Blinded by toxic waste when he was a boy, lawyer Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck) now puts his radioactivally enhanced remaining senses to use every night as Daredevil, a vigilante crime fighter in a ridiculous red leather pantsuit. The surprisingly joyless action sees him wooing Elektra (Jennifer Garner), a hyper-defensive martial arts expert, while squaring off … Continue reading
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Dark Blue (Q Syndicate)
Set against the urban unrest that exploded in Los Angeles after the 1992 beating of Rodney King, this gripping police thriller showcases an inspired performance by Kurt Russell as a racist cop with a disturbingly distorted sense of justice. As the city simmers in hostility awaiting a verdict in the King-beating trial, Eldon Perry (Russell) … Continue reading
Darkness Falls
This macabre misfire scrapes the bottom of the idea barrel by reimagining the tooth fairy as a vengeful spirit who butchers anyone who lays eyes on her. Having seen the specter kill his mother when he lost his last tooth as a boy, the now-grown Kyle (Chaney Kley) lives in constant fear of the spirit. … Continue reading
Deliver Us From Eva (Q Syndicate)
Opinionated, acerbic and downright brutal, Eva (Gabrielle Union) never met a man she wouldn’t gladly rip to shreds. Having raised her younger sisters (Essence Atkins, Robinne Lee and Meagan Good) since she was 18, Eva still substitutes running their lives for living one of her own. Even though her sisters don’t mind Eva’s constant meddling, … Continue reading
Die Another Day (Q Syndicate)
In the most introspective Bond film ever, Pierce Brosnan returns as the dashing agent, who’s been held hostage in Korea for more than a year. Stripped of his “00” status upon his release for allegedly divulging top-secret information, Bond strikes out alone to uncover the traitor who set him up. Crossing paths repeatedly with the … Continue reading
8 Mile (Q Syndicate)
If his performance in this semi-autobiographical flick is any indication, controversial rapper Eminem stands poised to become a bona-fide movie star. Queer politics aside, Eminem is sensational as Rabbit, a Detroit factory worker who dreams of being a hip-hop performer. Consumed by self-doubt, he watches local freestyle rap “battles” from the sidelines until he meets … Continue reading
Friday After Next
Following their suburban adventures in Next Friday, clueless cousins Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) have moved back to the ‘hood. Now it’s Christmas Eve, and a burglar has just made off with their rent money. Threatened with eviction by their unpleasant landlady, the two take jobs as security guards at a local shopping … Continue reading
Gangs of New York
In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) returns after a 16-year absence to a crime-ridden district of New York called Five Points to avenge the murder of his father (Liam Neeson). Instead, he’s taken under the wing of the man who killed him, the neighborhood’s ruthless leader, Bill “The Butcher” Cutting (a splendid Daniel Day-Lewis). But … Continue reading
Jungle Book 2
Sequelizing The Jungle Book was barely a necessity, but Disney has done it anyway, fashioning a perfunctory follow-up that doesn’t so much expand the story as rehash it. Restless in civilization, jungle-boy Mowgli (now voiced by Haley Joel Osment) heads back into the woods to boogie some more with his old pal Baloo (John Goodman). … Continue reading
Just Married
Grade: B- Kinsey Scale: 2 (The goofily hunky Kutcher, who kissed a boy in the subversively queer Dude, Where’s My Car?, spends a lot of time here in only his boxers. Kane appeared in the gay romantic comedy The Broken Hearts Club. Murphy played a lesbian soldier in Common Ground, a TV collection of gay-themed … Continue reading
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