Toban’s Movie Reviews- Red Tails
Red Tails (Score: 2.5/5) Summary: Red Tails tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first crew of African American US fighter pilots and their journey to the top. While facing segregation throughout their training and tour of duty in Italy, they are kept mostly on the ground during World War II. Then one day they are given the chance to make a name for themselves, on a mission where their only objective is to protect a large group of larger... [Read More...]
Toban’s Movie Reviews- Contraband
Contraband (Score: 7/10) Summary (via IMDB): Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best, running contraband, to settle Andy’s debt. Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian, to head to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit... [Read More...]
Toban’s Movie Reviews- Tower Heist
Tower Heist (Toban’s Score: 4/5) Josh Kovaks has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. In the swankiest unit atop Josh’s building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage. With only days before Arthur gets... [Read More...]
Toban’s Movie Reviews- The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (Toban’s Score: 3/5) The Three Musketeers tells the tale of a young boy named D’Artagnan who fights alongside three former musketeers, who have recently lost their drive to fight. The movie focuses on their exploits in England as they try to recover stolen jewels from a beautiful double agent named Milady and her employer before they seize the French throne and engulf Europe in a massive war. Positive Elements: This... [Read More...]
Toban’s Movie Reviews- The THING
The Thing (Toban’s Score: 4/5) The Thing is a prequel to a movie by John Carpenter (the creator of the Halloween movies) of the same name. It tells the tale of Paleontologist Kate Lloyd, who has traveled to Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime. Joining a Norwegian scientific team that has stumbled across an extraterrestrial ship buried in the ice, she discovers an organism that seems to have died in a crash 100,000 years ago. When a... [Read More...]
Toban’s Movie Reviews- Real Steel
Real Steel (Score: 3.5/5) Set somewhere in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling coach and ex-boxer, named Charlie, can’t catch a break. To make matters worse, he’s in a mountain of debt and has recently found out that his ex-girlfriend, and mother of his child, has died, leaving him as the sole custodian of the child. However, he doesn’t want any part of it and quickly signs custody over to his ex’s sister…for... [Read More...]
Toban’s Movie Review- 50/50
50/50 (Tim’s rating 4.5/5 though cautionary) 50/50 is inspired by the true story of Will Reiser. It is an interesting film, teetering on the fence between heartfelt glimpse of a cancer victim and a, later on in the film, romantc comedy. The film focuses on a 27-year-old man, named Adam, who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. The film, though marketed as an immature comedy actually shocked me... [Read More...]
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Toban’s Review)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Tim’s Score: 5/5 (aka OUTSTANDING) Rise of the Apes is an origin story in the truest sense of the term. Set in present day San Francisco, the film is a reality-based cautionary tale, a science fiction/science fact blend, where man’s own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. (via Metacritic) Positive Moments This movie contains... [Read More...]
Movie Review “Cowboys & Aliens” (via toban)
COWBOYS & ALIENS Tim’s Rating: 8/10 1873. Arizona Territory. A stranger (Daniel Craig), Jake Lonergan, with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don’t welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde... [Read More...]
Movie Review: “Captain America” (via Tim Hoban)
Captain America: The First Avenger 4.5/5 Stars Based on the Marvel Comics character from World War II. A brave, yet mild-mannered young soldier named Steve Rogers, volunteers to undergo a series of experiments for a US army Super Soldier program. The military succeeds in transforming him into a human weapon, but quickly decide that their Super Soldier is far too expensive a creation to risk in combat. So, they decide to put him to use as an army... [Read More...]
