Review~ Seen Before Twists, Acceptable Action, Great Sci-Fi Concepts, Tom Cruise Does His Thing; Oblivion

Oblivion review at MarcWinger.com

Oblivion review at MarcWinger.com

Oblivion, with Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough & Olga Kurylenko.  Director, Joseph Kosinski.  Perhaps Cruise had to prove that he still had his mojo, after his ex-wife made a spectacle last year of fleeing their marriage.  He is definitely a  Continue reading

Review~ Combat Team In The Ultimate Betrayal, Dwayne Johnson & Byung-hun Lee; G.I. Joe: Retaliation

G.I. Joe: Retaliation review, MarcWinger.com

G.I. Joe: Retaliation review, MarcWinger.com

G.I. Joe: Retaliation, with Dwayne Johnson, Jonathan Pryce, Byung-hun Lee, Bruce Willis & Channing Tatum.  Jon M. Chu, Director.  Not seeing any of these, if there was a previous motion picture, or being a fan of the comics or anything to do with this franchise; my two draws to this film were Johnson & the fact that  Continue reading

Review~ Awful Sci-Fi Film, Pointless & Laughable In Every Way, Roark Critchlow; Scavengers

Scavengers review at MarcWinger.com

Scavengers review at MarcWinger.com

Scavengers (no website for this film & the only trailer I could find was in German), with Roark Critchlow, John Lee Ames & Jeremy London.  Director, Travis Zariwny.  Debating whether to actually put pen to paper with this travesty, I decided that it was my duty to warn the public.  There are few movies that I attend that are worse than a cheap television Saturday evening special.  This was  Continue reading

Review~ Literally A Dizzying Love Story, Dunst & Jim Sturgess; Upside Down

1220122309mw  Upside Down, with Kirsten Dunst & Jim Sturgess.  Director, Juan Diego Solanas.  Catching a great sci-fi movie, always makes my week.  This strange & vertiginous movie ultimately turned out to be a sweet & simple love story, with lots of smiling & goo goo eyes.  Not completely offensive as many public-displays-of-affection films are wont to be. Continue reading

Review~ Huge Amounts Of Nothing, Steve Carell Looks Great, Acts Badly; Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

1219121102mw Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, with Steve Carell & Keira Knightley.  Director, Lorene Scafaria.  One of the best dead-pan actors, is usually one of my favorites, but this pointless atrocity fell flat on its face.  I would have thought that there would have been at least a couple of laughs in this film, but no.  It was not to be.

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Review~ Complicated Sci-Fi Epic That I Found Mesmerizing With Tom Hanks; Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas review at Cinema Marc Winger Cloud Atlas, with Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Doona Bae & Jim Sturgess.  Directors, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski.  Last year, I was calling for more new scripts from the universe of science fiction material.  Not a prophet of these things obviously, because there are all sorts of fantastic new concepts coming out, in the film world.  This was an interesting entry, to say the least. Continue reading