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09.25.09 by Widge @ 1:27 pm   Film: Written by: David Benioff & Skip Woods, based on the character created by Len Wein, John Romita Sr., and Herb Trimpe Features:
Released by: Fox My Advice: Wait for cable. James Howlett (Troye Sivan as a kid, Jackman as an adult) had family issues and one really, really bad day. On that really, really bad day, he lost his father, gained his father, lost his father, lost his mother, gained a half-brother...oh, and popped "bone claws" out of his hands. He then spent a lot of time fighting wars until he came across William Stryker (Huston), who offered him and his half-brother (Schreiber) a home and a mission. However, times change, people change, hair styles change, interest rates fluctuate and thus Howlett (now Logan) walks away from it all...unfortunately, it's not going to walk away from him. At least not very easily. Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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07.24.09 by ScottC @ 2:47 pm  Film: Written by: Antonio Serrano, based on the novel by Rosa Montero Features:
Released by: Fox Searchlight Pictures My Advice: Catch It On Cable. Lucía (Roth) has a standard middle class life. She's writes children's books, her husband works for the Mexican Treasury Department. Events become non-standard when before they board their vacation flight, her husband goes to the bathroom... and doesn't come back. Lucía is confused and angry, but she really begins to freak out when a huge ransom demand is made by a Maoist terrorist group for her husband. It seems that he has an large "inheritance" hidden away and the terrorist group wants it. Lucía is helped by her neighbors, the elderly Félix (Álvarez-Nóvoa) and the young Adrián (Becker). As Lucía gets more involved in finding what in going on, she finds nothing is as it seems. Is her husband a victim or a criminal? Are the police trying to help or are they involved? Are her friends keeping secrets from her? Finally, is she who she thinks she is? Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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07.16.09 by ScottC @ 9:42 pm  Film: Written by: Stephen Kelvin Watkinsand Mark Bradley based on characters by Gregory Widen Features:
Released by: Lions Gate My Advice: Don't Bother, Especially If You're A Highlander Fan Among the Immortals, there is a legend of the Source. It may be the origin of the Immortals, their ultimate prize, or just a myth. A group of Immortals led by Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod are going to find out. Duncan is reluctant and doubts the Source's existence, but his mortal wife Anna has been receiving visions and is determined to follow them. Of course, being a quest, there are obstacles. You got a bunch of Immortals at each others throats (with their swords), a tribe of modern day cannibals, and The Guardian of the Source. A being who moves like lightning and is immortal like them, he taunts and harasses them at every turn. Is Duncan the one to defeat the Guardian and find out what the Source truly is? Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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06.17.09 by ScottC @ 3:24 pm  Film: Written by: Bear Aderhold, Bill Engvall, and Tom Sullivan Features:
Released by: Lionsgate My Advice: Eh. Bill Dugan (Engvall) is just a regular guy, you know. He just wants to fish in the nearby bay and run his little bait shop with its quirky cast of characters. This all comes crashing down when Randy "Hot Rod" Johnson (Cyrus) lands in town. A famous bad boy of bass fishing, he opens a flashy new fishing superstore just when a balloon payment is about to come due on Bill's shop. Bill's only shot is the big bass fishing competition, but Bill is an old-school fisher. None of those fancy echo locator or GPS units for him. But with everything on the line, can Bill's old fashioned approach win out over Johnson's Xtreme style? Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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05.20.09 by ScottC @ 2:19 pm  Film: Written by: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Michael Kane, and William Roberts based on characters created by George W. Trendle Released by: Lions Gate My Advice: Avoid It John Reid (Spilsbury), a newly minted lawyer from back East, goes back West to help his brother, a Texas Ranger, bring some justice to this lawless land. John is no stranger to the savagery the West can give when as a boy his parents were murdered by the savage outlaw, Cavendish (Lloyd). Now he and his brother ride out with a posse to bring him to justice. But it turns out to be a trap and everyone except John is massacred. John is saved by Tonto (Horse), an Indian who helped him after his parents were killed. Now John takes on the guise of the masked man to stop Cavendish's fiendish plans and bring law and order to the Old West. This is The Legend of the Lone Ranger. Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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