Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Not one of the better films to watch on veterans day. Marine recruits (including Matthew Modine and Vincent D’Onofrio) endure the grueling ordeal of basic training and later face the unrelenting Viet...
View ArticleHappy Accidents (2001)
I hope my spouse is from the future. Everything will be great. Ruby Weaver (Marisa Tomei) is tired of being the “enabler” in relationships and has decided to give up the role of doormat. She’s also on...
View ArticleMystic Pizza (1988)
Made me crave some pizza. Reality rudely intrudes on the plans of three blue-collar, New England teens who share their dreams while slinging hash at the local pizzeria. Daisy (Julia Roberts) entertains...
View ArticleThe Salton Sea (2002)
Why couldn’t Val Kilmer hang as Batman? He kicks so much ass. Punk-rocking speed freak Danny Parker (Val Kilmer) freelances as an informant for a pair of brutal narcotics cops (Anthony LaPaglia and...
View ArticleThe Cell (2000)
‘Inception‘, if only Christopher Nolan was inspired by Bollywood films. When a serial killer (Vincent D’Onorfio) falls into a coma before his victim can be found, a child therapist (Jennifer Lopez)...
View ArticleMen in Black (1997)
These guys were facing off against aliens, before that was even cool. Working for a highly-funded yet unofficial government agency, K (Tommy Lee Jones) and J (Will Smith) are the Men In Black,...
View ArticleHalloween Horror Movie Month: Sinister (2012)
If you hear a bump in the night, don’t worry, it’s just the ghosts of the murdered family who once lived in your house. The premise puts Ethan Hawke in the shoes of a true-crime novelist struggling to...
View ArticleFull Metal Jacket (1987)
Everybody’s a little crazy. Even the guys that protect our country with guns. A young Marine named Davis, aka Joker (Matthew Modine), sees the Vietnam through his eyes and his eyes only. We follow him...
View ArticleR.I.P.D. (2013)
Who ya gonna call? Van Wilder and The Dude? Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds) wakes up one day as if it was the most normal, average day he’s ever lived. His girlfriend (Stephanie Szostak) wakes him up with...
View ArticleEscape Plan (2013)
Imagine joining a prison gang with these two. Yeah, you better not screw up. EVER. In order to deem whether or not prisons are “inescapable”, Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) takes the hard job of...
View ArticleCharlie Countryman (2013)
Next time, check if the chick you fall in love with has any connections to the mob whatsoever. After his mother (Melissa Leo) dies, aimless young-adult Charlie Countryman (Shia LaBeouf) gets a message...
View ArticleThe Judge (2014)
Usually it’s the dad bailing the son out of jail, not the other way around. But hey, I’m not from the South, so whatever! Henry “Hank” Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.) is a hotshot lawyer who always defends...
View ArticleRun All Night (2015)
No kidnappings. Just running. For a whole night, too. In case you couldn’t tell. Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson) is an aging hitman that doesn’t really have much to live for. He’s a drunk, lazy and an...
View ArticleJurassic World (2015)
Next summer, just go to Six Flags. A little over 20 years since the disastrous incident that occurred at Jurassic Park, Jurassic World is now up, running and pretty damn successful. It’s considered one...
View ArticleMalcolm X (1992)
Sometimes, one biopic will do. At an early age, Malcolm X (Denzel Washington) faced racism almost everywhere he went. His family was terrorized by local KKK members, his family was broken up, and he...
View ArticleThe Magnificent Seven (2016)
It takes one to ruin a village. And about six more so blow it the hell up. Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard) has been taking over small towns, wiping...
View ArticleThumbsucker (2005)
Sucking thumbs are bad, but what about binkies? Justin (Lou Taylor Pucci) is going through the usual growing pains that many teens his age have gone through before him and will continue to do so after...
View ArticleCHIPS (2017)
Cause idiot cops can still be funny in 2017, right? Jon Baker (Dax Shepard) and Frank “Ponch” Poncherello (Michael Peña) have just joined the California Highway Patrol in Los Angeles, but for very...
View ArticleDeath Wish (2018)
More guns. In America. Great. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon living with his wife and daughter in the fine suburbs just outside of Chicago. However, just when he thinks it’s safe enough to...
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