“I don’t sit in while you’re running it down. I don’t carry a gun. I drive.” The H-Bomb: A movie stunt driver/mechanic (Ryan Gosling) moonlights as a getaway driver for various underworld characters as they do their various underworld things (usually robberies). He gives them exactly five minutes to do whatever they’re there to do, and if they’re even … [Read more...] about Drive
Dick Flick
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
"Next time I seduce the rich guy." Swift shot: Mission Improbable is a better title, or maybe Mission Incredible - as in has no credence. I go into these types of films with a high suspension of disbelief tolerance, but when the very element that MAKES this not just a "spy film" but rather an IMF film is so poorly executed, where even one of the lead characters has … [Read more...] about Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
The Thing
Funny thing about trust . . . it melts in the presence of real terror. Swift shot: Terror is back! Everything you ever wanted in a sci-fi horror flick . . . plus Norwegians! Fear and paranoia grips everyone; you'll be guessing who "The Thing" is the whole film! There are some grandiose shots, excellent special effects, but nothing is so over the top that it … [Read more...] about The Thing
Super
Shut up, crime! The H-Bomb: Frank D’Arbo (Rainn Wilson) is a schlubby everyman who lives an utterly unremarkable, and even slightly depressing life. He works as a short order cook in a dingy, disgusting, greasy spoon shit pit of a diner, and is married to Sarah (Liv Tyler), an ex-drug addict who doesn’t seem to be all that interested in him these days. One day he comes … [Read more...] about Super
30 Minutes or Less
“You brought a gun to a f*ckin’ bomb fight!” The H-Bomb: When Dwayne (Danny McBride), a thirty-something deadbeat do nothing, decides that he doesn’t want to wait for his rich, former-Marine father (Fred Ward) to keel over so he can collect his inheritance, he decides to have his old man whacked, just like in the movies. However, hiring a hit-man is going to cost him … [Read more...] about 30 Minutes or Less
