Soccer films have rarely fared well on the big screen.  Be they tales of rags-to-riches (Sean Bean vehicle When Saturday Comes) or given a WWII setting (Escape to Victory), something seems to be lost in translation when trying to show the beautiful game on film.  Even the faux-Hollywood gloss and carpet-bomb marketing campaign of the Goal! series couldn't prevent it's fate of straight-to-DVD... more.

Starring:  Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, James Russo, Stephen Graham, David Wenham, Channing Tatum, and Stephen Dorff Run Time:  2 hrs 20 mins Plot Synopsis:  This is based on the true story of legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger (Depp), the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover's f... more.

Starring:  Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green, Sam Riley, Bernard Hill, Richard Coyle, Art Malik, Kika Markham, and Susannah York Run time:  1 hr 38 mins Plot Synopsis:  Esser (Hill) is a broken man, searching for his wayward son amongst the rough streets of London's homeless. Milo (Riley) is a heartbroken thirty-something desperately trying to find a way back to the purity of first love. Emilia (... more.

Starring:  Denzel Washington, John Travolta, and Luis Guzman Run Time:  1 hr 46 mins Plot Synopsis:  In The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, Denzel Washington stars as New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber, whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. John Travolta stars as Ryder, the criminal mastermind who, as leader of a highly-armed ga... more.

Starring:  Sam Rockwell, Matt Berry, Robin Chalk, Dominique McElligot and the voice of Kevin Spacey Run Time:  1 hr 37 mins Plot Synopsis:  As an astronaut miner extracting the precious moon gas that promises to reverse the Earth's energy crisis nears the end of his three-year contract, he makes an ominous discovery. The lonely astronaut looks forward to returning to his wife and da... more.

I'm not going to waste anyone's time listing the cast, or the run time or even a plot synopsis for this review.  If you are here at MovieGuys reading this review, you already know all about Wolverine.  I've seen it now a couple of times, as I typically do for all the big time films I review.  In a technical sense, X-Men Origins:  Wolverine is a big time film.  Short and sweet:  If you are ju... more.

Starring:  Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams Running Time:  1 hr 44 mins Plot Synopsis:   A charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend a schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline.  The school has just accepted its first black student, ... more.

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Bill Hader Directed By: Greg Mottola Released: March 27th, 2009 Runtime: 1 hr. 46 min. Rated: R I have really been putting off writing this review, even more so than normal. Why? Simply because I was so misled by the theatrical, and television advertising of Adventureland, and to be quite honest I am feelin... more.

Starring:  Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, and R.D. Reid Running Time:  1 hr. 46 mins. Plot Synopsis:  In this comedy, Lars Lindstrom is an awkwardly shy young man in a small northern town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. The only problem is that she's not real - she's a sex doll Lars ordered off the Internet. But sex is... more.

Stars: Stephen Dorff, Marisol Nichols, Harold Perrineau, Sam Shepard, and Val Kilmer Written and directed by: Ric Roman Waugh Released: 2008 Runtime: 104min Rated: R Felon is a well produced compelling Prison drama that assaults your senses and pulls you down for a journey into the corrupt underworld of the American penal system. Wade Porter (Dorff) is a normal family man... more.