• February 16, 2014
• Action, At Home, Comedy

Like good children of Danish ancestry, my brother and I grew up with Lego building blocks. We had a dresser drawer full of the plastic interlocking pieces, and often...

• February 8, 2014
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

I’ve thought Scotsman Gerard Butler was a manly-man hottie ever since seeing his sensitive yet swarthy self in movies such as Beowulf & Grendel, Dear Frankie, and, yes, even...

• February 8, 2014
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Science Fiction

Babylon A.D. has an interesting sci-fi premise, mixing religious hope with what looks like the end of the world, features a bunch of cool international actors (like Michelle Yeoh...

• February 8, 2014
• Action, At Home, Crime, Drama

Heat begins with a love scene between Al Pacino and Diane Venora so steamy that it makes me weak in the knees just to think about it. I can’t...

• December 21, 2013
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction, Thriller

Honestly, when my friend started raving about The Island this summer, I thought she might actually be stark raving mad. I just didn’t see what could be so great...

• December 5, 2013
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Horror

I am not a huge fan of movies with subtitles.  It’s the process of reading along as I watch that I dread, but if you tell me I can...

• November 25, 2013
• Action, At Home, Fantasy

Every generation seems to have their own versions of popular superheroes. Some people associate George Reeves with the iconic all-American role of Superman. I will always think of Christopher...

• November 21, 2013
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction, Thriller

A lot has happened since The Hunger Games. Jennifer Lawrence won an Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook, and proceeded to charm the world with her smarts, self-effacing humor and...

• November 14, 2013
• Action, At Home, Romance

When a lovely young Romanian cello player chastises a shaggy-puppy American that he is only involving himself in her world because he “has a fantasy about helping a woman...

• November 8, 2013
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

Chris Hemsworth is pretty, I’ll admit that. Pretty enough where he is becoming another Matthew McConaughey, where he is required at least one gratuitous shirtless scene in each movie...

• October 31, 2013
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction

I want to start this review with that famous trailer voice-over, “In a world where…” Ender’s Game is one of those films that presents a perhaps not-so-far-off future, in...

• October 28, 2013
• Action, At Home, Drama

Takeshi Kitano is an odd action hero. A real-life motorcycle accident left the right side of his face paralyzed, leaving his face looking mask-like and blank in an other-worldly...