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Category: Mystery Thriller

  • “Jack Reacher” Movie Review

    “Jack Reacher” Movie Review

    (Thrilling Thriller) – – For those who do not know, I also write a Book Review Blog where I review…..Thrillers.  Unfortunately, with so many authors, and so many books, I have yet to read Lee Child (even though I have several of the Jack Reacher series in the queue).   Sooo, this movie (much like…

  • “The Bourne Legacy” Movie Review

    “The Bourne Legacy” Movie Review

    (Robert Ludlum would be proud) Where the book, written by Eric Van Lustbader, sucked (see my book review), the movie of the same name got it right.  “The Bourne Legacy” movie is a true book-like thriller with all the twists and turns Robert Ludlum was famous for. Bravo! Jason Bourne is somewhere, but, no one…

  • “The Dark Knight Rises” Movie Review

    – – It has been eight years since the Batman rode off into the sunset, leaving Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) and his family with a lie. The Batman is bad. Gotham City has been at peace for these eight years, but, Gordon is restless….something is not right… a war is brewing, and no one believes…

  • “Men in Black 3” Movie Review

    “Men in Black 3” Movie Review

      – – There is one secret the universe does not know about.  But to find out what that is, you have to ride a somewhat uneven MIB3 all the way to the end.  At times MIB3 is funny and exciting, at times it is boring, and at times it is poignant. An escaped prisoner travels…

  • “Gone” Movie Review

    “Gone” Movie Review

    – – “Foreboding: Fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen” From the first seconds, “Gone” (thanks to the soundtrack, setting, acting, and cinematography) instilled an overwhelming sense of foreboding.  Very cool…..errrr, very scary. Amanda Seyfried (as Jill) claims she was kidnapped last year and escaped.  The local (Portland, OR) police investigated, found nothing,…

  • “Safe House” Movie Review

    “Safe House” Movie Review

    (Outstanding Thriller) – – Chau is going to see “Safe House” soon, I will update her rating here… Ryan Reynolds (as Matt Weston) is a newbie CIA agent in charge of a safe house in Capetown, South Africa.  A very boring job. Denzel Washington (as CIA legend, and traitor, Tobin Frost) has just picked up…

  • “Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol” Movie Review

    “Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol” Movie Review

    (WOW!  Chau (Carol’s mom), Mike, and Lori all agree!) – A new Mission Impossible team sets out to save the world. Unfortunately, they are on the U.S. Government’s shit list after being set-up for a bombing at the Kremlin and have been disavowed. Tom Cruise (as Ethan Hunt) takes control in the effort to find…

  • “Abduction” Movie Review

    “Abduction” Movie Review

    (good action, interesting plot, hokey dialogue) – – “OMG THAT WAS AN AWESOME MOVIE!”  yelled a teenage girl as she was leaving CineMark  Theater #14 in Tracy, CA. For sure, the teen and pre-teen girls in the movie LOVED “Abduction”.  You could tell when they SCREAMED as soon as Taylor Lautner (as Nathan Price) made…

  • “Contagion” Movie Review

    “Contagion” Movie Review

    (Frightening, Realistic, Scary as Hell) – – In 1975, Jaws, scared the shit out of everyone. Growing up on Long Island (Bay Shore), and living there in the aftermath of Jaws, I experienced first hand the fear people had for the water.  I even had to cancel a date because the girl did not want to be…