'Land Of Bad' (2024) Movie Review

In Land of Bad, Liam Hemsworth plays Kinney, an inexperienced communications officer embedded on an op with a hardened Delta Force team. Unqualified and in far over his head, he’s only there because he was the only one around for an urgent, last minute rescue mission. The reason Kinney was around when duty called? Because he missed a flight. He missed a flight because he had diarrhea. 

'Hell Hath No Fury' (2021) Movie Review

Stolen gold. Nazi conspiracies. Tangled webs of greed, betrayal, and vengeance. Jesse V. Johnson’s Hell Hath No Fury hath damn near everything a historical action thriller needs. 

Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods' Trailer Heads Back To Vietnam For Netflix

In this house we stan Spike Lee. And from what we see in this first trailer for his upcoming Da 5 Bloods, we have quite a bit to be very, very excited about. Come on, that cast alone is worth dying for. Check it out below.

Bad Robot's 'Overlord' Trailer Has Nazi-Zombies And Flamethrowers

Going back to the 1970s, there’s a whole subset of zombie movies that involve Nazis. (My personal favorite subset of this subset is the Nazi-zombies-emerging-from-bodies-of-water sub-subgenre.) Recent installments like the Dead Snow movies have taken a swing at this and now J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robots are having their say with Overlord. The first trailer has emerged from the mystery box and it’s a wild time for sure. Check it out after the jump.

'Dunkirk' (2017) Movie Review

If your summer has lacked tension thus far, that’s easily rectified by watching Christopher Nolan’s new World War II film, Dunkirk, which is 106 minutes of unrelenting pressure that leaves the audience emotionally exhausted, pummeled, and bruised in the theater. Take a good deep breath before it starts, because there’s not much space for air during the movie.

'War For The Planet Of The Apes' (2017) Movie Review

The big special-effects-laden tentpoles studios release during the summer months have a reputation for being empty spectacles and little more. That’s not always the case, but we see a lot of loud, stupid trash in theaters this time of year (cough Transformers 5 cough). Over the last two movies, the revamped Planet of the Apes franchise has shown audiences that there’s room for intelligence, emotion, and nuance in the warmer months, and they prove it once again with War for the Planet of the Apes.

This 'Rambo' Reboot Is Going To Be Dumb As Shit

There’s been talk of a new Rambo movie since, well, Sylvester Stallone dusted off one of his most celebrated characters for 2008’s Rambo. A number of versions have kicked around over the years, and now it sounds like not only has one idea actually stuck, it’s the stupidest fucking one anyone could come up with.

'Neither Heaven Nor Earth' (2015) Movie Review

Though they can be some of the most powerful cinematic vehicles out there, war movies also often have a tendency to feel a bit same-y. “War is hell” is a common refrain, and while there are still remarkable highs to be found, ubiquitous entries in the genre often start to feel like their own special brand of damnation. Which is why Clement Cogitore’s Neither Heaven Nor Earth (formerly The Wakhan Front), an unnerving, unsettling, unique look at French soldiers at war in Afghanistan, is such a welcome burst of brooding, supernatural freshness.

"'71" Movie Review: A Tense, Visceral Story Of A Soldier On The Run

Watching ’71, it’s easy to see why Jack O’Connell caused so much heat in 2014. Seeing what he’s able to do here, in Yann Demange’s story of a young soldier abandoned in the violent streets of Belfast in 1971, it makes Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken, where he also plays the lead, even more of a disappointment. As incredible as O’Connell is, however, ’71 is much more than just a stage for the on-the-rise actor, and the film is a gripping, so-tense-you-can-hardly-bear-it story of survival and the horrors of war. It also marks Demange, who makes his feature directorial debut after working extensively in television, as a talent to watch right along side his star.

'Unbroken' Movie Review: An Incredible Story Made Dull And Bland

Only Angelina Jolie’s second directorial effort, Unbroken is a very beautiful film to look at. Granted, she did herself a solid by retaining the services of celebrated director of photography, Roger Deakins, one of the premiere cinematographers working today. Unfortunately, the rest of the film falls flat, with an uneven pace, odd structure (at least at first), and too steadfast a dedication to telling every single step of Louis Zamperini’s (Jack O’Connell) amazing survival story that it’s ultimately unable to set itself apart from any standard, triumph-of-the-human-spirit type tale.

'Lone Survivor' Movie Review

We’re so inundated with frantic, rapid fire, Michael Bay-inspired action sequences, where cuts come faster than you can blink, that we expect every film to try to be something people will describe as “high octane.” The combat scenes in Lone Survivor, on the other hand, are almost balletic in comparison. When the fighting that forms the core of the movie begins, it mirrors the training and approach of the quartet of protagonists, four highly-skilled Navy SEALs. They go at their enemy with cool, even steps, years of running drills and scenarios at the helm. Instead of jittery, frenetic edits, you get fluid camerawork and longer takes as they make calculated, deliberate, efficient movements. As the battle progresses, the soldiers take more and more damage, and the situation becomes more precarious. The aesthetic approach also reflects this, becoming choppy, more scattered, chaotic, and intense.

Blu-ray Review: 'The Coast Guard'

Director Kim Ki-duk’s (“3-Iron”) 2002 military drama, “The Coast Guard”, now out on Region 1 Blu-ray courtesy of Palisades Tartan, begins with a great deal of promise. The film starts out as a powerful, emotionally intense portrait of the casualties of war, even in a time of relative peace. As “The Coast Guard” progresses, however, the film spirals out of control, fractures into multiple stories that each distract from the other, and ultimately gets away from what made it engaging and watchable.