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Jack (George Clooney) is like anyone else in the rat race; he’s looking for a way out. To his dismay assassins don’t get a 401k, instead they are plagued by a flurry of vendettas.  After Swedish rivals take a shot at Jack, he is assigned to lay low in a small Italian village under the [...]

In Takers, Gordon (Idris Elba) leads a crew of armed robbers consisting of John (Paul Walker), Jake (Michael Ealy), Jesse (Chris Brown), and A.J (Hayden Christensen). Apparently their routine is holdup a bank once a year and split the $2 million between the five of them. But you can’t live the high life for long [...]

Piranha 3D is a movie that asks of the viewer to check intelligence at the door. Much like the mandated shower before entering the public pool, Piranha 3D viewers will likely to skip the sanitation precaution and dive in asking questions. “Why is the boat sinking while stuck on rocks? Is there a good reason [...]

The Expendables is the first/last action movie where the selling point is the aura of the ensemble cast, and this one has testosterone so thick you can cut it with a machete. Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone, multitasking as director and co-writer) is leader of the eponymous mercenary team. His number one guy is Lee Christmas [...]

If you’ve kept up with my reviews (lets pretend you have), you are going to find that the genre I touch most seldom is the romantic comedy. They are by nature a contagious quagmire of failed puns, roads repaved with familiar plots, and their stars have signed with the devil. Enter Julia Roberts, queen of [...]

When New York City’s most destructive honored cops Danson and Highsmith (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Samuel L Jackson respectively) are out of action, the city must turn to the other guys (hence the film’s title). Meet officers Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg). Gamble is a buy the book career desk [...]

If you are reading this there is a strong likelihood that there was a time (if not still) when you believed you would be a famous movie star/director. By now you’ve either changed your mind, given up (a better phrasing of the first option), or are still working on it. There is a reason why [...]

In Dinner for Schmucks Paul Rudd is Tim, a man ready to seize an opportunity. The firm he works at as an analyst has a newly vacant office on the highly regarded 7th floor. Tim proposes a scheme to land a lucrative client and the boss approves, but before he can gain access to his [...]

Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is the bass player for the aspiring rock band Sex Bob-omb. He’s not a lady killer but one day Scott meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Instead of a typical dating ritual, Scott is plagued with challenges by Ramona’s seven evil exes. Despite his lackluster physique, [...]