Joel Kinnaman
Movie Review: Silent Night
"Silent Night," the first American film from action maestro John Woo in 20 years, is one of the most mean-spirited, ugly and regressive movies in a long time.
Movie Review: The Suicide Squad
Although the new version vastly improves upon the initial incarnation, there is still an underlying penchant to make everything as dark and violent as it could possibly be.
Trailer Trashin’: DC’s Villains Go to War in the Suicide Squad First Official Trailer
We’ve reached the end of January, dear readers, and we’ll soon find out if that groundhog in Pennsylvania will curse us with six more weeks of winter. But while we wait for warmer weather, there are always new movies for us to look forward to. This week’s column takes a look at the first official trailer for Suicide Squad. Premise: The secret government agency A.R.G.U.S., run by Amanda Waller (Vio...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: DC’s Villains Are Unleashed in the Suicide Squad Comic-Con Trailer
Happy August, dear readers. We’re in the last month of the summer movie season, and the big releases are starting to taper off. But there are always big movies to look forward to, and this week’s Trailer Trashin’ brings you my thoughts on our first look at the second of next year’s DC Comics movies – David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Premise: A secret government agency run by hig...[Read More]
Movie Review: RoboCop
RoboCop (2014) is a straight-up reboot and retelling of the original RoboCop (1987). Once again, a Detroit-based cop is murdered and used for an experiment in modern policing by the shadowy corporation OmniCorp, to promote their own interests rather than to truly protect the public it supposedly serves. The hero is Alex Murphy/RoboCop (Joel Kinnaman). He is a good cop and family man. Murphy patrol...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Future of Law Enforcement Lacks Substance in RoboCop
We’re in a bit of a lull as far as movie releases are concerned right now, as we wait for the award season films to start rolling in. Of course, this also means we’ll start getting trailers for the movies coming out in 2014. In this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’, I take aim at the first trailer for next year’s remake of the 1987 Paul Verhoeven masterpiece Rob...[Read More]