011 · 7 min · 1332 words · Sara Fuller

'Drive' Review

Drive Screen Rant ’s Kofi Outlaw ReviewsDrive The word " auteur " gets thrown around slightly frivolously these mean solar day - but in the font of Danish theatre director Nicolas Winding Refn , the terminal figure is a meet one . Some movie fan have already come to reverence Refn ’s gift for conduct acute furiousness and get up it to the grade of high artistry ( see : thePushertrilogy , Bronson , Valhalla Rising ) , while other moviegoer are not yet mindful of the director ’s talent ....

September 16, 2011 · 7 min · 1360 words · Cheryl James

'Tucker & Dale vs Evil' Review

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil Screen Rant ’s Ben Kendrick reviewsTucker & Dale vs Evil The horror genre is over - saturated with sea wolf hillbilly slasher films - ruthless psychopaths who have nothing salutary to do than torment unsuspicious innocents . As the revulsion genre build from B - movie terror to " torture porn , " we ’ve find out peck of vacation family , police force enforcement officials , and route - trip college shaver fit their Godhead in increasingly appal ways ....

September 6, 2011 · 7 min · 1483 words · Christopher Christensen

'The Debt' Review

The Debt Screen Rant ’s Ben Kendrick reviewsThe Debt At first glimpse , The Debtmight look like a run of the mill espionage drama - with mess of big name virtuoso putting on Israeli and German accents to sell a narration about a group of secret agents thirty years after the outcome that made them home icons . In fact , the mere presence of go - to action bozo Sam Worthington would seem to indicate thatThe Debtoffers up more smasher than Einstein ....

September 1, 2011 · 6 min · 1187 words · Jared Turner