Tenet (2020): Christopher Nolan’s Latest Attempt to Make My Brain Hurt
Ben Dover Christopher Nolan, that fella who thinks he’s so clever with his twisty timelines, is back at it again. This time, he’s brought us “Tenet,” a movie about… well, I’m not…
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Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) – More Explosions, Less Logic, Pure Christmas Mayhem.
In 1988, the world was introduced to a new action hero named John McClane (Bruce Willis), a New York cop who single-handedly took down a group of terrorists who hijacked…
AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) – When Two Wrongs Make a Catastrophically Wrong
Hold onto your hats, folks, because we're diving headfirst into the cinematic showdown of the century - or at least that's what they wanted you to think. It's AVP: Alien…
Lucky Number Slevin (2006) – 4.5 Convoluted Coincidences
Lucky Number Slevin! Now we’re talking about a film that’s as slick as a used car salesman and as clever as my Aunt Mildred after three cups of coffee. Released…
Only God Forgives (2013) – 2.5 Neon-Soaked Hallucinations
Only God Forgives is a 2013 action film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, featuring Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Vithaya Pansringarm. The film is set in Bangkok, Thailand, and…
The Collector (2009): 3 out of 5 Hardware Horrors
The Collector is a 2009 American horror film directed by Marcus Dunstan, co-written by Dunstan and Patrick Melton. It stars Josh Stewart as Arkin O’Brien, a handyman and ex-convict who,…
Jackie Chan’s First Strike (1996) – 3.5 Bruised Stuntmen
In First Strike, Chan plays a Hong Kong cop named Jackie who is enlisted by the CIA to track down a missing nuclear warhead. The plot unfolds as Jackie works…
Repulsion (1965) – 5 Cracked Mirrors
In Roman Polanski’s first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole (Catherine Deneuve) suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen (Yvonne Furneaux),…
One Ranger (2023) – 2 Dusty Spittoons
One Ranger is a 2023 American western action thriller film directed by Jesse V. Johnson and starring Thomas Jane as a Texas Ranger. The film follows a Texas Ranger who…
After the Dark (2013): A Bloated Philosophical Tangle Masquerading as Provocative Science Fiction
Synopsis: “After the Dark” is a science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by John Huddles. The film follows a philosophy class at an international school in Jakarta, Indonesia…