Underworld: Evolution
June 7, 2006
The first Underworld movie (2003) was a modest box office hit but enough, apparently, to spawn a sequel (2006) that continues the war that rages between vampires and werewolves. Director Len Wiseman pillaged visuals from both The Matrix and The Crow movies...
Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Unrated
June 6, 2006
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) is one of those critic-proof movies. It’s a big, loud action movie starring two of the biggest movie stars on the planet – Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Both, incidentally, were in need of a box office hit as Pitt was coming...
Con Air: Unrated Extended Edition
May 24, 2006
By all rights Con Air (1997) should have been an awful waste of time, just another tired Jerry Bruckheimer testosterone action film whose final resting fate should be wedged between beer and pick-up truck ads on television Instead; the film brilliantly...
Enemy of the State: Unrated Extended Edition
May 16, 2006
Back when Enemy of the State came out in 1998, some of the events depicted and some of the technology that was used seemed unthinkable. After all, one of the main plot points is the United States government trying to pass legislation that would allow...
Aeon Flux: Special Collector’s Edition
May 13, 2006
Aeon Flux (2005) is a live-action adaptation of the critically-lauded animated T.V. show by Peter Chung. This movie was something of a gamble as the show only managed to spawn a small, but dedicated cult following. Now, comes along a big budget movie...
Ronin: Collector’s Edition
May 12, 2006
Most big budget spy movies are often cartoonish action films with an emphasis on spectacle (explosions, gunfights and car chases) and very little intelligence or interesting characters. Aside from the smart, visceral Jason Bourne films, the only mainstream...
Mission: Impossible
May 5, 2006
A lot was riding on Mission: Impossible (1996) for Tom Cruise. Not only was it the first film he produced (in addition to starring), it was also his first attempt to kick start his own franchise of movies. And what better way to do this than resurrecting...
Earth: Final Conflict Season 1
April 16, 2006
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry died in 1991, then in 1996 his wife found papers detailing a pilot and series outline for a show that was ditched in favour of Star Trek: The Motion picture. In 1997 that series was developed and broadcast, that forgotten...
King Kong
April 6, 2006
King Kong (2005) is Peter Jackson’s epic, mega-budget, fanboy love letter to the film that inspired him to become a movie director in the first place. Clocking in at double the running time of the original, Jackson’s film is an ambitious juggernaut...
Planet of the Apes: The Legacy Collection
April 5, 2006
“Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!” And with those words, Planet of the Apes (1968) entered our popular culture and became one of the greatest science fiction films of all time. It is more than an exciting action film; Apes is also...
