Channing Tatum
Movie Review: Magic Mike
I’m sure everyone has heard, or has seen trailers for the film Magic Mike. I’m also confident that everyone has calculated an opinion based on what they’ve seen or heard. For those of you still in the dark (though I don’t know how that is possible), let me break it down for you – Magic Mike is basically Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey performing nearly naked on stage...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: G.I. Joe: Retaliation Brings the High Explosive Fun
With the release of The Avengers this Friday, the 2012 summer movie season officially begins. As an appropriate tie-in, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ features another summer movie about a team of larger-than-life heroes: G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Premise: The war between the elite fighting force G.I. Joe and the terrorist organization Cobra is reignited when Cobra agents within the U.S. go...[Read More]
Movie Review: 21 Jump Street
I grew up on a steady diet of 21 Jump Street, so when this remake was announced, I was pissed. Visions of Starsky & Hutch with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson went through my head. It seems like the juices at the old Hollywood creative well have been dried up for a few years now, since they’ve been shoving subpar remake after subpar remake down our throats lately. I honestly thought 21 Jump Street...[Read More]
DVD Review: The Eagle
The Eagle is a conundrum. As a film, it is solid, with a decent cast, a distinct and deliberate lack of CG trickery, and leans more towards character than brainless action. In fact, other than a slow pace, there’s very little to dislike about it. Where it falters is that there is too little to like…with little violence to appeal to the adults, and too much talking to appeal to a younger audience, ...[Read More]