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‘Clash Of The Titans’ Movie Delivered Lots Of Action & Cool Special Effects

Posted by on April 3rd, 2010 Movie News & More, Movie Reviews, News No Comments »

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‘Clash Of The Titans’ movie delivered lots of action & cool special effects. Warner Bros. Pictures released it’s new “Clash Of The Titans” remake movie in theaters this weekend. I just saw the flick, and it was pretty damn good. It had a ton of neat special effects,and enough action, fighting scenes for anyone to handle. It stars: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Danny Huston, Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen, Jason Flemyng, Alexa Davalos, Izabella Miko, Nicholas Hoult, and Pete Postlethwaite.

“Clash Of The Titans” revolved around character Perseus (Sam Worthington) who is the son Zeus (Liam Neeson). Read more »

Top Critics Gave Tyler Perry’s ‘Why Did I Get Married Too’ Poor Reviews

Posted by on April 2nd, 2010 Movie News & More, News 1 Comment »

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Top critics gave Tyler Perry’s ‘Why Did I Get Married Too’ poor reviews. Lionsgate released their new Tyler Perry Flick “Why Did I Get Married Too” in theaters today,and it got some pretty poor reviews from top movie critics. Most of the movie critics were shut out from reviewing this movie. However, a couple of them submitted their reviews to Rotten Tomatoes,and they didn’t sound too pleased with it. The movie stars: Tyler Perry, Sharon Leal, Janet Jackson, Malik Yoba, Jill Scott, Lamman Rucker, Richard T. Jones, Tasha Smith, Michael J. White, Cicely Tyson, and Louis Gossett Jr.

Rob Humanick at Slant Magazine said, “For the prolific Tyler Perry, Why Did I Get Married Too? is nothing if not more of the same.” Wilson Morales at Blackfilm.com stated, ‘Married Too?’ isn’t the perfect film about the challenges of being married, but Perry brings enough issues to the table to enlighten and entertain the audience.” Read more »

Top Critics Gave ‘Clash Of The Titans’ Movie Ok Reviews

Posted by on April 2nd, 2010 Movie News & More, News No Comments »

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Top critics gave ‘Clash Of The Titans’ movie “Ok” reviews. Warner Bros. Pictures released its new action/fantasy flick “Clash Of The Titans” into theaters today,and the top movie critics pretty much just thought it was ok,while some thought it was less than ok. For the most part, it fell in the range of just ok, when averaged out. The movie stars: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Danny Huston, Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen, Jason Flemyng, Alexa Davalos, Izabella Miko, Nicholas Hoult, and Pete Postlethwaite.

Roger Ebert from the Chicago Sun-Times gave it a B. He stated, “The outcome is told in Clash of the Titans with impressive technical mastery and somewhat lesser dramatic command.” Matt Pais over at the Chicago Tribune gave it a poor C- rating. He said, it was “Big and loud and stupid.” Read more »

‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ Movie Delivered Lots Of Laughs & A Crazy Storyline

Posted by on March 27th, 2010 Movie News & More, Movie Reviews, News No Comments »

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‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ movie delivered lots of laughs & a crazy storyline. MGM released their new,crazy comedy flick this weekend entitled, “Hot Tub Time Machine,” and I must say that it was quite funny. Heck, the title alone makes me laugh my ass off. The storyline was so crazy and unbelievable that I had no choice but to laugh. It stars: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, Chevy Chase, Sebastian Stan, Lyndsy Fonseca, Collette Wolfe, Charlie McDermott, and Kellee Stewart.

“Hot Tub Time Machine” revolved around four guys who’s lives were mediocre at best. They eventually decide to take a trip back to their old high school hangout,but things are still boring until they decide to take a dip in the hot tub,and get drunk. When they wake up and walk around for a little while, they realize it’s not 2010 anymore. It’s 1986 and the hot tub they were in, was no ordinary hot tub. It was a “Hot Tub Time Machine.” Read more »

Top Critics Gave ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ Movie Pretty Good Reviews

Posted by on March 26th, 2010 Movie News & More, News No Comments »

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Top critics gave ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ movie pretty good reviews. MGM Studios released their new comedy movie, “Hot Tub Time Machine” today, and most of the top movie critics liked it. They gave it mostly Bs across the board. However, there were a few who didn’t think it was all that great,and gave it a couple of Cs. The movie stars: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, Chevy Chase, Sebastian Stan, Lyndsy Fonseca, Collette Wolfe, Charlie McDermott, and Kellee Stewart.

