Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) – Well let me cut to the chase (before I pad this out): how you feel about Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows really depends on how you felt about Guy Ritchie’s 2009 Sherlock Holmes because in a lot of ways it’s just more of the same. I, … Continue reading

Crank (2006)

Crank (2006) — All the plot necessary for this movie happens in the first five minutes. After that it’s a perpetual motion machine of a movie: always going. Innovative film-making techniques and a seriously sick sense of humor help this movie become a new action classic. Plus Jason Statham actually does the shit movie stars … Continue reading

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Sherlock Holmes (2009) — So this movie won’t go down in the annals of film history as a cinematic masterwork or anything but it managed to satisfy what I expect of a Sherlock Holmes movie as well as what I expect of a Guy Ritchie movie (minus the Brit-rock soundtrack, due to the Victorian setting).  … Continue reading