Jonah Hex

Jonah Hex is the latest comic/graphic novel series to be converted into a motion picture. It stars Josh Brolin in the lead role of Jonah. Also there's Megan Fox as the town hooker and John Malkovich as the bad guy. I'm not really bothering with specific character names because they don't really matter in this case.

The only things I really thought were good about this movie was the acting by Malkovich and some of the visualizations that were used off and on. There were times when it looked kinda cool. But that's really all.

The movie itself didn't really have much of a story to it. It picks way too late in what all is going on and doesn't explain hardly anything about the characters. Therefore you don't really care about the good guys or anything. The whole time I was thinking that surely the comics must be better (most of the time they are). Sadly, but perhaps not too surprisingly, Megan's acting just was not existent. But what's worse is that her character really served no real purpose in the movie. She was just there. I guess to look at.

It's not often that I think a movie is a waste of time but this is one of those times. Malkovich was good but there are plenty of other movies you'd be better off watching him in.

STAND OUTSIDE YOUR LOCAL THEATRE and WARN PEOPLE!

Review: A-Team

Lifted Directly from Wikipedia:

"A crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team."

The movie version of the 80s classic tv series The A-Team has finally come to the big screen. With this new big screen adaptation of the classic series come new faces. Liam Neeson is Hannibal, Bradley Cooper is Face, Quinton Jackson is B.A. Baracus, and Sharlto Copley plays Murdock. The A-Team shows us how they came to be. We are first introduced to them in Mexico before they ever knew each other. Twenty minutes later we are moved forward 8 years and 80 missions later to Iraq. As the story progresses they find themselves accused of a crime they didn't commit. They rally together to clear their names and as the film tag line says, "There is no plan B"....

The A-Team delivered exactly what I wanted from it. It had over-the-top, non-stop action just like the television series did. The new cast seemed to do fairly well in the parts that they played. There really seemed to be this genuine element of teamwork. What I liked about this movie is that it goes in depth to show how it all began and how they became a unit. To be honest it was the perfect A-Team movie. I have no complaints about it. If you liked the tv series then it is required viewing. If you are like Roger Ebert and didn't like the tv series, then why would you see the movie. For everyone else I recommend that you....

GO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Review: Splice

The newest experiment gone horribly awry movie is Splice. The movie's central figures are Dren, the "not quite human" entity created by Clive(Adrien Brody) and Elsa(Sarah Polley). We follow the two latter figures as they go from scientist who have created a completely new and legal life form to rogue scientist who have become parents to something that grows more and more human by the second. We are also shown Dren's complete life cycle as she ages rapidly. Along the way the movie tries to pose the question of what it means to be human. As things take a turn for the worse we see the humans acting less and less human and Dren becomes......something else.

Splice is a good horror/SciFi film, with more emphasis on the Sci-fi aspect. The film had a good premise and for the most part it played out wonderfully. The CGI was good and about what you expect for a movie these days. What I want to point out and what I said earlier was the fact that the movie does try to bring about the question of what it means to be human. With Dren for instance, she is first this small infant like being that doesn't look remotely human, but as she grows she resembles a human more and more. She even goes through the rebellious adolescent phase. With the two other leads we witness their humanity being constantly compromised and slipping from their grasp by the end of movie. Splice also takes an eerie look at where science could take us in the next few years.

Splice stands up pretty well to some other Sci-fi movies, but in truth I have seen better. I don't have any specific gripe other than the way it was advertised. I went in with the idea that I was going to watch people die at the hands of some horrible creature for two hours. I was sorely mistaken, and a little disappointed by that.

Overall, Splice is a good science fiction movie that die-hard fans of the genre will like and appreciate. For everyone else though I suggest that you....

RENT IT.

New Video Posted!!!

Hey Everybody! I wanted to let you know that we just posted another video previewing some of the movies that are coming out in the first half of the summer. Part two of the video will be out soon taking a look at the movies coming out in July and August.

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