By GroovyMovieGuy on June 3, 2009
Let’s face it, folks, the experimental’60s pushed the boundaries to make some terrible movies. Not this time, though. This is the real thing. A compelling story, solid acting and a car chase that set the bar for all that would follow.
Steve McQueen at his prime plays a San Francisco cop trying to track down the [...]
Posted in Action Adventure, Crime, Drama, Index | Tagged action, car chase scene, Crime, Drama, Steve McQueen |
By GroovyMovieGuy on March 14, 2009
Denzel Washington is in top form as the lead in this gritty thriller set in Mexico. Washington plays Creasy, a former federal agent protecting a child (Dakota Fanning) who is kidnapped under Creasy’s watch. The reluctant protector who grew close to his charge will now do anything to save her.
The film uses graphic violence and [...]
Posted in Action Adventure, Drama, Index, Thriller | Tagged action, Crime, Denzel Washington, Drama, kidnapping, Mexico, Thriller |
By GroovyMovieGuy on June 15, 2009
Team America: World Police, Unrated, f* yeah!
Southpark creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with co-writer, Pam Brady, skewer everyone from the left to the right and take on international terrorists too. This puppet-powered full-length action/comedy feature blasts Americans who toe the party line and terrorists who wouldn’t know a party if their turban turned [...]
Posted in Action Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Index | Tagged action, adventure, Animation, Comedy, Matt Stone, puppets, Trey Parker |
By movieMoll on June 15, 2009
Premise: Politically incorrect puppet super heroes destroy Paris and save the world.
Fans of South Park may be disappointed. Ditto for fans of Alec Baldwin and Matt Damon. The film seeks to offend everyone, as does South Park, but overall it’s not nearly as funny.
The first 30 minutes of “Team America: World Police” were slow. There [...]
Posted in Action Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Index | Tagged action, adventure, Animation, Comedy, Matt Stone, puppets, Trey Parker |
By GroovyMovieGuy on February 18, 2009
Blah, blah, blah. Hollywood making a statement about Hollywood. Who gives a rat’s ass. And they didn’t even go “full retard.” (Stop whining about that statement. Watch the movie and you’ll understand.) The best part of “Tropic Thunder” is Robert Downey Jr. who is the only actor who could pull off being a dude, playing [...]
Posted in Action Adventure, Comedy, Index | Tagged Academy Award, action, adventure, Comedy, film making, Oscar |
By GroovyMovieGuy on May 9, 2009
It’s the story of babe, the big blue ox and their cohort of costumed vigilantes. The babe being Silk Spectre II, her boyfriend Dr. Manhattan as the big blue ox, and other alter egos such as Ozymandias, Rorschach, The Comedian and Nite Owl II.
“Watchmen” takes the 1980s’ series of gritty graphic novels by the same [...]
Posted in Action Adventure, Drama, Index | Tagged comics, graphic novel, super heroes |
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