Review: Another Earth (2011)
Posted On 12 Sep 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3 Stars (Fantastic), By Genre, Fantasy, Reviews, Romance, Science Fiction.
Mike Cahill's Another Earth proposes what would happen if we were confronted with another world, another life, another version of ourselves. A smart science fiction drama with equally smart characters.
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Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Posted On 08 Aug 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3 Stars (Fantastic), Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction.
MOBSTERS RATING: Although it’s being marketed and pitched as a prequel to the 1968 Charlton Heston classic, Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes is actually a remake of sorts. Mirroring some of the events and characters of the fourth sequel in the franchise, Conquest of the Planet ... Read More
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Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Posted On 29 Jun 2011 By Bartleby. Under 1.5 Stars (Insignificant), 2011, Action, Action-Adventure, By Genre, Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction.
Mobsters Rating: Transformers: Dark of the Moon may be the ultimate Michael Bay movie. Featuring skull-rattling action sequences, state-of-the-art special effects, over-heated set pieces and a severe lack of anything pretending to be intelligence or modesty, Transformers 3 comes off like a hyperactive kid’s afternoon playtime; a golden-age alien invasion ... Read More
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Review: Super 8 (2011)
Posted On 10 Jun 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3 Stars (Fantastic), Action, Action-Adventure, By Genre, Family/Kids, Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
I am a proud child of the 80s; a once flannel-wearing, Goonies-watching, Zebra-gum chewing, Q-bert playing brat who recalls a time when there were new episodes of The Snorks, Small Wonder and Manimal airing on fuzzy network television. I present this context because JJ Abrams Super 8 has been specifically ... Read More
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Review: X-Men: First Class (2011)
Posted On 03 Jun 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2011, Action-Adventure, By Genre, Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction.
Matthew Vaughn finds the characters inside of the costumes and the human side of the mutant movement in the best film yet to bear the title 'X-Men'
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Review: Thor (2011)
Posted On 06 May 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2010, 2011, 3 Stars (Fantastic), Action, Action-Adventure, By Genre, By Star Rating, By The Year, Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction.
MOBSTER’S RATING: Kenneth Branagh's 'Thor' is the kind of big, fun silly summer movie that looks more simplistic than it actually is. When you are adapting a comic book character that's part of a big commercial tie-in with a franchise like The Avengers, this quality is a welcome one. On the heels of ... Read More
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Movie Review: Source Code (2011)
Posted On 01 Apr 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3.5 Stars (Exceptional), Action-Adventure, By Genre, Reviews, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
Taking pieces of Groundhog Day, The Manchurian Candidate, and The Matrix and mixing them all together, Ducan Jones comes up with the best action movie of the year to date.
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Review: Limitless (2011)
Posted On 18 Mar 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2010, 2010, Action, Action-Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, Suspense/Thriller.
An enjoyably wild ride, Limitless suffers from a choppy half-baked script but ultimately gets saved by a charismatic and charming Bradley Cooper
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Review: Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
Posted On 11 Mar 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2.5 Stars (Noteworthy), 2011, Action, Action-Adventure, By Star Rating, Science Fiction, War.
'Battle: Los Angeles' has already been savaged by some critics, but in the end this is like complaining you got a greasy hamburger from McDonalds. The film delivers what the trailers are selling, a fast-paced and bombastic ground-level assault that pits alien invaders against U.S. Marines.
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Review: The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
Posted On 04 Mar 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2011, 3 Stars (Fantastic), Drama, Fantasy, Reviews, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Science Fiction.
Emily Blunt and Matt Damon fight fate and destiny in George Nolfi's The Adjustment Bureau. Hollywood has a less than stellar track record with adapting Philip K. Dick to the screen. Is this another 'Blade Runner' or an 'Imposter'?
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Review: I Am Number Four (2011)
Posted On 18 Feb 2011 By Bartleby. Under 2 Stars (Mediocre), 2011, Action, Action-Adventure, Family/Kids, Fantasy, Science Fiction.
Three is dead. I am Number 4. I'm also cliched, maudlin and moderately fun if you don't think too hard about me. And if you have never read a sci-fi novel before, I might just be breathtakingly original.
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