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Review: Contract to Kill

December 9, 2016

The first Steven Seagal movie to hit theaters since Half Past Dead in 2002, Contract to Kill finds Seagal playing John Harmon, a CIA/DEA enforcer who must stop the Mexican cartels from entering into an alliance with Islamic extremists in Istanbul.

Gamebox 2.0: Infinite Shooters Edition

November 22, 2016

The gigantic holiday shooters are here and we checked out at least the campaign in Infinite Warfare, Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 along with a few other, non-shooter, games.

Review: Doctor Strange

November 7, 2016

The MCU gets magical as the Sorcerer Supreme arrives in an origin film that shows how arrogant surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) learns the mystical arts to defend Earth from threats from other dimensions.

Review: Ouija: Origin of Evil

October 24, 2016

2014’s Ouija was liked by basically no one but it made enough money to warrant a prequel that is basically a complete 180 and gives us a pretty fantastic 60’s based horror movie from Oculus director Mike Flanagan.

Review: The Magnificent Seven

September 27, 2016

After one disasterous remake, MGM has tried again with a remake of one of the greatest westerns ever made, The Magnificent Seven, with Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt taking up six shooters to defend a small western town from an evil industrialist (Peter Sarsgaard).

Review: Hard Target 2

September 7, 2016

Can the Scott Adkins starring Hard Target 2 possibly live up the glorious insanity of John Woo’s original classic? We watched it and have the answer.

Gamebox 2.0: Apocalyptic Train Edition

August 30, 2016

For this addition of Gamebox 2.0, we got the chance to play the excellent final version of The Final Station, a mobile game that turns the mechanic of Tinder into a wacky medieval adventure, the demo for Tecmo’s take on the Dark Souls style action game and more.

Review: Mechanic: Resurrection

August 29, 2016

One of the few non-superhero/sci-fi action movies this year and the only one starring Jason Statham, Mechanic: Resurrection is a solid, violent, fun way to close out a particularly awful summer for movies.

Review: Ben-Hur (2016)

August 23, 2016

A remake of the revered 1959 epic classic, Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov attempts to update the story of Judah Ben-Hur and his quest for vengeance against his adopted brother, Messala.

Review: New Amazon Comedies

August 22, 2016

Amazon debuted three new comedy pilots over the weekend and we had the chance to check out all three. Although it’s pretty obvious, which one should you put your support behind to try and turn into a full series?