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Friday, February 22, 2013

Movie Review: 'Snitch' is Far from Rock-Solid

The Rock turns into a Snitch in his latest film about what a father would do to save his son.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays a father whose estranged son is framed on a drug-dealing charge in "Sniatch." With his son facing a hefty sentence, The Rock pleads with the U.S. Attorney (played by Susan Sarandon). He soon learns that the only way to get his time reduced is to help them find a bigger fish in the drug world. As you might guess, The Rock does just about anything to save his son. You'll be surprised to know that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson does more acting and less action in this movie. Nice try Rock…but the film seeks to make a statement about the futility of the war on drugs, only to take a back seat to its thriller elements. It's not a great film but, it's not bad either. The flick-o-meter gives SNITCH a 3 out of five. …

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Movie Review: 'Cloud Atlas' Leaves You in a Fog

This week's review is like getting six movies for the price of one. It's nearly a three-hour mind-bender they may just leave you scratching your head.

Six major plot lines taking place over 500 years -- featuring the same actors playing multiple roles -- is what you get with "Cloud Atlas." All of the stories are crosscut together, jumping back and forth from one another across different time periods ranging from a 19th century South Pacific sea voyage to the distant post-apocalyptic future where humanity lives on the very brink of extinction. The cast includes Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Susan Sarandon, Hugo Weaving and Hugh Grant. They do their best to tell the secrets of the universe and the human heart while leaving you, well, confused. "Cloud Atlas" is simply too long and too scatterbrained. The central message is that we are all connected from womb to tomb and our lives …

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