The Book of Eli Review

The Book of Eli Screen Rant reviewsThe Book of Eli TheBook of Elistars Denzel Washington as a lone wanderer , make his away across a post - atomic holocaust America , scavenging and scraping to exist - and well adept at it . The picture opens with a really fascinating setting , lento panning across a wooded area cover in ash , and with more ash still fall from the sky ....

January 15, 2010 · 6 min · 1263 words · David Ross

Daybreakers Review

Daybreakers Screen Rant ’s Rob Frappier reviewsDaybreakers We ’ve seen barbarian vampires stalk the night dressed in S&M - inspired leather ( Blade ) . We ’ve seen Victorian lamia roll cobble streets in corsets and capes ( Bram Stoker ’s Dracula ) . We ’ve even see sparkling teenaged vampires brood through the halls of their gamey school ( thanks a short ton , Twilight ) . To my cognition , though , we ’ve never seen a movie where order is completely controlled by vampires , and therein lies the good part ofDaybreakers , the new film from the sibling author - director squad of Peter and Michael Spierig ....

January 8, 2010 · 6 min · 1153 words · Jeffrey Armstrong

Invictus Review

Invictus Screen Rant ’s Kofi Outlaw reviewsInvictus Invictusis Clint Eastwood ’s late directorial offering , conform from the bookPlaying the Enemy : Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation , by John Carlin . The screenplay was write by Anthony Peckham ( Sherlock Holmes ) and the celluloid stars Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar ( the substantial - animation maitre d’hotel of the South African Rugby squad during the mid-90s ) , and Morgan Freeman in a transfix performance as Nelson Mandela , South Africa ’s first black President of the post - apartheid era ....

December 23, 2009 · 6 min · 1163 words · Cassandra Baxter

The Descent: Part 2 Review

The Descent Part 2 If you ’ve been readingScreen Rantfor any amount of time , you ’re believably cognisant that I ’m a HUGE fan of Neil Marshall ’s modern repugnance masterpiece , The Descent , from back in 2005 ( although for some reason it did n’t hit U.S. theaters until Fall 2006 ) . To me , it was the most effective repugnance motion picture I ’d seen in years , and my personal favorite sinceThe Shining(it featured at figure 1 on my list of the"Top 5 Movies That Scared the underworld Out of Me " ) ....

December 12, 2009 · 8 min · 1605 words · Danielle Barton

Avatar Review

Related Screen Rant reviewsAvatar So , after endless fanboy hype ( and detest ) rival that of the month leading up toWatchmen , Avataris last upon us . The cut question ( once again ): Is this film worthy of all the hype precede it ? Well , first let ’s get to the story … Sam Worthington plays Jake Sulley , a Marine who lost the habit of his peg in conflict ....

December 11, 2009 · 9 min · 1913 words · Rachel Villanueva

Up In The Air Review

Up In The Air Screen Rant ’s Kofi Outlaw reviewsUp In The breeze Up In The Airis a film whose intact point can be discerned from its deed . This new offering fromJunodirector Jason Reitman star George Clooney as a man whose macrocosm involves journey the country airport to airport , fundamentally living " above " all that life presses upon the rest of us wedge below . Clooney ’s character reference , Ryan Bingham , is a corporal ax man ....

December 9, 2009 · 7 min · 1390 words · Johnny Watts

Armored Review

Related Screen Rant ’s Paul Young reviewsArmored Every once in a while a motion-picture show come out of nowhere that totally catches me by surprisal . Black Dog , Hard RainandDeep Risingare still three of my preferred mid - budget action pic that got very little advertising or deference but manage to be very enjoyable in the field of operations . All three also made into my DVD depository library - and nowArmoredwill fall in them on my ledge ....

December 6, 2009 · 4 min · 847 words · Robert Hudson

The Road Review

The Road For those seize with teeth their nail in anticipation ( I know you ’re out there ) , I ’ll skip the common opening move tucket and get right to it : In my public opinion , director John Hillcoat has successfully take the baron , beauty and revulsion of Cormac McCarthy ’s Pulitzer Prize - winning novelThe Roadand translated it , intact , to the boastful projection screen ....

November 25, 2009 · 10 min · 1975 words · Drew Boyle

'A Christmas Carol' Review

Related Screen Rant reviewsA Christmas Carol A Christmas Carolis one of my all time best-loved Christmas story . perchance because most of the year I feel like a somewhat cranky Ebenezer Scrooge but once Thanksgiving is over my mood lightens over the spirit of the upcoming vacation . It seems that every few years someone feel the demand to do an update on the definitive tale , and sometimes it works ....

November 7, 2009 · 6 min · 1146 words · Andre Bennett

The Box Review

The Box Screen Rant reviewsThe Box Well this is going to be a short revaluation because I do n’t desire to spend any more clock time on this movie than I have to . The Boxis found onButton , Button- a very short story written by Richard Matheson that was used for an onetime sequence of the classical television seriesThe Twilight Zone . It was written and maneuver by Richard Kelly , the man behind the cult classicDonnie Darkoand the poorly receivedSouthland Tales ....

November 6, 2009 · 5 min · 988 words · Jodi Maxwell

The Fourth Kind Review

The Fourth Kind Screen Rant reviewsThe Fourth Kind After the extreme rent in opinions onParanormal Activity(I liked it ) , I was curious to boil Fourth Kindto see which side of the fencing I fell on . I can empathise how you may either lie with or hate the former , and I have a smell something similar will happen with this film : Either you corrupt into the whole premise and let it suck you in , or you stand back and call B....

November 6, 2009 · 4 min · 647 words · Ethan Flowers

'Ong Bak 2: The Beginning' Review

Ong Bak 2: The Beginning Screen Rant ’s Ross Miller reviewsOng Bak 2 The firstOng Bak(subtitledMuay Thai Warrior ) I found to be quite entertaining , with some seriously complain - ass fight sequences , consisting of some often jaw - dropping choreography and stunts . Unfortunately , there were also some not - so - gravid aspects , notably the poor playacting and thin plot line . But overall there was enough there to make it worthwhile , and it was pretty much inevitable that another movie would comply ....

October 23, 2009 · 5 min · 949 words · Haley Walter

Astro Boy Review

Related Screen Rant reviewsAstro Boy I get going intoAstro Boywith high-pitched hopes and nostalgia . I ’m actually old enough to remember watching the original cartoon back when I was a small fry , and being a sci - fi kind of eccentric even as a weensy child , think back enjoying the futuristic show about a robot son who could wing and had all kinds of cool weapon . trailer and cartridge clip look good so although I expected a kids ' plastic film , I was looking forward to this and add along my 13 year old daughter and a protagonist of hers ....

October 23, 2009 · 6 min · 1120 words · Nancy Sullivan