Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D
Resident Evil is back with another installment of zombie apocalypse. Resident Evil: Afterlife is written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (just like the first movie of the series) and it was filmed in 3D. That’s right: filmed in 3D.
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Piranha 3D
Piranha 3D is the second remake of the 1978 B-Movie, Piranha, which was originally a parody of Jaws. The remake of a B-Movie can’t hope to be anything more than a glorified B-Movie and director Alexandre Aja gets it. He embraces the cheesiness inherent in this film and decides to have fun with it instead.
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Salt
Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt in the new action thriller Salt. It’s a “by the numbers” spy film with a couple exciting scenes, but they don’t really make up for the overly unrealistic and predictable plot. Jolie is a captivating actress (I could stare at her lips all day) and she’s effective as an action star – Mr. and Mrs.
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Predators
Predators is the second direct sequel to the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Predator, but it’s the fifth movie to feature the alien hunters. Sadly – even though the creatures have been featured in (dozens of games, almost two dozen comic book storylines and) multiple movies – the original film is the highlight of the franchise.
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Knight and Day
Knight and Day is a romantic comedy starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. No, wait… that’s not right, it’s an action thriller about spies. Okay, you got me…it’s really a spy comedy with some action and (what the filmmakers want us to believe is) romance. The romance is practically non-existant though...
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the latest film from Mike Newell, who is probably best known for directing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. A buffed-up Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Dastan, a surprisingly agile street urchin that becomes a prince…by essentially throwing an apple.
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Robin Hood
Russell Crowe once again joins the cast of a Ridley Scott film…this time he’s Robin Longstride, or Robin of the Hood, as he comes to be known. This is the fifth movie that Crowe and Scott have done together and it’s a little more than just stylistically similar to their most successful team-up, Gladiator.
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2012
Roland Emmerich has previously destroyed the world in The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day – and to a lesser extent, Eight Legged Freaks and Godzilla – but in his new film, 2012, he destroys the world like never before.
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Terminator: Salvation
The Terminator franchise had apparently fallen so far that it needed to be filled with new life and energy through a slight re-imagining. This fourth movie changes the timeline from the original films, loses the time travel aspect and essentially becomes a prequel where the technology of the machines is concerned.
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Who Should Be Watching the Watchmen?
March 6, 2009: I am looking at a blank page on a computer screen. The words come so slowly. Where do they come from?
August 28, 1995: I am reading a comic book …a graphic novel, actually. I am 21 years old. At some point, every single comic reader I’ve ever known has recommended it to me.
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