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Hobbs & Shaw Review: Between a Rock and a Hard Case

Jason Gorber — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:00:29 +0000

There’s a strong sense of “How did we get here?” with Hobbs & Shaw, the spinoff from the Fast & Furious series. Mathematically, the film takes two series addendum characters – Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), who was introduced as an avenging agent in 2011’s Fast Five, and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), who was, uh, an...

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Poll: Dwayne Johnson or Jason Statham?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:00:25 +0000

Hobbs & Shaw teams up Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham as reluctant partners, but which actor is really the better action star? If only one of them could continue to have a career based on your decision, which would you choose? This is, deliberately, a difficult decision. Both actors are charismatic, likable movie stars. Both...

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Fighting with My Family Review: Mama Said Knock You Out

Jason Gorber — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:00:03 +0000

Amercian sports movies traditionally fall into two categories. They’re either about plucky athletes who try their darndest, come close to success but fail (e.g. the first Rocky) or those who overcome said odds and have a triumphant, cathartic win (Rocky II). They travel pretty common roads, with plenty of training montages, moments of drama (often...

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‘Skyscraper’ Review: Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel

Deirdre Crimmins — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:00:02 +0000

It’s easy to love a big, dumb action flick. You show up to cheer on the good guy, hope the bad guy dies in an interesting way, and rest your brain for a bit. What’s not to like? Unfortunately, ‘Skyscraper’ goes far past the “dumb” part of these potential blockbusters and forgets to actually have...

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SteelBook Alert: Gorilla Warfare

Josh Zyber — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 12:00:18 +0000

Just on the eve of the latest blockbuster action movie starring The Rock, you can order a SteelBook copy of the last blockbuster action movie starring The Rock. Say what you will about the quality of the scripts he chooses, there’s no denying the guy’s work ethic. ‘Rampage’ Allegedly based on an old 8-bit video...

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‘Rampage’ Review: Kong – Dull Island

Luke Hickman — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:00:09 +0000

We all have our guilty pleasures. As long as they’re fun, they can be as mindless, over-the-top, and hilariously absurd as they want. Most of Dwayne Johnson’s cinematic career has consisted of guilty pleasures, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Sadly, ‘Rampage’ is a joyless ride that’s just plain stupid. The age of star power...

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‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ Review: We Got Fun and Games

Philip Brown — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:00:21 +0000

Take me back to the beginning of 2017 and ask me which campy and unnecessary Dwayne Johnson movie would be better, ‘Jumanji 2’ or ‘Baywatch’. After hanging my head in shame, I would have grudgingly guessed ‘Baywatch’. I would have been wrong. Did the world need a sequel to ‘Jumanji’? Absolutely not. However, the one...

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‘Baywatch’ Review: Not Enough Irony Between the Boobs

Philip Brown — Thu, 25 May 2017 18:00:42 +0000

‘Baywatch’ was a cultural institution in the early 1990s. The TV show was syndicated worldwide and helped usher a generation of young boys through puberty while also keeping a generation of adult males firmly trapped in their adolescence. The show was always a joke, mocked mercilessly and enjoyed only through guilt. Now there’s a movie,...

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‘The Fate of the Furious’ Review: Big, Bald, Bad and Back

Philip Brown — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 18:00:45 +0000

Crack a Corona, snort some NOS, and do whatever else it takes to kill some brain cells because the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise is back! It’s been two long years since ‘Furious 7’, and thanks to that movie making $1.5 billion worldwide (that’s right), the series is bigger and dumber than ever in its eighth...

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The Trailer Park: The Beginning of Good Things?

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:00:50 +0000

As more and more trailers tease viewers with movies to come in 2017, here’s a collection of previews that may potentially launch new franchises. ‘The Mummy’ (2017) Tom Cruise isn’t a name we usually attach to horror movies, except perhaps as a footnote for sporting a pair of fangs in ‘Interview with the Vampire’, and...

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‘Moana’ Review: Watch, Smile, Repeat

Philip Brown — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 03:00:15 +0000

Arriving just in time for the holidays, ‘Moana’ is a Disney princess tale hidden within a thrilling adventure picture with a spattering of fantastic songs to make it all go down smoothly. If you aren’t charmed by this movie, you might want to find out what’s hiding in your chest where your heart should be....

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‘Central Intelligence’ Review: Buddies by the Numbers

Philip Brown — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:00:40 +0000

‘Central Intelligence’ is about as down-the-middle and distinctly average as mainstream comedies get. Although it’s a buddy action/comedy with Kevin Hart and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – who are a particularly famous duo to trot out on the big screen these days – the script could have been written for pretty much any two comic...

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