Synopsis: A slave must battle for his freedom while Mount Vesuvius threatens to blow and destroy everything, including his true love. Release Date: February 21, 2014 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Action, Film Review Production True-life disaster movies are a tough thing for a filmmaker to attempt. There’s little mystery in historical dramas like Titanic or […]
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‘Endless Love’ Ignores The Source Material And Misses A Big Opportunity
Synopsis: In this adaptation of the 1979 novel by Scott Spencer, passion yields to tragedy when the parents of a privileged girl (Gabriella Wilde) attempt to thwart her heated romance with a handsome valet (Alex Pettyfer). Release Date: February 14, 2014 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Romance, Drama Film Review Production It would seem that Hollywood […]
‘RoboCop’ (2014): A Passable Remake Unwilling to Leave Its Own Mark
Synopsis: In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years – and it’s meant billions for OmniCorp’s bottom line. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity […]
‘The Monuments Men’ Is A Cool War Movie That Doesn’t Feel Like One
Synopsis: Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with […]
‘The LEGO Movie’ Is One Of The Best Animated Films Ever Built
The LEGO Movie’s obvious focus is on entertainment and laughs, but the nostalgia it presents is as unique as your childhood LEGO creations.