DUE DATE(2010)

This movie didn't look even close to as funny or as good as "The Hangover", but I decided to give it a chance based on the director's past history with comedies. I must say that it was a big disappointment from start to finish. I chuckled a few times, but there were never any any great lines or scenes that made me want to have a repeat viewing right away. The movie is a poor man's "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles". The entire movie seemed forced and rushed into production of the huge success of "The Hangover". The movie consisted of multiple sketches put together while they traveled across country. The characters and story are forgotten the second the scene is over. There are plenty worse comedies out there, but not even close to Todd Phillips best effort.

Two opposites are forced to travel across country in a car, because they are put on the no-fly list at the airport. It's that simple of a plot. They didn't even really try.

If you like "R" rated comedies than this might pass the time, but don't expect a great comedic achievement here.

HEREAFTER(2010)

Clint Eastwood's latest film intrigued me to say the least. A drama/supernatural that tells the story of how three different perspectives deal with death. An ambitious idea that falls pretty flat unfortunately. You get lost and extremely bored at the three stories being told in the two hour plus running time. You don't ever care or know where the story is going. The movie just ends and leaves you wondering what the purpose of the movie was? It's not a total bomb, but one of Eastwood's weaker stories to date.

Matt Damon is a psychic with the ability to genuinely talk to the dead. He's given up on that life, so he can try and live a normal life. Across the world a lady has a near death experience while drowning and is left to figure out her life. While a boy is left to figure out why his brother is gone and how to cope with death.

This is a rental at best, but be prepared for a slow and drawn out story.

THE LAST AIRBENDER(2010)

I can't believe how far an Oscar nominated writer has fallen. M. Night still has a great eye and makes some good visuals, but his writing has become laughable. He needs to hire some co-writers who actually write the dialogue in his movies. He just can't write people very well. The acting is really bad in "The Last Air bender" too. I will say that I did like it slightly more than most of the reviews out there. I understand why they shit on this movie, but it has a couple of redeeming qualities. I really enjoyed the action sequences and the idea behind this movie, but the dialogue put on screen is some of the worst that I've ever seen!

A brother and sister find the last air bender frozen after a hundred years of being lost. The fire nations hunts and kills anyone who has the ability of being that last air bender. He will bring balance to the world, but the Fire nation doesn't want balance. It's the first of a planned trilogy, but I'm not so sure this trilogy will ever get finished.

Kids will love this movie, because they don't care about acting or cheesy writing. I can't recommend this to anyone based on the movie itself. If you can put up with terrible writing than you might like this movie.

SPLICE(2010)

A small budget film with a lot of buzz around it. Not really my type of movie, but I gave it a shot for my fans out there. A really slow paced movie without much of a payoff at the end. You've seen this movie before, but it was original then. It's not scary or creepy? I'm not sure what the point of the story is here? It's more of a character piece than science/fiction/horror. The writing and acting are little stiff too. The movie didn't really do much for me, but almost put me to sleep(but I was tired).

A couple working on splicing DNA create a creature and choose to monitor it than destroy it as a baby.

I'd say it's worth a rental, but don't expect anything to exciting from it.

KILLERS(2010)

I decided to give this movie a shot, even though it stars Ashton Kutcher. I've liked Katherine Heigl in her other movies, but this one is a little too cheesy and corny for me. Lot's of holes in the story and not enough character development to add legitimacy to the movie. Everything seems forced together.

Ashton Kutcher is a hit man that falls in love with Katherine Heigl while she's vacationing with her parents in Nice, France. He quits the business and moves back with her and they get married. His past catches up to him three years later.

This is supposed to be a comedy/romance/action movie, but it doesn't achieve any of those goals on a consistent basis. It's a watchable movie for the most part, but that's about it. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone except the average movie fan.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET(2010)

Here's another entry to the remake or reboot horror franchises. I never really watched any of these slasher movies growing up, because I was a pussy. I eventually went back and watched the big time 80's crop of horror movies. I'm not a huge fan of them, with the exception of a select few. Yet I still watch almost all of the new releases today. The latest "Friday the 13th" was a very average movie and I'm sorry to say that this movie is too.

A group of child hood friends are now late teens. They are all having the same nightmare of a guy with knives for fingers. A couple of friends start to look into the past of why they are being haunted in their dreams. They eventually uncover his motives and have little time to try and stop a man called Freddy Krueger.

Same old shit. Not scary or that bloody. I do like the new Freddy though. Not as corny and a little more intense. I just wished they played Will Smith's old school song("A Nightmare on my Street"). Follows the original pretty closely, but nothing new or really that good about this reboot. It's watchable and that's about all.

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: REGENERATION(2009)

Another straight to DVD release, but I had much higher hopes for this film. I was a big fan of the original "Universal Soldier"movie. They brought back Van Dam and Lundgren, but in smaller roles. This movie really has no identity and just is sort of there. It's a nice distraction for 90 minutes, but grow tiresome and has no meaning. It's not a terrible movie, but far from good.

If you liked the original, then maybe this is a rental for you. I'd stay away if you don't like dumb action films with Lot's of guns and some gore.

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM

I don't really remember much from this film. I thought I'd watch it, since Jet Li and Jackie chan are both in it. It turns out to be really corny and not that much cool kung fu fighting at all. The story is really lame and doesn't really make any sense. Some kid just gets transported to the forbidden kingdom? He has to return this ancient magic staff to it's owner who is frozen until his staff returns. This turd kid learns kung fu and returns the staff? Not too much fun or anything along the lines of entertainment. More action and less conrny might have made it a rental. I wouldn't watch this if I were you.

ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM

Much more entertaining than the first. Still not really that good of a movie. This takes place in a town and not just with a few explorers like the first. A much bloodier and more adult take on this series which does it more justice, but no character development or much substance to the plot. Just another way to get the Aliens and predator together again for a face off. No one wins again and it's just another way to exploit thier respective franchises. Still I vote for this one over the first one, based on it's R rating and just more fighthing. Neither one is a good movie, but this one makes the time go by faster at least.