Screenwriter: Michael C. Martin
Director: Antoine Fuqua (The Replacement Killers)
Actors: Richard Gere (The Hoax), Don Cheadle (Iron Man 2), Ethan Hawke (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead), Vincent D'Onofrio (The Cell), Wesley Snipes (Demolition Man), Will Patton (The Rapture), Lili Taylor (Household Saints), Ellen Barkin (Drop Dead Gorgeous) and Brian F. O'Byrne (Bug)





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Labels: Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin, Ethan Hawke, film, Lili Taylor, movie trailer, Richard Gere, Vincent D'Onofrio, Wesley Snipes, Will Patton

Screenwriter: Michael C. Martin
Director: Antoine Fuqua (Tears of the Sun)
Actors: Richard Gere (The Hoax), Wesley Snipes (Blade), Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda), Ethan Hawke (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead), Ellen Barkin (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension), Vincent D'Onofrio (The Cell), Will Patton (Aliens), Lili Taylor (Household Saints) and Jesse Williams

Labels: Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin, Ethan Hawke, film, Jesse Williams, Lili Taylor, movie trailer, Richard Gere, Vincent D'Onofrio, Wesley Snipes, Will Patton

Michael Bay is the Spielberg of crap. and this loud, brainless Mountain Dew commercial with a narrative is his masterwork.

The plot of this wasteful, culture-killer is simple, a big rock is going to crush Earth so in response, America sends up Bruce Willis to blow it up with nuclear bombs because...well, just because it sounds awesome, that's why.

It isn’t that the film is stupid, of course its stupid - it a film starring Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck directed by Michael Bay and written by JJ Abrams, it has stupid in its DNA. The fact that this is dumb doesn't mean much. The number of truly brain dead movies is legion. This movie is a momentous achievement because of the its ability to sustain its stupidity for the duration of its run time and does so at an extreme level. From the moment the lights dim to the second the credits thankfully begin to roll, the audience is assaulted with an unyielding dumb, a thought-smothering blanket of idiocy so thick that it can cover any struggle for logic. Michael Bay has managed to develop a redefinition of the moronic. From the plot to the dialog, every aspect of the script manages to avoid any not being completely dunderheaded.

Here is the kicker, despite the idiocy of every frame, this is a fun movie. It asks nothing from the audience but gives a lot of flashy lights and numerous moments of peril in return. The reason the film works is thanks to the two-dimensional character writing skills of JJ Abrams. He pens a gaggle of impressively thin characters and then Bay cast these shells with solid character actors to bring them to half-life. There's the cranky blue-collar dad (Willis), the virginal princess daugter (Liv Tyler), her handsome young buck (Ben Affleck), the down-to-earth sidekick (Will Patton), the frenzied genius (Steve Buschemi) and let's not forget, the black friend (Michael Clarke Duncan), tossed in for good measure. Across the board, the cast is given an easy job, play to the low expectations and recite some snappy lines that really make no sense, even in context. Its a heck of a living these people make.

I could keep going on make unspecfic attacks on the film but I think I've made my opinion clear. Allow me to sum this up and we'll all move our separate ways. To sum this up, it has Ben Affleck in it and it suits his skills.



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Labels: Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler, Michael Bay, Owen Wilson, Steve Busemi, Will Patton

I'm all for a moving story exploring the results of an overreaching government, chances are this will have that...along with a buttload of self important leftist stereotypes and gripes.

This could be very good if it is restrained.





Screenwriters: Bill Haney
Director: Tim Disney
Actors: Alfie Woodard (Because of Winn-Dixie), Will Patton (The Rapture), Nicole Beharie (The Express), Tim Blake Nelson (O' Brother Where Art Thou?) and Michael O'Keefe (Caddyshack)

Labels: Alfre Woodard, film, movie trailer, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton

Michael Tolkin (The Player) takes New Age sensibilities and mixes it with Christian apocalyptic concepts and comes up with a confused, illogical tale about a former sexual deviant who converts and then has her faith challenged by the end of the world. Tolkin's version of Christianity is a mash of random spiritual gunk that will flummox most people who have actually read the Bible. While the film offers some concepts a Christian would embrace, these good points drown in a sea of theological nonsense.

As a film this is oddly paced and trips over itself. By the time the final act comes along the film has stumbled so many times it has lost any momentum. In addition, Mimi Rogers is an uncharismatic lead and gives a wooden performance. Her silted line readings flattens her scenes and makes this movie seem a lot longer than it actually is.

Don't let the title fool you, this is not a Christian film. For all of you who could care less if it is a Christian film I also advise that you should avoid this because it just a poorly made film.


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Labels: apocalypse, David Duchovny, film, Mimi Rogers, movie review, Will Patton

This is the quintessential big, fat McMovie. Huge and stupid, this movie asks nothing of its audience and gives nothing in return. Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis star in this goofy flick about a group of oil drillers are sent into space with nuclear warheads to blow up a killer asteroid. The upside to this film is how it openly revels in its stupidity. The frank dumbness at the heart of this piece begs you to wallow in this thoughtlessness carnival of crap without shame. You know this is stupid, the people who made the movie know it’s stupid – everyone agrees. If you like big flashing lights, big explosions and lots of bad dialog screamed at full throat, this is the movie for you. If you’re into plot, character, dialog, or patient exposition, you’ll be better off finding something else.

Labels: Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler, Michael Bay, Owen Wilson, Steve Busemi, Will Patton