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Inception

Review by Loc

The trailers looked fantastic. The early words were encouraging. The lack of other options this summer made it a welcome entrant. Yes, Inception is positioned to be the great summer flick of 2010, joining its Dark Knight brethren as Christopher Nolan’s badass brigade of mid-July awesomeness. With mystery shrouding its actual story, the [...]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Review by Loc

It’s a bestselling novel that was published posthumously. The writer, Stieg Larsson, was actually a Swede journalist who wrote a series of novels, get this, for his personal enjoyment. Yes, he wrote this novel, along with two sequels, in the evenings after work and never tried to get them published. The Millennium trilogy [...]

Angels and Demons

Review by Loc

How do you make a thrilling novel into a borefest? How do you take the better literary prequel and make it more mundane than its cinematic predecessor? Simple, get Ron Howard to direct it. And while that sums up everything you need to know, I’ll indulge you with a full review. Quick hit: [...]

Final Analysis

Review by Loc

The Blockbuster Rewards Card provides a nice benefit to members by providing at least 1 free Favorites rental per month. Yet, this may also be a highly disguised punishment, encouraging an individual to rent a movie that would be otherwise unwatchable. Case in point, my viewing of Final Analysis. Quick [...]

Art of War

Review by Loc

One year after kicking major ass as a vampire killer in Blade, Wesley Snipes returns to the action genre in The Art of War. In this formulaic flick, Snipes plays a UN special agent, fully equipped with cool gadgets and disguises. Quick hit: boring, a yawner.

As Darth Wump said so forcefully [...]