Brandon Peters returns! Brandon Peters dissects the Dirty Harry franchise V: The Dead Pool (1988)

The Dead Pool 1988 Director:  Buddy Van Horn Starring:  Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Jim Carrey, Evan C. Kim Rated R Fuck...

Why is Liam Neeson: Action Star more popular than Steven Seagal or Jean-Claude Van Damme? Turns out, he's not.

One of threads of my Taken 2  review the other day was that I was shocked by how small-scale the action sequences were.  Rather than resembl...

Weekend Box Office (10-14-12): Taken 2 repeats at top while Argo and Sinister impress.

With five new wide releases, it was a traffic jam at the box office this weekend , but the surprisingly robust Taken 2  still held court at ...

Review: Taken 2 (2012) cuts its nose to spite its face.

Taken 2 2012 92 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson Despite my best efforts, I actually saw Taken 2 last night.  Long-story short, I had ...

Weekend Box Office (10-07-12): Taken 2 scores $50m while Frankenweenie stumbles and Pitch Perfect stays on-note.

As always, check out John Gosling's insanely informative 'preview' of this weekend's new releases HERE . Taken 2  basically ...

It's Frankenweenie versus Taken 2 as John Gosling previews the week's new releases (10-05-12)

Along with Tim Burton's Frankweenie and the return of Liam Neeson in Taken 2 , last weekend's surprise chart entry, Pitch Perfect e...

Review: Battleship (2012) is 'Battlesh*t', representing the culmination of corporate-minded test-tube filmmaking.

Battleship 2012 130 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson Maybe it's all led up to this.  Ten years of big-budget spectacle film-making...

Review: Wrath of the Titans (2012) mostly delivers the big-scale, cheesy matinee goods, in genuinely glorious 3D to boot.

Wrath of the Titans 2012 99 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson Jonathan Liebesman's Wrath of the Titans is arguably about as 'g...

Third Battleship trailer sells scale and non-stop explosions, but leaves me bored.

I made a comment the other day on a radio podcast I guested on, basically stating that there are at least a few 'big summer movies' ...

Weekend Box Office (01/29/11): The Grey tops, while One For the Money and Man On a Ledge somewhat stumble.

In a somewhat refreshing turn of events, this weekend had three wide releases, all budgeted below $45 million and all technically geared to...

Battleship gets a teaser, feels very Armageddon-ish.

I could go on and on about how this represents the pinnacle of what is wrong with the 'tentpole' portion of the film industry at the...

Actual Batman 3 news! James Pence cast as... (spoilers). Will The Dark Knight Rises even acknowledge The Dark Knight?

According to The Hollywood Reporter , James Pence has been apparently been cast as a young Ra's Al Ghul in Chris Nolan's The Dark Kn...

Weekend Box Office (02/27/11): Hall Pass edges out Gnomeo and Juliet while Drive Angry crashes.

Hall Pass opened with a modest $13.5 million on its debut weekend , giving the Farrelly Brothers their first chart-topper since Me, Myself,...