Archive for the ‘Three Stars’ Category

Hot Tub Time Machine (Theaters)

Time travel movies are very hard to pull off. There are so many rules established by previous movies, not to mention a little something called the “space-time continuum” that make it a bit difficult to make a believable time travel flick. Thankfully, Hot Tub Time Machine is nowhere near realistic...
April 14th, 2010 | Entertainment, Movies, Three Stars | Read More

Ninja Assassin (DVD)

Like most people, I am a sucker for ninjas. Take some of the most God awful movies and throw in a ninja or two and I’m there. I have sat through some horrendous films all for the sake of catching a glimpse of some idealized brutal ninja violence and often times I have wound up dissappointed. After...
March 26th, 2010 | Movies, Three Stars | Read More

Surrogates (DVD)

After watching the trailers for Surrogates, I couldn’t decide whether this was just another rehashed, tired sci fi plot or whether it had the potential to take these familiar elements in a new and unique direction. The movie came and went in theaters without as much as a whimper, but as many people...
January 19th, 2010 | Movies, Three Stars | Read More

Where the Wild Things Are (Theaters)

What a disappointment! I was probably 7 or 8 when I first read this book, and I remember letting my imagination take me to new heights with what I would do if I were among “the wild.” So when my 5-year-old son enthusiastically reached for this book, I was excited about reading it to him....
October 23rd, 2009 | Movies, Three Stars | Read More

Fighting (DVD)

At first, the trailers for Fighting didn’t interest me at all.  Being a huge MMA fan, I feel that movies like this tend to serve as ammunition for detractors of the sport. While the action depicted in the movie is nowhere near what goes on in the world of sanctioned MMA, the general uninformed...
August 28th, 2009 | Entertainment, Movies, Three Stars | Read More

GI Joe : The Rise of Cobra (Theaters)

Since they first announced they were going to make a live action GI Joe film, I had mixed feelings. The announcement came hot on the heels of the massive success of the first Transformers film, with GI Joe being the obvious candidate for the next Hasbro franchise with cash cow potential. I loved the...
August 8th, 2009 | Movies, Three Stars | Read More

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Theaters)

The latest Harry Potter installment is one of the biggest movies of the summer. Anyone who has read the books or is just familiar with the film versions knows that the series is soon coming to an end, and the tension and anticipation is really starting to ramp up at this point.  I’ve never read...
July 19th, 2009 | Movies, Three Stars | Read More

Push (DVD)

When I first saw the trailers for ‘Push’, the similarities to Marvel’s X-men were overwhelming. Being a big X-men fan, I decided to pass on seeing the movie in theaters. Fast forward a couple of months and the movie is now on DVD. After seeing it on the video store shelf I decided to check it out. ...
July 11th, 2009 | Movies, Three Stars | Read More