So recently Passion River Films reached out to us asking for a documentary review and we haven’t reviewed movies for a while, so both Brian Alford and Geoffrey Marks from the DragonBlogger team hooked up a movie night and watched the movie together. This is a two author review of the documentary Poverty, Inc. Brian Alford Being a fan of documentaries I tend to feel like I am in a minority of people who can truly … Read more
Stop! Wait! Hold the press! Are you telling me that they’ve made another X-Men movie? One that is not only a sequel to the original X-Men triology but also the newer, First Class, installment? One that, essentially, negates Brett Ratner’s terrible X-Men: The Last Stand and the equally atrocious X-Men Origins: Wolverine by Gavin Hood? Sign me up for that! Bryan Singer returns to the X-Men franchise to direct X-Men: Days of Future Past and, … Read more
From “I’m Not In Love” by 10cc that sets up the prologue to “Come and Get Your Love” by Redbone that begins the main story, the tone is set right from the start with Guardians of the Galaxy. This isn’t your everyday superhero film, though it does have all the characteristics of a Marvel one. Guardians of the Galaxy is contagiously upbeat right from the opening credits and keeps the mood light throughout. It has … Read more
If you were to tell me that a sequel, to a franchise that’s been rebooted for a third time, that had lost it’s director, writers and the majority it’s actors would be one of the most successful films of the year, I would’ve called you a liar. Yet, that’s exactly what happened with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Even amidst one of the stronger summers for cinema, this one definitely stood its own … Read more
[easyazon-link asin=”B0051ZG57Q”]The Gingerdead Man 3 “Saturday Night Cleaver”[/easyazon-link] is a comedy/horror film jointly written by William Butler and Muffy Bolding; and jointly directed by William Butler and Silvia St. Croix and stars Jacqui Holland (The UNsocialites), Robin Sydney (The Lost), Peter Stickles (Shortbus), and Kyle Morris (2012: Ice Age) in a film about a murderous gingerbread man who wreaks havoc at a roller-disco contest after traveling back in time to 1976. “Another One Bites the … Read more
[easyazon_image asin=”B00511N76C” alt=”Better Off Dead (Blu-ray)” src=”http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51x99bbBwiL.jpg” align=”right” width=”300″ height=”412″] Better Off Dead (1985) is a teen comedy written and directed by Savage Steve Holland. It stars John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, and Kim Darby in a film about a teenager who has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him, family crises, homicidal paper boys, and a rival skier. Classic ’80s cinema has made the all important technological leap to Blu-ray disc. Better Off Dead is … Read more
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is a fitting swan song for a film and book series that has enchanted us for over a decade. Some of the spells cast during the spectacle fizzle at points but are followed up brilliantly by truly magic moments. There is no denying that the universe of Harry Potter is pictured with an extreme attention to detail – too much detail at times! In fact as much … Read more
[easyazon_image asin=”B004XFZ3UU” alt=”Warrior’s Way” src=”http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KFzbIciVL.jpg” align=”right” width=”300″ height=”369″]The Warrior’s Way (2010) is an action action/fantasy/western written and directed by Sngmoo Lee and stars Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), Danny Huston (Clash of the Titans), and Dong-gun Jang (The Promise, Tae Tuk Gi) in a film about a warrior-assassin–forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission. “OK, you settle … Read more
A a brilliant indie film about a naive guy who has no idea what he is in for when he is sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Martin Lawrence is back as Big Momma in the ‘Mother Load’ edition DVD!
Review of I Saw The Devil a South Korean horror film directed by Kim Jee-woon
Review of Black Death (2010) a Medieval horror/action film directed by Christopher Smith starring Sean Bean
Review of The Man From Nowhere (2010) which is a film written and directed by Jeong-beom Lee and stars Bin Won.
Review of Gulliver’s Travels a hilarious zero-to-hero story about a larger-than-life average Joe played by Jack Black
Review of the movie Dumplings where Aunt Mei is a cook famous for her home-made “rejuvenation” dumplings
Review of Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader w
The Good, the Bad,the Weird is a Korean Western film about two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria.
A film based on a true story about a runaway freight train transporting toxic chemicals, and two men who try to stop it.
A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to “reassemble” them into a new “pet.”
Review of Tron Legacy from a fan of the original Tron, the movie was unique with exciting moments, stunning visuals and a more clever interpretation of the future than other reviewers would give credit to.