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Bloodwork

In Bloodwork we follow Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood), a retired FBI profiler who's trying to find clues to the identity of a serial killer — the killer of his own heart transplant donor.
Clint Eastwood is playing the usual serious character, with Jeff Daniels playing his neighbor 'Buddy' who casually tags along and assists McCaleb in […]

Signs

Signs is another movie by M. Night Shyamalan, the guy who brought us The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable and, apparently, is looking for more ways to creep us out. And with Signs he succeeds. The movie is funny, suspenseful, and terrifying, without being over the top. I recommend it.

I, Robot

Or perhaps, iRobot. They certainly looked like they were manufactured, or at the very least designed, by Apple. Will Smith was very appropriately casted for the role of Del Spooner, the sympathetic cop with a certain amount of dislike towards robots. The movie feels very polished in terms of picture quality, acting, special effects, and […]

Reign of Fire

Reign of Fire. Initially it seemed more like a horror show, but only a few minutes into the movie it was clear that it was more of a roller coaster ride much like Jurassic Park, with a touch of the movie "Alien", or "Pitch Black" in the setting of "Mad Max". The story line was […]

Men in Black 2

Went to see MIIB today. Caught the last show at 10:40. For a sequel it seemed to have been successful. The previews running on tv and in the theatre for the past 6 months did give away the plot, so the movie was fairly predictable. But that's not why people go see it. Nobody goes […]