2011 – Movie Mavericks Podcast

Drive Angry (2011) – Review

March 5, 2019April 29, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2011, Amber Heard, Billy Burke, Drive Angry, Nicolas Cage, Patrick Lussier, William Fichtner

Drive Angry comes closer to capturing the 1970s grindhouse vibe than either Robert Rodriquez or Quentin Tarantino were able to

Horror Reviews

Fright Night (2011) – Review

October 16, 2013October 16, 2013 Jason Rugaard 2 Comments 2011, anton yelchin, colin farrell, Craig Gillespie, david tennant, fright night, Toni Collette

A teenager living in the suburbs of Las Vegas becomes suspicious of his neighbor after a local woman goes missing.

Action Featured Reviews

Haywire (2011) – Review

March 21, 2013March 21, 2013 Jason Rugaard 2 Comments 2011, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, channing tatum, Ewan McGregor, gina carano, haywire, Lem Dobbs, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Out of Sight, Paul Greengrass, Sasha Grey, Solaris, steven soderbergh, the american, The Girlfriend Experience

Haywire plays like Steven Soderbergh’s cinematic answer to Paul Greengrass’s Bourne films. As if the Oscar-winning Soderbergh felt he needed

Action Featured Reviews

Recoil (2011) – Review

January 12, 2013 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 2011, danny trejo, Death Wish 2, Hunt to Kill, Keith Jardine, Lochlyn Munro, Noel Gugliemi, Recoil, serinda swan, Steve Austin, Tactical Force, Terry Miles

It’s Death Wish meets A Fistful of Dollars (or Kurasawa’s Yojimbo, more accurately) in this vigilante tale set in the

Documentary Featured Reviews

Once I Was a Champion (2011) – Review

January 12, 2013January 12, 2013 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2011, Evan Tanner, Gerard Roxburgh, MMA, Once I Was a Champion, Randy Couture, Rich Franklin, The Striking Truth, UFC, warrior

Once I Was a Champion is a defining look at the enigmatic life and equally mysterious death of MMA star

Drama Family Featured Reviews

Touchback (2011) – Review

January 12, 2013February 4, 2013 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2011, Brian Presley, Don Handfield, It's a Wonderful Life, kurt russell, marc blucas, Miracle, Mr. Destiny, rocky, The Best of Times, the karate kid

I have to admit upfront, I’m a big sucker for this type of movie. You can call it the It’s

Action Featured Reviews

Forced to Fight (2011) – Review

November 30, 2012November 30, 2012 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 2011, American Streetfighter, Brian Flaherty, Forced to Fight, Gary Daniels, Gone in 60 Seconds, Jonas Quastel, martial arts, Peter Weller, Philip Granger, robocop, Vladimir Comorovschi, Witness to Kill

Ah the tournament movie, it has been awhile since I’ve seen you, but it looks as if you haven’t aged

Action Drama Featured Horror Reviews

Crash Site (2011) – Review

September 11, 2012May 26, 2015 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 2011, Charisma Carpenter, Crash Site, Jason Bourque, Katie Findlay, Sebastian Spence, straw dogs, The Edge, the grey

The Sanders family vacation adventure goes terribly wrong, in the wilderness thriller Crash Site. Daniel Sanders (Spence), owns an online

Comedy Featured Reviews

God Bless America (2011) – Review

September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 Trevor Anderson 0 Comments 2011, bobcat goldthwait, god bless america, Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr

Frank Murdoch has had it with the world. After having his spoiled daughter hate his guts, getting fired from his

Drama Family Featured Reviews

The Artist (2011) – Review

August 22, 2012June 19, 2014 Guest Writer 1 Comment 2011, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Malcolm McDowell, MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS, Missi Pyle, Penelope Ann Miller, THE ARTIST

The Artist is largely a silent movie in living black and white with all the looks of a 1920s silent

Horror Reviews

Hostel: Part III (2011) – Review

July 25, 2012 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2011, Brian Hallisay, eli roth, Hostel: Part III, Kip Pardue, saw, saw 3d, Scott Spiegel, the hangover, the hangover 2, Thomas Kretschmann

Imagine for a moment if the guys from The Hangover suddenly found themselves in a web of torture and terror.

Action Featured Reviews SciFi

Age of the Dragons (2011) – Review

July 19, 2012 Trevor Anderson 0 Comments 2011, age of the dragons, Corey Sevier, Danny Glover, Ryan Little, Sofia Pernas, vinnie jones

Age of the Dragons is a silly retelling of the Herman Melville classic Moby Dick. All of the main characters

Action Drama Featured Reviews

Normandy (2011) – Review

July 3, 2012July 3, 2012 Jason Rugaard 6 Comments 2011, Claudia Crawford, Damian Chapa, Jack Dimich, Normandy, Red Rose of Normandy, Tino Struckmann, war movies

Normandy aka Red Rose of Normandy lacks the superstars to make this a production with clout. Yet it is a

Featured Reviews SciFi

Robotropolis (2011) – Review

June 20, 2012 Trevor Anderson 0 Comments 2011, Christopher Hatton, Edward Foy, Graham Sibley, Robotropolis, Zoe Naylor

Told mostly through the eyes of a news crew, Robotropolis takes this group of reporters to the unveiling of a

Featured Horror Reviews RevTop SciFi

The Cabin in the Woods (2011) – Review

April 24, 2012 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2011, Anna Hutchison, Bradley Whitford, Chris Hemsworth, Drew Goddard, Fran Kranz, joss whedon, Kristen Connolly, Richard Jenkins, the cabin in the woods

The Cabin in the Woods gets one thing right, it has a great title. One that evokes all sorts of

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