Fair Game (2010)
Director Doug Liman, who scored a major international hit with The Bourne Identity, returns to the political thriller arena, this time on a less violent and more reality based scale with Fair Game, the true story...
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Obsessed (2009)
It’s The Temp redux. Obsessed is a glossy thriller that delivers everything on a surface level. The makers of the film think that it will be provocative, but its PG-13 rating equates to a lack of bite,...
61* (2001)
Hardcore baseball (and Yankees) fan Billy Crystal directs this sentimental memento on one of the greatest races in sports history: chasing Babe Ruth’s vaunted single-season home run record. Made for HBO on a modest budget...
Timecop (1994)
From the pages of Dark Horse comics comes Timecop, a futuristic time-travel cop thriller that has the dubious distinction of being Jean-Claude Van Damme’s (Street Fighter, Universal Soldier) arguably best effort, with the possible exception...
Exit Wounds (2001)
Seagal’s first starring vehicle in three years leaves me with mixed feelings. Not surprisingly, Exit Wounds continues Stevie’s string of bad and predictable films. What is surprising is how this particular film at least maintains watchability...
National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
Here’s another review that will most likely get me in trouble with the film’s biggest fans, as Animal House is generally considered to be a comedy classic among many circles. I’ve seen it a few times...
Matchstick Men (2003)
I’ve always found great enjoyment in the con man thrillers, usually, because they are the smartest of the suspense genre, having to be totally believable while doing some things so subtle that it would...
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Captain Karen Walden (Ryan, Sleepless in Seattle) is the first woman ever to be nominated for the military’s vaunted Medal of Honor after dying in a seemingly heroic effort in the Gulf War. A colonel named...