Heavy PR and advertizing notwithstanding, Green Zone opened with a miserable $14.3 million box office over the last weekend. The film was shown in over 3,000 theaters which is usually reserved for potential hits only to fall on its proverbial face. When will Hollywood ever learn. It joins a dozen or so failed anti-Bush anti-war [...]

Theater release: September 25, 2009 by Touchstone Pictures; Directed by: Jonathan Mostow; Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes; Cast: Bruce Willis (John Greer), Rosamund Pike (Maggie Greer), Radha Mitchell (Jennifer Peters), Ving Rhames (Zaire Powell), Boris Kodjoe (Anthony Stone), James Cromwell (Dr. Lionel Canter), Devin Ratray (Bobby Saunders), Jack Noseworthy (Miles Strickland) The movie presents a [...]

**DVD Release: September 22, 2009 by Provident Films, Directed by: Ralph Portillo; Cast: Richard Roundtree (J.T.), John Schneider (John Gunn), Jennifer O’Neill (Michele Gunn), Heidi Gunn (Herself), Randy Gunn (Himself), Ronnie Alvarez (Rey), Ary Katz (Marcus), Marina Shtelen (Korina), Brandon Wilson (Anthony). Set Apart brings ministries to the movies! Review by Dana Chaffin:      In [...]

Theater release: August 14, 2009 by Sony Pictures; Directed by: Neill Blomkamp; Cast: Sharlto Copley (Wikus Van De Merwe), Vanessa Haywood (Tania Van De Merwe) This is definitely not a movie for children, the violence is far too graphic. The movie starts out like a TV documentary exploring a refugee village where nearly 2 million [...]

Theater release: June 24, 2009 by Dreamworks; Directed by: Michael Bay; Runtime: 2 hours 30 minutes; Cast: Shia LaBeouf (Sam Witwicky), Megan Fox (Mikaela Banes), John Turturro (Agent Simmons), Ramon Rodriquez (Leo), Josh Duhamel (Captain Lennox) The second installment of ‘Transformers’ from my perspective wasn’t near as good as the first. ‘Revenge’ really had no [...]

Theater release: March 06, 2009, Directed by: Zack Snyder, Runtime: 2 hours 42 minutes Cast: Jackie Earle Haley (Walter Kovacs/Rorschach), Patrick Wilson (Dan Dreiberg/Nite-Owl), Malin Akerman (Laurie Juspeczyk/Silk Spectre), Matthew Goode (Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias), Billy Crudup (Jon Osterman/Dr. Manhattan), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Edward Blake/The Comedian). WARNING: This is not a family-friendly film. The ‘R’ rating doesn’t [...]

Theater release: December 12, 2008 by Warner Brothers, Directed by: Clint Eastwood, Runtime: 01:56:00 minutes, Cast: Clint Eastwood (Walt Kowalski), Christopher Carley (Father Janovich), Bee Vang (Thao), Ahney Her (Sue), John Carroll Lynch (Barber Martin). The trailer for the film seems to sell the picture as a ‘Dirty Harry’ character living out his retirement years [...]

Warner Brothers Pictures, July 18, 2008, Directed by: Christopher Nolan, 152 minutes, Cast: Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/Batman), Heath Ledger (The Joker), Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent), Gary Oldman (Lt. James Gordon), Michael Caine (Alfred Pennyworth), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Rachel Dawes). This is not only the major blockbuster of the year, but is probably going to become the [...]

Universal Pictures, September 2007, Directed by Peter Berg, 110 minutes, Cast: Jamie Foxx (Ronald Fluery), Chris Cooper (Grant Sykes), Jennifer Garner (Janet Mayes), Jason Bateman (Adam Leavitt), Ashraf Barhom (Colonel Faris Al Ghazi), Ali Suliman (Sergeant Haytham), Jeremy Piven (Damon Schmidt), Richard Jenkins (James Grace), Danny Huston (Gideon Young). The movie starts with a lengthy [...]

Lionsgate, September 2007, Directed by James Mangold, 117 minutes. Cast: Christian Bale (Dan Evans), Russell Crowe (Ben Wade), Ben Foster (Charlie Prince), Logan Lerman (William Evans), Peter Fonda (Byron McElroy), Gretchen Mol (Alice Evans), Lennie Lofton (Hollander). The acting in this movie is excellent. It started out being about shootouts, cattle stampedes, and robberies; and [...]