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Roundhouse Review: The Dark Knight Rises

July 26, 2012

Arguably the most anticipated movie of the year, The Dark Knight Rises is the epic conclusion of Christopher Nolan’s brilliant Dark Knight Trilogy, which hit an impossibly high note with The Dark Knight four years ago. Did The Dark Knight Rises live up to the insanely high expectations?

Review: The Amazing Spider-Man

July 10, 2012

It’s been five years since Spider-Man 3 killed the Sam Raimi Spidey trilogy and Sony decided to reboot the franchise with a whole new cast and a return to Spidey’s origins with The Amazing Spider-Man. Was it worth restarting the franchise or should more time have passed before another attempt?

Review: Prometheus

June 13, 2012

Ridley Scott returns to sci-fi with Prometheus and also returns to the Alien universe to the tell a prequel about an alien species who might have created the human race and a science team setting out to discover a planet depicted in ancient carvings and writings.

Review: Men in Black 3

May 29, 2012

The MIB return after 10 years as Agent J time travels back to 1969 to prevent K from being killed by a vicious alien hitman and to stop an alien invasion in the present.

Review: Battleship

May 23, 2012

After the success, at least monetarily, of the Transformers series, Hasbro has dug into the their catalog of toys to find another hit. Battleship is definitely a miss (pun intended).

Review: Safe

May 2, 2012

The first Jason Statham movie of the year features some solid action but gets dragged down by a needlessly convoluted plot and a non-existent relationship between Statham and his young protectee.

Review: The Cabin in the Woods

April 25, 2012

Getting put on the shelf for a couple of year due to the MGM bankruptcy, The Cabin in the Woods finally got released last weekend. Was it worth the wait or should it have stayed on the shelf?

Review: Lockout

April 23, 2012

The latest from Luc Besson’s Europa action factory, Lockout finds Guy Pearce doing his best Kurt Russell impression on a mission to rescue the President’s daughter from an orbiting space prison.