So turns out the issue with Disney’s live-action remakes… may just be Disney itself, because this one was actually decent! “How to Train Your Dragon” is a remake of the 2010 animated movie of the same name, and follows a young viking (Mason Thames) who finds and befriends an injured dragon. Nico Parker, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn… Continue reading ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Review: A Colorful, Heartfelt Remake
Sometimes, a movie is simply… fine. “Kandahar” stars Gerard Butler as a military contractor who must make his way through enemy terrain in Afghanistan alongside his translator (Navid Negahban); Ric Roman Waugh directs. Gerard Butler has seemingly tripped into the same “aging action star” role as Liam Neeson in recent years (not to call Butler old, he’s… Continue reading ‘Kandahar’ Review: Another Bland Bout from Butler
Look, if you walk into a movie about a plane titled “Plane” starring Gerard Butler and expected art, that sounds like a you problem! “Plane” stars Gerard Butler as a commercial airline pilot who must find a way off a remote island after his plane crash lands while transporting a prisoner (Mike Colter); Yoson An… Continue reading ‘Plane’ Review: Like a Serviceable Budget Airline; You Get What You Expect
Sometimes all the pieces are there, but a film just doesn’t work for ya… “Copshop” stars Frank Grillo as a mob fixer who gets locked in a jail alongside the hitman hired to kill him (Gerard Butler), as the pair and a rookie cop (Alexis Louder) must work together to survive an assault on the… Continue reading ‘Copshop’ Review: Way Less Than the Sum of Its Parts
Just like “12 Strong” this is a better film than January deserves but can’t seem to get out of its own way. “Den of Thieves” follows a group of bank robbers who plan to rob the Federal Reserve in Los Angeles, and the elite squad of Sherriff Officers who set out to stop them. The… Continue reading ‘Den of Thieves’ Starts and Ends Great; It’s the 120 Minutes In Between that Are Rough
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