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  • “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” movie review from film critic Brett Martin

    “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” movie review from film critic Brett Martin

    September 24, 2010 at 1:18 pm

    Michael Douglas is back in his Oscar-winning role as one of the screen’s most notorious villains, Gordon Gekko. Emerging from a lengthy prison stint, Gekko finds himself on the outside of a world he once dominated. Looking to repair his damaged relationship with his daughter Winnie, Gekko forms an alliance with her fiance Jacob, played by Shia LaBeouf. But can Jacob and Winnie really trust the ex-financial titan, whose relentless efforts to redefine himself in a different era have unexpected [...]

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  • “You Again” movie review from film critic Brett Martin

    “You Again” movie review from film critic Brett Martin

    September 24, 2010 at 1:12 pm

    No matter how old you are, you never get over high school. Successful business woman Marni, played by Kristen Bell, heads home for her older brother’s wedding and discovers that he’s marrying her high school arch nemesis, played by Odette Yustman…who has conveniently forgotten all the rotten things she did so many years ago. Then the bride’s jet-setting aunt, Sigourney Weaver bursts in and Marni’s not-so-jet-setting mom, Jamie Lee Curtis comes face to face with her own high school rival. [...]

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  • “The Town” movie review

    “The Town” movie review

    September 16, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    Ben Affleck plays is the leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. In their latest job they briefly take a hostage-bank manager, Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall). Though a series of events…she unknowigly falls for Affleck’s character. The instant attraction between them gradually turns into a passionate romance that threatens to take them both down a dangerous, and potentially deadly, path. Afflecks directs this gem…is it good ? [...]

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  • ” Easy A” movie review

    ” Easy A” movie review

    September 16, 2010 at 1:38 pm

    After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl,Emma Stone, sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne’s in “The Scarlet Letter,” which she is currently studying in school – until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing. What does the Flick-o-mater rate this ? See my review or check me out on line. http://www.flickedup.com/ MPAA Rating pg-13 Directed by Will Gluck Starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, [...]

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  • “Resident Evil: Afterlife” movie review

    “Resident Evil: Afterlife” movie review

    September 9, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    The fourth installment of the hugely successful RESIDENT EVIL franchise, RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE is again based on the wildly popular video game series, and will this time be presented in 3-D. In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, ALICE (Milla Jovovich), continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. [...]

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  • “Legendary” movie review

    “Legendary” movie review

    September 9, 2010 at 1:18 am

    Cal Chetley, a bright, undersized fifteen year-old is an outsider in the blue collar town of Sallisaw, Oklahoma… Cal Chetley, a bright, undersized fifteen year-old is an outsider in the blue collar town . His older brother Mike, a one-time high school champion with whom Cal is estranged, left Cal and his mother Sharon behind years ago after the tragic car accident that killed their father. Sharon is grieving the loss of her husband while struggling with an estranged, older [...]

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  • “Machete” movie review

    “Machete” movie review

    September 3, 2010 at 3:42 pm

    After a violent shakedown from a notorious drug lord nearly kills him, Machete, a renegade Mexican Federale and tough-as-nails vigilante for justice, roams the streets of Texas, working as a day laborer. When Machete is hired by a crooked US Senator to execute a covert hit, Machete is double-crossed and forced to run from the cops and an endless stream of assassins. But what they don’t know is that Machete is looking for them so he can settle the score. [...]

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  • “Going the Distance” movie review

    “Going the Distance” movie review

    September 3, 2010 at 12:58 am

    Let’s take a look at the trials and tribulations of a long-distance relationship…if you dare ! I’m not going to pull any punches on this one folks…this is one bad movie. MPAA Rating R Directed by Nanette Burstein Starring Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate

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  • “The American” movie review

    “The American” movie review

    September 1, 2010 at 9:31 pm

    Academy Award winner George Clooney stars in the title role of this suspense thriller, filmed on location in Italy. Alone among assassins, Jack (played by Mr. Clooney) is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a [...]

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