Famous Actors in their First Movie Roles!

Reviewing "Haywire" - Did the Face of MMA, Gina Carano keep it off life support?

Within 2 minutes of the opening, I wondered if the movie had been made for a Canadian TV network. When I realized Carano was clearly a trained fighter, I started to think of the film as an "experiment" by the director - and I think that may …

Al Pacino.... says "Burn this... this must never be seen" from Jack and Jill #Dunkaccino

This is the closing scene of Jack and Jill, an Adam Sandler flick. It's amazing to see such a upper echelon actor like Al Pacino get involved for more than just a cameo... and make so much fun of himself. Props to him for taking the risk and …

We need more GREAT Sci-Fi movies! Prometheus is a much anticipated fix!

My absolute favorite movie genre is sci-fi... when it's GREAT. But, I feel like something is missing even as we sit in the greatest era of special effects and realistic CG capabilities!

My friend, Kevin, got me thinking about how much I miss…

"Game of Death" (1978) - Bruce Lee... Not Really

Game of Death is one of the strangest movies I've ever seen (parts of). It was produced after Bruce Lee's death and uses stand ins for him along with archive footage for some parts.

Apparently Bruce had completed only 30 minutes of fight foo…

Point Break: To those dead souls inching along the free way in their metal coffins...

Patrick Swayze in Point Break (also starring Keanu Reeves and Gary Busey):

Do you realize that we have hit 30 banks in 3 years and they haven't been able to touch us?
And all this does, is up the stakes of the game...
This was never about mo…

Casting Mistake: Ryan Phillippe in the Lincoln Lawyer. Replace with?

Ryan Phillippe usually ends up on my bench. I can't recall off hand a movie that I thought he did well in, other than perhaps "Cruel Intentions"... 12 years ago when I was 22.

I liked the Lincoln Lawyer. Matthew McConaughey always makes a m…

Who could ever replace Clint Eastwood? Christian Bale or Ben Foster?

I'm not sure anyone could ever fill the shoes of a young Clint Eastwood. However, my number 1 pick, despite a lack of physical stature, is Ben Foster. In 3:10 to Yuma, he delivered a character that for the first time in many years gave the fe…