Genres: Action    Sci-Fi    Thriller   

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, ...

"X-Men" is a rare treat-- a blockbuster that lives up to its hype and acomic book adaptation that hits the mark.Along with Tim Burton's "Batman", this stands head and shoulders above allother superhero movies. It's a genre that's usually synonymous withsilly,campy, cartoonish crap, but Bryan Singer delivers a long-awaited exceptionto the rule. "X-Men" is smart, stylish, and very cool... one of t...

Genres: Drama    Romance   

Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Maya Stange, Kathleen Robertson, Kel O'Neill, Ben Tolpin, ...

Austin Chick has done wonders with "XX/XY". It's almost as though he isworking in solving a mathematical equation. In the process, he makes usfollow the three principals, Coles, Maya and Thea throughout almost tenyears to see what become of the characters. Mr. Chick is a film makerin tune with young people, their language, their interplay, and theirsexual discoveries. In securing the services of M...

Genres: Action    Sci-Fi    Thriller   

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, ...

- MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD -Last night I went to watch the German premiere of what I hoped would bethe triumphant finale in the X-Men trilogy. I had purposefully ignoredall early reviews and news about the film, I didn't even know thatBryan Singer had left the project - believe me, after ten minutes ofthe movie, I knew he had.I won't bother to go into the story here, as in fact, there are al...

Genres: Action    Sci-Fi    Thriller   

Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, ...

A lot has been said about this movie, as is the case with many recentHollywood comics adaptations. While I truly respect everyone's opinion, Ireally don't see the point in some criticisms brought up against thismovie.(Definitely NO spoilers ahead.)First of all, we must realize that X-men comics have been around fordecades. They existed before many of you were born. Still, the producershadto assume...

Genres: Action    Crime    Adventure    Thriller   

Starring: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Strauss, ...

A film that should be retitled xXx2: Don't Say We Didn't Warn You.Opening with an impressive first 7-8 minutes, this film moves intocookie cutter territory at a frightening speed and continues to derailany opportunity for the audience to engage in the ridiculous plot orheavily computer generated action sequences.Ice Cube will never be thanking the academy (he at times look like hewould struggle to...

Genres: Action    Crime    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Stephen Dorff, Caterina Murino, Greg Bryk, Stephen McHattie, Lucinda Davis, ...

Excellent series indeed! The story seems to be very close to theoriginal graphic novel, except for the first part. They head to changethe opening sequence in the comic, or the way XIII (Jason, or ishe?)lost his memory. The writer of the comic novel (Jean Van Hamme -Belgian)admitted that he stole this scene from the book (written byLudlum)that was the original story line for the Jason Bourne-trilog...

Genres: Action    Fantasy    Sci-Fi    Thriller   

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will i Am, Lynn Collins, ...

Where to begin? How about with the erroneous synopsis: "X-Men Origins: Wolverine tells the story of Wolverine's epicallyviolent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed,and the ominous Weapon X program."His epically violent past turns out to exceptionally non-violent.His relationship with Creed is so glossed over it's difficult tounderstand how they have any connecti...

Genres: Fantasy    Action   

Starring: Charles Chen Zi-Qiang, Jeannie Tse, Tung-Chuen Cheng, San Pan, Zhong Yu Huang, ...

Live action take on the enormously popular Japanese cartoon series,Dragonball. Many of the original characters are present, including Gokou,Kame-sennin (Master Roshi), Yamu-cha, Bulma, and Oolong, although they aregiven different names. The story more or less follows the originalintroduction to the characters in the series (ie. meeting each other bychance while searching for the Dragon Balls/Pea...

Genres: Action    Adventure    Crime    Thriller   

Starring: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Roof, ...

For plot, xXx rates a 1.For acting, a 0.For action, a 10.This movie is unbelievably stupid, but somehow people (including me)like it. Just watch it, take it for what it is, and go with the flow.Vin Diesel plays an "extreme protester" recruited by "The Man" toaccomplish some vague mission. Don't get too concerned about themission, or anything else for that matter. Anything resembling a plotis prese...

Genres: Family   

Starring: Dave Chapman, Alistair Griffin, Zara Dawson, ...

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