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We’re not sure how 1984’s Red Dawn became a cult hit. The film’s cold war theme undoubtedly played into popular fears about a Soviet invasion. And the fact that a group of fearless teens survive and give the communists some ser...
When the first James Bond film was released, it was at the height of the Cold War, which created incredible tension between the Western World and the Soviet Union and its communist allies. In this context, it made sense that We...
Based on the James Patterson novel Cross, Alex Cross is a shoddily made, half-assed attempt to bring back the fictional character that Morgan Freeman portrayed in two previous films. After bad dialogue, the real problem is the ...
Comedian Kevin James is really good at playing the lovable loser. He did it for years on the sit-com King of Queens and has embraced the role in the various films. This, combined with his particular brand of physical comedy mak...
When the thriller Taken came out four years ago, star Liam Neeson wasn’t quite believable as Bryan Miller, an ex-CIA operative who still kicks some serious ass. Now 60, Neeson struggles even more in Taken 2, a sequel that finds...
Coming at the end of a summer that delivered a deluge of dystopic films about the future, the new sci-fi flick Looper didn’t quite deliver the smart vision we thought (hoped) it would. Set in the year 2044, the film centers on ...