http://www.ericdsnider.com/movie.php Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:28:01 MST Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:28:01 MST en-us Movie reviews written my noted film critic Eric D. Snider Copyright 2012 Eric D. Snider. Any reproduction without written permission of Eric D. Snider is strictly prohibited. eric@ericdsnider.com (Eric D. Snider) webmaster@ericdsnider.com (Jeff J. Snider) http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/safe-house/ http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/safe-house/ Twitter as "a normal action movie, but with Denzel!" That's accurate and succinct, and it tells you everything you need to know. Were it not for my puritan work ethic I would just steal that line and end this review now.
Grade: C
Rated R, fair amount of violence, some profanity, fleeting partial nudity
Length: 1 hr., 55 min.]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:00 MST http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/journey-2-the-mysterious-island/ http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/journey-2-the-mysterious-island/ Grade: C+
Rated PG, mild action peril and stuff
Length: 1 hr., 34 min.]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:00 MST http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/chronicle/ http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/chronicle/ Grade: B-
Rated PG-13, a little profanity, some violence, mild sexuality
Length: 1 hr., 24 min.]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 MST http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/the-woman-in-black/ http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/the-woman-in-black/ Grade: C+
Rated PG-13, moderate violence and some disturbing images
Length: 1 hr., 35 min.]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 MST http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/the-innkeepers/ http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/the-innkeepers/ "The House of the Devil," with "The Innkeepers," a very different kind of horror film. While "House of the Devil" was a tense homage to the babysitters-in-peril bloodbaths of the late '70s and early '80s, "The Innkeepers" is casually hip, a product of the Whatever generation. Perhaps fittingly, it doesn't add up to much, and that's disappointing. But it's a lot of fun along the way.
Grade: B
Rated R, some harsh profanity, some violent images
Length: 1 hr., 45 min.]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:00 MST http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/man-on-a-ledge/ http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/man-on-a-ledge/ "Avatar," "Terminator: Salvation," and "Clash of the Titans," Worthington is the world's dullest up-and-coming action star, and "Man on a Ledge" shows him in no danger of relinquishing that title. But there are interesting people around him in the film, an unambitious but competent heist thriller directed by documentarian Asger Leth ("Ghosts of Cite Soleil") that also features Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, and Ed Harris. The result is dumb, easy-to-swallow fun, more or less -- the sort of movie that makes people say, "Well, that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be."
Grade: C+
Rated PG-13, one F-word, some vulgarity and mild violence
Length: 1 hr., 42 min.]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:00 MST http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/the-grey/ http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/the-grey/ "Narc," "The A-Team") and based on a short story by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, the wolves are only a metaphor anyway. They represent death, despair, or fear -- anything that might cause a person to give up. (I guess they could represent wolves, too, but that's not as common to the human experience.)
Grade: B+
Rated R, nonstop harsh profanity and a fair amount of bloody violence
Length: 1 hr., 57 min.]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:00 MST http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/red-tails/ http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/red-tails/ Grade: C
Rated PG-13, some mild profanity, some violent images
Length: 2 hrs., 5 min.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:00 MST http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/haywire/ http://www.ericdsnider.com/movies/haywire/ Grade: A-
Rated R, some profanity and a lot of fighting violence
Length: 1 hr., 33 min.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:00 MST