Michael Bay was originally going to direct I Am Number Four, but he passed, and the job went to D.J. Caruso. Good thing, too, because in Bay’s hands this sci-fi action flick would probably have been a bombastic mess, whereas the director of Disturbia and Eagle Eye makes it into a thoroughly entertaining mix of [...]
0 comments Saturday 28 May 2011 | blogadmin | action/adventure, blu-ray, movie reviews, sci-fi / fantasy, suspense/thrillers
Something in an Iowa farming community’s water is turning the townsfolk into homicidal maniacs. So goes the scenario of director Breck Eisner’s effectively frightening redo of George Romero’s 1973 virus-run-amuck classic The Crazies.
0 comments Thursday 01 Jul 2010 | blogadmin | blu-ray, movie reviews, suspense/thrillers
A Perfect Getaway doesn’t quite live up to the second word of its double-meaning title, but it’s still a nifty little thriller from writer/director David Twohy (Pitch Black) that manages to surprise just enough to make watching it worthwhile.
The setup posits the possibility that one of three couples–newlyweds Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich, free-spirit types [...]
0 comments Thursday 31 Dec 2009 | blogadmin | horror, movie reviews, suspense/thrillers
