– by ADAM DALE – Not many action franchises can tout an impressive six films over 12 years as “The Fast and Furious” can. While every entry in the franchise might not have been a highlight — and some even fell short of being decent movies — this franchise has made many of[...]
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Review: Star Trek Into Darkness
– by ADAM DALE – It has been four years since J.J. Abrams “Star Trek” debuted and the eventual sequel to the hit has finally landed in theaters. “Star Trek Into Darkness” is using the same hit formula that worked for the franchise’s reboot, as well as adding a multitude of new [...]
Review: Iron Man 3
– by ADAM DALE – Just as Marvel’s “The Avengers” was the culmination of a long and very thought-out process in Marvel’s Phase One, “Iron Man 3” is the effort of a lot of hard work over the past six or seven years, starting with the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. [...]
Oblivion: Review
– by ADAM DALE – If I were to describe the plot to Joseph Kosinski’s “Oblivion” and leave off character names and specific details of the story and its twists, you could easily name four or five of the biggest sci-fi genre films of all time that it sounded like. This is the biggest[...]
Review: Trance
– by ADAM DALE – A mixture of “A Beautiful Mind,” “Inception” and “What Dreams May Come” is what Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Trainspotting,” “127 Hours”) seems to be going for in his new dramatic crime thriller “Trance.” This ne[...]
Review: Olympus Has Fallen
– by ADAM DALE – While there have been many situations and tragedies that have shocked and impacted the American people over the years, if the events in “Olympus Has Fallen” were to actually occur, it would be an unbelievable tragedy that would have repercussions in the American psyc[...]
Review: Oz the Great and Powerful
– by ADAM DALE – L. Frank Baum created the wonderful world of Oz in 1900 and with 14 novels in the series, Oz has vast and interesting characters to draw upon and elaborate lands to explore. In 1939, “The Wizard of Oz” sky-rocketed Judy Garland to stardom. It remains the most signifi[...]
Review: Jack the Giant Slayer
– by ADAM DALE – After multiple delays, director Bryan Singer’s fairy tale epic “Jack the Giant Slayer” is finally in theaters. Inspired by tales of Nordic and Celtic origins, Jack and his adventures defeating giants has been in print since the early 18th century and has many adapt[...]
Snitch: Review
– by ADAM DALE – Although it has been fairly common to see athletes appear in films over the years, never before has one transitioned so well onto the silver screen as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. In a movie career that has now lasted more than a decade, Johnson took a professional wre[...]
Beautiful Creatures: Review
– by ADAM DALE – There has been much talk about what film or franchise will replace the niche left empty by the ending of the super successful “Twilight” franchise now that the fifth and final film has been released, and while “The Hunger Games” is looking to cash-in on the newly[...]
Identity Thief: Review
– by ADAM DALE – When you take two comedians such as Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman — each with a fine-tuned style that works for them and audiences don’t mind seeing again and again – and put them in a movie together, it would be pretty funny, would it not? Well, unfortuna[...]
Review: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
– by ADAM DALE – In recent years, there has been a growing trend in Hollywood to take classic fairy tales or children’s stories/movies and re-imagine them with a more adult-targeted story in mind. In the past few years, we have seen the fairest of them all get an edgier tone with “Sn[...]
Review: Jack Reacher
– by ADAM DALE – While Tom Cruise has been a staple in the action genre for years, the aging star recently seemed to be slowing down his involvement in high intensity physical roles. However, if last year’s hit “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” proved anything, it’s that the 5[...]
Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
– by ADAM DALE – Almost 10 years after the final film in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy opened in theaters, we are being taken back to Middle Earth in a George Lucas/“Star Wars” way of storytelling by the man who started it all, Peter Jackson. Overcoming many hurdles along the w[...]