Review – Cars, Catastrophes, And Clod-Heads (“F9”)

The Fast ‘n’ Furious franchise jumped the tracks a while ago with Fast Five, but really went bonkers with Fast ‘n’ Furious 6. After that, every film has been less a movie and more a Warner Bros. cartoon with LOL unimaginable leaps in logic, gravity, physics, and hilarious plot devices. Any franchise that delivers such…

Review – Lara Croft Is On Fire (“Those Who Wish Me Dead”)

Based on the novel by Michael Koryta, this is not a Lara Croft or Evelyn Salt sequel, but it still manages to star Angelina Jolie in some mighty precarious predicaments involving assassins, protecting a child, and trying to escape a raging forest fire. Yikes! Her name is Hannah Faber (Jolie) and, even though she’s suffering…

Review – Sin City And Zombies (“Army of the Dead”)

There are hundreds of zombie/undead movies out there, but how many of them decided to mash them up with an Ocean’s 11 premise? Well, here’s one! AND this movie even pulled a switcheroo stunt by reshooting practically the entire film with another actor. Why? In the middle of filming, actor Chris D’Elia was accused of sexual…

Review – Hell Hath No Fury Like Statham (“Wrath of Man”)

A remake of the 2004 French film Cash Truck, producer/co-writer/director Guy Ritchie takes a holiday and, instead of putting his usual quirky and off-beat spin in filmmaking, decided to take a different approach with this hard-boiled, gritty, and Rashomon-style crime thriller. Like a jumbled jigsaw puzzle, this non-linear story takes us through several timelines, different…