The Losers
The Losers is a fun, funny, throwback action film that never lets up and features great work by the solid ensemble cast that is obviously having a blast and brings us in on all the fun. The Losers is a band of CIA operatives that get hung out to dry on a black op gone […]
Disney’s Oceans
Oceans, the latest documentary to be released under the Disneynature label, follows closely in the footsteps of last year’s Earth. Just as Earth did, Oceans opens on Earth Day, and Disney will donate a portion of every ticket sold in its first week to conservation groups. The point of both movies is to show, in […]
Lost: Season 6 – Episode 6.12 – Everybody Loves Hugo – Recap/Review
OK, it has been a couple days now, so I will spare you any elaborate recap and just get to my thoughts on the episode. I love the way the Sideways world is developing. This was a fantastic next step following the revelatory Desmond episode last week. Libby and Hurley are the perfect characters to […]
Roger Qbert Reviews “Death at a Funeral” starring Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence
Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence head up an all-star cast in Death at a Funeral. Rock and Lawrence play Aaron and Ryan, squabbling brothers whose father has just died. Aaron has spent the days since his father’s passing planning (and bankrolling) the elaborate funeral and he is frustrated with his brother, a celebrity author, popping […]
Formosa Betrayed
Inspired by actual events, “Formosa Betrayed” is an interesting look into events that not many Americans are familiar with. Written by Will Tiao and directed by Adam Kane, the story is an intriguing political thriller centered on murders that took place in Taiwan during the 1980s. FBI Agent Jake Kelly, played by James Van Der […]
Roger Qbert Reviews “Kick-Ass”
A movie with a title like Kick-Ass is to be judged by one criterion and one criterion alone: the degree to which “ass” was “kicked”. Acting, writing, effects, cinematography? All these are secondary, merely members of a mosaic, weapons in arsenal…an arsenal that’s only purpose is to, in fact, “kick” your “ass”. So let’s just […]
Death at a Funeral
This new version of Death at a Funeral changes little from its British forbearer while still delivering the big laughs and hitting all the big notes it just drags a bit at times and rarely finds a consistent stride. The premise is simple, a family comes together for the main character’s father’s funeral and many […]
Kick-Ass
“I’m surprised no one had tried it before,” says Aaron Johnson’s character Dave Lizewski towards the beginning of Kick-Ass. He is of course talking about superheroes, and despite their popularity, they’ve never been attempted by regular people. You might be surprised that no one has had this idea before, but the idea of a comic […]
Throwback Thursdays Volume 3 – “The Beatles Anthology 2”
Hello Everyone! It’s been a while, but I’m back with you’re weekly music nostalgia column. This week the album in review is The Beatles Anthology 2. Now, I know I said I don’t like greatest hits records or records that take previous recordings and release them- most of the time if it wasn’t good enough […]