The last time Mark Wahlberg and director Antoine Fuqua teamed up was for underwhelmed action thriller SHOOTER back in 2007. Now they’re back together and hoping to start a new sci-fi/action adventure for Paramount Pictures. Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg) has been living a tough life, he couldn’t hold a steady job because of his illness. …
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FlixChatter Review: EQUALIZER 2 (2018)
With such a long and successful career, it’s hard to believe that Denzel Washington has never starred in a sequel until now. The first Equalizer film was a modest success at the box office, but I didn’t think it warrants a sequel. But then again, this is an era in Hollywood when every movie can …
FlixChatter Review: The Magnificent Seven (2016)
I gotta admit, I'm not much of a Western fan. Though interestingly enough, I've liked three western remakes in the past decade: 3:10 To Yuma, True Grit and then this one. Confession: I have NOT seen any of the original films. Now, people who have seen the original films would likely have a different opinion about the remake. …
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FlixChatter Review: The Equalizer (2014)
With the comic book based films dominating the box office, the trend in Hollywood of turning old TV shows into films has died down the last decade or so. I remember back in the 90s, there were new movies based on TV shows coming out every year, Mission: Impossible, The Fugitive, The Brady Bunch Movie …
FlixChatter Review: Olympus Has Fallen
I was wondering the other day if it's possible to find a review of this movie that does not mention the words Die Hard. Seems that the comparison is inevitable and it seems that Olympus Has Fallen is begging for a comparison. In fact, perhaps it's an homage to that action franchise, as it's more …
Question of the Week: What’s your favorite White House movie scene?
I'm set for an advanced screening of the white house actioner Olympus Has Fallen tomorrow. Surely you've seen the pretty aggressive promos of that one all over the place. Interestingly enough, the marketing for the movie has been putting the White House itself as the main STAR of the film. I mean there are some …
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Gerard Butler Special: What’s next for my favorite Scot
Taking cues from my fellow Indonesian blogger Novia who's done a great job keeping us updated on what her #1 crush Cillian Murphy is up to, I decided to keep you abreast on what's going on with MY #1 crush 😉 I will be doing another follow-up posts that list the projects for the other …
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