"THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN" (2016) Review

When I first learned that there was to be another remake of the 1954 movie, "SEVEN SAMAURAI", I nearly groaned with displeasure. Worse, the movie would not only be a remake of the Japanese film, but an even closer remake of the 1960 film that had re-staged the story as a Western. I have always been leery of remakes, even if some proved to be pretty damn good. But I was more than leery of this particular film. ( Read more... )

Below are images from "THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN", the 2016 remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 movie, "SEVEN SAMURAI". Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the movie starred Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke: ( Read more... )

Usually I would list my ten favorite summer movies of any particular year. However, I only watched ten new releases during the summer of 2015. Due to the limited number, I decided to rank the films that I saw: ( Read more... )

Below are images from "TERMINATOR GENISYS", the fifth entry for the TERMINATOR franchise. Directed by Alan Taylor, the movie starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney and Jason Clarke: ( Read more... )

Below is a list of my top ten (10) favorite movies from the Summer of 2013. I am well aware a good number of films ended up as flops. At least a few of them are on my list. I had not seen some of the movies missing from this list (i.e., "THE WORLD'S END") or I simply found it hard to enjoy them. Without further ado, here is that list of favorites: ( Read more... )

Below are images from "RED 2", the recent sequel to the 2010 hit, "RED", which was based upon Warren Ellis' limited comic series. Directed by Dean Parisot, the movie stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich and Mary-Louise Parker: ( Read more... )

Below are images from "G.I. JOE: RETALIATION", the sequel to the 2009 movie, "G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA". Directed by Jon M. Chu, the movie stars Dwayne Johnson, Byung-Hun Lee, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Park, D.J. Controna and Channing Tatum: ( Read more... )