Release date: August 4, 2000  Grumpy old men… In space. Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, Marcia Gay Harden and William Devane. Can you smell the Bengay, Goldbold and hard candy? No, it’s not The Oscars post party. It’s Space Cowboys staring a Canadian (metric) poop-ton of Oscar caliber talent…

Release date: May 24, 2013  All roads lead to this… a mini-van full of testosterone that preaches about family. What can we say about a film series that started some 12 years ago? They’ve changed direction more times than Paul Walker’s 23-speed Skyline. The Fast & Furious franchise took off much like their cars and…

Release date: December 21, 2012  The law has limits. He does not. He’s only limited by acting talent. “Jack Reacher, a soldier-turned-homicide investigator, works to unravel the truth behind murder allegations brought against a military sniper.” – Synopsis from Cineplex.ca This synopsis couldn’t be more 90’s. And it couldn’t be any worse for the film. Jack…

Release date, October 12, 2012  One teacher still believes in fighting for his students, in his bathing suit. How did I ever let this one slip between my fingers!? The King of Queens and former teammate of Mrs Foley’s little hardcore wrestling legend Mick Foley, Kevin James is kicking ass in Here Comes The Boom!…

Release date: April 27, 2007  Ten people will fight. Nine people will die. You get to watch. Watch it in boxers. The Condemned. Currently streaming on Netflix! One of the later films in WWE’s first foray in the movie makin’ business.  It is also the first film with late 90’s blue collar, working man’s idol “Stone…

Release date: April 29, 2012  After five flicks, they ran out of tag-lines. I got a speeding ticket a few weeks ago. Thinking about it made me go back and watch a film that has a base built around fast cars and racing. Fast Five barely has either! I never said I was a good person…

Release date: October 28, 2011  They say “time is power.” I say JT only needs four minutes to save the world. In Time, written and directed by Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show) stars Cillian “Scarecrow” Murphy, Justin “didn’t need to bring sexy back, because he never left” Timberlake, Amanda “Not so dead friend of Veronica” Seyfried, Johnny…

Release date: August 24, 2012  Ride like hell. Pedestrians hate motorists. Motorists hate pedestrians. But everyone hates cyclists. Going into Premium Rush I couldn’t help but think about the add campaign for this flick really making it seem like The Transporter… on a bike. As good an action flick as that series is, I was…

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…

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…