The Mechanic (2011– 93 mins) J. Statham, B. Foster Jason Statham is a fairly typecast guy with good reason. He kicks ass, delivers some funny lines and is generally likable. If you think about it, so was Van Damme, and so was Segal. I am hoping we don’t tire of Statham doing his thing b/c […]

Somewhere (2010– 97 mins) S. Dorf, E. Fanning Ahh Sofia Coppola, how ye go out of your way to be mysterious and metaphorical, and sooo cutting edge of writing/directing. Yeah sorry I just don’t get it. Sure “Lost in Translation” is widely considered a masterpiece. And you want to keep some more Indie Cred. I […]

Drive Angry (2011–104 mins) N. Cage, A. Heard, W. Fichtner Some of my best movie watching memories as a child were when I visited my father on the weekends and we would watch some of the BAD BAD BAD B-movies late nights on USA Up All Night. The bad was truly cheesy goodness with hosts […]

Gulliver’s Travels (2010– 85 mins) Jack Black, Jason Segel, Amanda Peete, Emily Blunt This is inevitably going to be another GeekJock rant on why movie critics both ones who get paid and ones who don’t yet still take themselves too seriously (and aren’t named The GJ) simply SUCK. Let’s take “Gulliver’s Travels” for instance. It […]

Flipped (2010– 90mins) M. Carroll, C. McAuliffe Flipped is a cute coming of age family movie. It takes place in the 1960’s and has that easy going tone of “Stand by Me” or “A Christmas Story”. As  a film it does well getting away from heavy conflict and just gives us various stories from the […]

No Strings Attached (2011– 108 mins) A. Kutcher, N. Portman “No Strings Attached” is a straightforward and simple rom-com from fabled comedic director/producer Ivan Reitman. It’s been quite a while since he directed anything decent but I am glad to say he’s back on track with this one. What we have here are two people […]

Blue Valentine (2010– 112 mins) Michelle Williams, Ryan Gosling Blue Valentine is a polarizing movie. Most people either LOVE it or HATE it. Some people started the hate b/c of the explicit sex scenes in the movie. Myself? I hate it for the missing story points which lead to large plot holes and more questions […]

Casino Jack (2010– 108 mins) K. Spacey, B. Pepper, J. Lovitz Casino Jack is the high rise and low crash and burn story of  Jack Abramoff, a (former) hot shot government lobbyist. Jack is one of the quick talkers who works all the angles. He’s got his hands in everyone’s pocket playing the congress game. […]

Little Fockers (2010– 98 mins) B. Stiller, R. Dr Niro In “Meet The Parents” all Gaylord (Greg) Focker wants to do is win over the parents of his future wife and to be loved by all. There are multiple misunderstandings leading to tons of embarassment humor and non trust by Jack Burns until he realizes […]

The Green Hornet (2011–119 mins) S. Rogen, J. Chou, C. Diaz Before I get into the plot and my thoughts on The Green Hornet I want to remind the world of something… This The Green Hornet, NOT Batman, NOT Superman, and NOT Ironman. It’s not a story that is meant to be a blockbuster or […]