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  • The Running Man

    Release date: November 13, 1987  A game nobody survives, but Schwarzenegger has yet to play. As a part of Cineplex’s Most Wanted Mondays film program where they show a retro film once a month on a Monday as voted on by you the people, and hosted by me here in lovely Montreal, (cheap plug) I got to…

  • Batman: Under The Red Hood

    Dare to look beneath the hood.  Release date: July 27, 2010 Holy crusted metal Batman! (Schumacher Batman Reference) This one’s a wild ride from the get-go! Batman: Under The Red Hood is a DC Universe Animated Original based on the storylines “A Death in The Family” and “Under The Hood.” This little animated flick stars…

  • The Expendables 2

    Release date: August 17, 2012  Back for war. Over the hill action stars and guns and booms and one-liners make Tony a happy man. You want a good time? You want explosions? You want enough botox to kill three elephants and Joan Rivers!? You got it with The Expendables 2! Most of the cast from the first…

  • The Dark Knight Rises

    I’d like to take a moment and acknowledge the horrible events surrounding the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado. My heart and sympathies go out to the victims, their families, and everyone affected by the acts of that sick individual. He took a place I, and many other people call a second…

  • The Odd Life of Timothy Green

    Release date: August 15, 2012  Usually when your cheese is green, it’s a bad thing. But not here! Disney! You dastardly rich bastards. Not only are you doing the right thing by letting Marvel spill awesome sauce all over cinemas; you’re also destroying the “Hallmark” film genre! This week I sat down for something I was…

  • The Amazing Spiderman

    Release date: July 3, 2012  Straight up: STOP comparing it to the comics, cartoons and even the Sam Raimi films. Yes this is a reboot of a franchise that is BARELY 10 years old. However, I feel that with the colosal failure of Spiderman 3, we can all agree a change of direction was deeply…

  • Moonrise Kingdom

    Release date: May 16, 2012 (Cannes Film Festival)  New comers mixed with the best! Holy rubber poop monsters Batman! Moonrise Kingdom goes at you like a baboon with a score to settle. This is the latest film by low-budget superstar director Wes Anderson. Interestingly enough; this is his first venture without the 2001 male model of…

  • Ted

    Release date: June 29, 2012  Finally Giovanni Ribisi doesn’t kill it for me! I was bestowed the honour of watching Seth MacFarlane‘s Ted. And boy, let me tell you this is a wild ride. This comedy is the true essence of a buddy/bromance flick. Let’s ignore the fact that it’s a 30 something Mark Walhberg playing…

  • Prometheus

    Release date: June 8, 2012  This film is bursting with awesome. Prometheus is the prequel to the 1979 science fiction horror, Alien. Set in the late 21st century, this flick follows the crew of the Prometheus; as they attempt to find living beings that had left humanity maps in the ancient world. What they find…

  • The Raven

    Release Date: April 27, 2012  Prepare yourselves to be whelmed. The Raven starring John Cusack is a thriller fictionalization of the final days of famed poet Edgar Allen Poe‘s life; as he aides Inspector Fields (Luke Evans) solve a series of murders based on Poe’s fictional work. Brace yourselves as this is a period piece…