Ty Burr from the Boston Globe gave it a B-. He said, “it’s not clear whether Cusack really wants to be here.” Roger Ebert over at the Chicago Sun-Times gave it a B rating. He stated, “I wasn’t disappointed. This is a step or two below The Hangover, but occupying similar turf.” Read more »

Top Critics Gave ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Movie Real Good Reviews

Posted by on March 26th, 2010 Movie News & More, News No Comments »

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Top Critics gave ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ movie real good reviews. Dreamworks Animation released their new animated fantasy/adventure flick, “How To Train Your Dragon” in theaters today,and the top movie critics seemed to have enjoyed it quite a bit,giving it mostly As and Bs across the board. Only one of the critics gave it a C+. The movie stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrara, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson, Kristen Wiig, and T.J. Miller.

Tom Russo from the Boston Globe gave it a B. He said , it “…does frenetic action well, even if some bits undermine their sweet pacifist message.” Roger Ebert from the Chicago Sun-Times gave it a B rating . He stated, “it’s bright, good-looking and has high energy. Kids above the easily scared age will probably like the movie the younger they are.” Read more »

‘Repo Men’ Movie Delivered Intense Action & Graphic Cutting Scenes

Posted by on March 20th, 2010 Movie News & More, Movie Reviews, News No Comments »

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‘Repo Men’ movie delivered intense action & graphic cutting scenes. Universal Pictures unloaded their very graphic action/thriller flick, “Repo Men” on us this weekend. It showed some pretty gruesome cutting action right from the very start as Jude Law’s character set out to retrieve artificial organs from customers who couldn’t pay their bill on time. The movie stars: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, RZA, Alice Braga, and Carice van Houten.

“Repo Men” revolved around character Remy (Jude Law) who is a skilled repo man for a company called “The Union.” The Union makes very expensive artificial organs for people,but if they can’t pay their bill on time,it gets repossessed by skilled repo men who don’t care if they live or die. Read more »

‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’ Movie Delivered Good, Funny Entertainment

Posted by on March 20th, 2010 Movie News & More, Movie Reviews, News 1 Comment »

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‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’ movie delivered good, funny entertainment. 20th Century Fox released its new comedy movie, “Diary Of Wimpy Kid” this weekend,and I must say that it was quite funny and entertaining. I already thought it was going to be funny,but it delivered a little more in my opinion. It stars: Zachary Gordon, Chloe Moretz, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, and Grayson Russell.

“Diary Of A Wimpy Kid” revolved around character Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) who just started his middle school experience. When he arrives at school, he finds that he might not quite fit in the way he hoped. He hooks up with his friend Rowley Jefferson (Robert Capron) who doesn’t really know the ropes of fitting into middle school,and ends up embarrassing Greg a lot. Read more »

‘Repo Men” Movie Got Mediocre Reviews From Top Movie Critics

Posted by on March 19th, 2010 Movie News & More, News No Comments »

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‘Repo Men” movie got mediocre reviews from top movie critics. Universal Pictures released its new action/thriller movie, “Repo Men” in theaters today,and the top movie critics in the business, pretty much thought it was just mediocre,stating it had a moment or two. The movie stars: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, RZA, Alice Braga,and Carice van Houten

Wesley Morris at the Boston Globe gave it a C. He said, “it has a moment or two.” Roger Ebert over at the Chicago Sun-Times gave it a C. He stated, “What are people supposed to think? Is this an action scene, or satire? Does it make any difference? I dunno.”

Robert Abele at the Chicago Tribune gave it a C-. He said, “there’s a key organ missing from the movie itself: a brain.” Owen Gleiberman from “Entertainment Weekly” gave it a C-. He stated, that it “turns into a grisly one-note chase thriller.” Read more »

‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’ Movie Gets Pretty Good Reviews From Top Critics

Posted by on March 19th, 2010 Movie News & More, News No Comments »

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‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’ movie gets pretty good reviews from top critics. 20th Century Fox hit the mark pretty good with the release of its new family/comedy flick entitled, “Diary Of A Wimpy Kid” in theaters,today. Most of the top movie critics seemed to like it,giving it As and Bs,mostly Bs. However there were some that really didn’t take to it,and gave it a D and a C. The movie stars: Zachary Gordon, Chloe Moretz, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, and Grayson Russell.

Ty Burr from the Boston Globe gave it a D+. He said, “I get it, I get it — redemption and life lessons await. But they’re awfully slow in coming and half-hearted when they appear, and by then we’ve lost patience.”

Roger Ebert over at the Chicago Sun-Times gave it a very strong A-. He stated, it was “nimble, bright and funny. It doesn’t dumb down. It doesn’t patronize. It knows something about human nature.” Read more »