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Alien: Covenant (2017) – Review

May 30, 2017June 5, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, Alien: Covenant, Billy Crudup, Carmen Ejogo, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, james franco, Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Ridley Scott

At 79 years old Ridley Scott is still making muscular, kinetic films. Any new Scott picture should be seen because

Action Featured Reviews

Homefront (2013) – Review

August 19, 2015 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2013, clancy brown, Frank Grillo, Gary Fleder, Homefront, james franco, jason statham, Kate Bosworth, rachelle lefevre, winona ryder

Homefront knowns exactly what it is and sets out to entertain with no pretensions. This is an unabashedly low-brow action-thriller

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The Interview (2014) – Review

June 17, 2015 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2014, Evan Goldberg, james franco, Lizzy Caplan, seth rogen, The Interview

When all the political hoopla is said and done, film buffs will be faced with the truth that The Interview

Drama Reviews

Spring Breakers (2013) – Review

December 19, 2013 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2013, ashley benson, harmony korine, james franco, selena gomez, spring breakers, vanessa hudgens

The opening few minutes of director Harmony Korine’s latest is exactly what one would expect from a film title Spring

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Spider-Man 2 (2004) – Review

August 29, 2013 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 2004, alfred gough, Alfred Molina, Alvin Sargent, james franco, Kirsten Dunst, sam raimi, Spider-Man 2, Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe

Director Sam Raimi’s visual touchstones are in greater abundance in this deeper, darker sequel that further complicates the life of

Family Reviews SciFi

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) – Review

March 22, 2013March 22, 2013 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2013, james franco, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, oz the great and powerful, rachel weisz, sam raimi, spiderman, Zach Braff

The majestic world of L. Frank Baum’s Oz is visited with mixed results in the prequel film helmed by Spiderman

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Movie Poster Spoof – Spring Breakers Or Jail Baiters

January 18, 2013January 18, 2013 Trevor Anderson 1 Comment ashley benson, harmony korine, james franco, movie poster spoof, rachel korine, selena gomez, spring breakers, vanessa hudgens

Considering this is written and directed by Harmony Korine, who wrote the Larry Clarke film Kids, it’s a little surpring

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Podcast EP131: The Dark Knight Rises Predictions, Hellboy 3, Oz the Great, Branded

July 18, 2012July 18, 2012 Maverick Staff 0 Comments andrew stanton, box office, box office predictions, branded, dwayne johnson, finding nemo, guillermo del toro, hellboy, james franco, lobo, oz the great and powerful, podcast, the rock

Episode one-hundred and thirty-one. Join hosts Trevor and Jason as they discuss the latest in movie news, box office numbers

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Podcast EP61: Manly Movie Monday

December 30, 2011December 30, 2011 Maverick Staff 0 Comments alvin and the chipmunks, darkest hour, jack the giant killer, james franco, mission impossible: ghost protocol, podcast, sherlock holmes, the dark knight rises, the expendables 2, the girl with the dragon tattoo, tintin, war horse, we bought a zoo

Episode sixty-one. Join hosts Jason and Trevor as they discuss the box office weekend of December 16-18, 2011 – Sherlock

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New Rise of the Plant of the Apes One Sheet

June 30, 2011 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments Andy Serkis., james franco, mark wahlberg, Rise of the Plant of the Apes, Rupert Wyatt, Tom Felton

I have to say that the more advertising material I see the more excited I’ve become about the prospect of

Comedy Reviews RevTop

Your Highness (2011) – Review

April 18, 2011July 11, 2012 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, james franco, Natalie Portman, your higness, Zooey Deschanel

‘Your Highness’ is an unfunny mess that seems content to flounder in a sea of mediocrity for the majority of

Movie Blog

Russell Brand Takes Top Two Slots in this Weekend’s Box Office

April 10, 2011 Trevor Anderson 0 Comments arthur, Danny McBride, get him to the greek, hanna, HOP, insidious, james franco, Natalie Portman, pineapple express, russell brand, soul surfer, your highness

UPDATE: We spoke too soon! Arthur came in at only $12.2 million giving up the #2 spot to Hanna‘s $12.3

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2010, The Year of Lost Limbs

February 13, 2011 Trevor Anderson 1 Comment 127 Hours, 2011 oscars, academy awards, hailee steinfeld, how to train your dragon, james franco, jay baruchel, jeff bridges, movies 2010, olivia wilde, oscars, summer 2010, tron legacy, true grit

In 2010, many filmmakers cut down their main characters. Literally, we’re talking loss of appendages here. Arms were the popular

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127 Hours (2010) – Review

February 2, 2011September 12, 2012 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 127 Hours, 2010, danny boyle, james franco, treat williams

One of the most intensely gripping and moving films of all time. A virtuoso one man performance by James Franco

Trailers Videos

127 Hours – Trailer

October 17, 2010 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 127 Hours, danny boyle, james franco

Director Danny Boyle teams with lead actor James Franco to tell the true story of Aron Ralston; a hiker who