The bored looks on the actors faces are supposed to be funny, but the audience shares the same lack of enthusiasm.

A cameo by Matthew McConaughey minus one shirt would complete a full list of this genre’s modern contrivances.

Somewhere, between the awfully fake CG explosions, banal dialogue, and sluggish pacing, lies a version of Smokin’ Aces 2 that is not a total bore.

Everything about this movie is cinematic cheese to the extreme, from the corny, campy one-liners to the visual props used in the story. Just about everyone completely missed the point and took this seriously.

The entire concept could have been “Bruce Campbell makes a speech about his shotgun to people in medieval times,” and it would have been successful.

If you’ve figured out who the killers are in Perfect Getaway early, and it’s not that difficult since there are only six real characters in the movie, you’re left with figuring out how writer/director David Twohy is going to explain it logically. He doesn’t.
That leaves A Perfect Getaway as a resume for cinematographer Mark Plummer, [...]

Less than 15 minutes into 9, the adventure starts. These robotic puppets, their names are just the numbers 1 through 9, set off on a quest to take down a machine-creating super-computer not named SkyNet.
The issue is 9 moves too quickly. There is no investment with these characters. When one of them suggests turning around [...]

Wondering what holiday themed Blu-ray’s DoBlu has reviewed? Here’s a list of what we have to offer to get you completely into that festive spirit.

Gremlins
Yes, it counts. Gizmo, that adorable Mogwai, was a Christmas gift after all. Plus, it has a Gremlin attacking Frances Lee McCain by hiding inside the decorated tree, further proof this [...]

The first chapter of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds is a film by itself. It is staggeringly well written, creating flesh out characters and a full story from a single scene. It has the necessary three acts as German officer Hans Landa (Christopher Waltz) slowly interrogates potential Jewish sympathizer Pierre (Denis Menochet) in his home.
Much of [...]

It is easy to forgive Bruno for recycling the limited plot of Borat. Sacha Baron Cohen stars as a foreigner who ends up coming to the US with an assistant, whom he eventually breaks up with, before reuniting in the end. Surely most people who are interested in Bruno have seen Borat, so that is [...]