Battle: Los Angeles Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo, Cory Hardrict, Gino Anthony Pesi, Michael Pena, Ramon Rodriguez Directed by Jonathan Liebesman Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 116 mins Genre: Action/ Sci-Fi/ Thriller/ War 3 frames out of 5 The title is pretty self explanatory on this one, kids. Aliens have landed on Earth [...]
Red Riding Hood Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen, Lukas Haas, Julie Christie Directed by Catherine Hardwicke Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 102 mins Genre: Mystery/ Fantasy/ Horror 1 frame out of 5 It is official. Hollywood has run out of all good ideas. I wonder what that pitch [...]
The Adjustment Bureau Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, Gregory Lay, Michael Kelly, John Slattery Directed by George Nolfi Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 124 mins Genre: Drama/ Romance 4 frames out of 5 Is all life left to chance or is it predestined fate? In a land far, far away called New York City, [...]
Unknown Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Frank Langella, Sebastian Koch Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 113 mins Genre: Drama/ Action/ Mystery Thriller 3 frames out of 5 Never forget your luggage at the airport when you travel! Otherwise, Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) wouldn’t be in the mess [...]
The Mechanic Starring: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn, Donald Sutherland Directed by Simon West Rated: R Run Time: 92 mins Genre: Action/ Drama/ Thriller 3.5 frames out of 5 If you need a job done right, you call The Mechanic. Being a hit man is such a hard life. It’s lonely, you never know [...]
The Rite Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Ciarán Hinds, Alice Braga, Toby Jones Directed by Mikael Håfström Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 112 mins Genre: Inspired by True Events/ Drama/ Thriller / Horror 3.5 frames out of 5 This is not your pea soup type of movie… When you grow up in a funeral home, going [...]
Season of the Witch Starring: Nicholas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen, Robert Sheehan, Claire Foy Directed by Dominic Sena Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 95 mins Genre: Supernatural/ Adventure/ Thriller/ Drama 3 frames out of 5 Thank God the Dark Ages are over. What a bummer that was. Plague. Burning Witches. [...]
Black Swan Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder Directed by Darren Aronofsky Rated: R Run Time: 108 mins Genre: Drama/Thriller 5 frames out of 5 Beware of the quiet ones, they are the ones you need to watch. Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) has dreamed her whole life of being the [...]
The Next Three Days Starring: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Brian Dennehy, Olivia Wilde, Daniel Stern, Ty Simpkins, Liam Neeson Directed by Paul Haggis Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 122 mins Genre: Crime/ Drama/ Thriller/ Romance 4 frames out of 5 How far would you go to save the one you love? John (Russell Crowe) and Lara [...]
Unstoppable Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Dunn, T.J. Miller, Lew Temple, Jessy Schram Directed by Tony Scott Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 96 mins Genre: Action/ Drama/ Inspired by True Events/ Thriller 3.5 frames out of 5 Here’s a math problem for you… a unmanned trail leaves a station going x [...]
Fair Game Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn Directed by Doug Liman Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 108 mins Genre: Drama/ Action/ Biography/ Thriller 3.5 frames out of 5 There has been a fair share of political cover ups, but what happens when the subject fights back? Think back to 2003 when there was a C.I.A. operative [...]
Paranormal Activity 2 Starring: Katie Featherson Directed by Tod Williams Rated: R Run Time: 91 mins Genre: Horror/Thriller 3.5 frames out of 5 Be careful of things that go bump in the night….. When a Carlsbad family’s home is vandalized, the series of events that follows indicate a more sinister presence that is trying to [...]
Conviction Starring: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Juliette Lewis, Ari Graynor, Peter Gallagher, Clea DuVall Directed by Tony Goldwin Rated: R Run Time: 107 mins Genre: Drama/ Biography/ Thriller/ Crime 4 frames out of 5 Before the days of C.S.I. and high tech crime labs that we have today, many innocent people went to [...]
Stone Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy Directed by John Curran Rated: R Run Time: 105 mins Genre: Drama/ Thriller 2.5 frames out of 5 So you’re saying I’m essentially a rock….? Yes, it is existential questions like these that you can try to wrap your mind around in this film. [...]
Buried Starring: Ryan Reynolds Directed by Rodrigo Cortés Rated: R Run Time: 95 mins Genre: Drama/ Thriller/ Mystery 4.5 frames out of 5 Say you were stuck in a box. What items would you hope to be in there for your possible rescue? When Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) wakes up, he has no idea where [...]
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Starring: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin, Susan Saradon, Frank Langella, Eli Walach Directed by Oliver Stone Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 133 mins Genre: Drama/ Crime 4.5 frames out of 5 If there was ever a movie where life is imitating art, here’s your sign. Back in the [...]
The Town Starring: Ben Affleck, John Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Blake Lively, Chris Cooper, Pete Postlethwaite, Slaine, Owen Burke Directed by Ben Affleck Rated: R Run Time: 125 mins Genre: Drama/ Thriller/ Crime 4 frames out of 5 This aint’ no ordinary town…. In a section of Boston, the highest number of thieves and [...]
Catfish Starring: Megan Faccio, Nev Schulman, Rel Schulman Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman Rated: PG-13 Run Time: 94 mins Genre: Documentary/ Thriller/ Mystery 3.75 frames out of 5 A strange title for a documentary you think? Since this is a movie that virtually no one has really heard of or, if you have, [...]
Resident Evil: Afterlife Starring: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Shawn Roberts, Kim Coates, Boris Kodjoe, Norman Yeung, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Kacey Barnfield, Spencer Locke Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson Rated: R Run Time: 97 mins Genre: Action/ Thriller/ Horror/ Sci-Fi 3 frames out of 5 Alice didn’t fall into no rabbit hole… she’s in a [...]
Machete Starring: Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Cheech Marin, Jeff Fahey, Lindsay Lohan Directed by Ethan Maniquis & Robert Rodriguez Rated: R Run Time: 105 mins Genre: Comedy/ Action/ Crime/ Thriller 3 frames out of 5 You messed with the wrong Mexican, esé. Machete (Danny Trejo) pronounced [...]