Inception (2010)
Chris Nolan: Destined to be the most overrated director of our time.
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The A-Team (2010)
As a kid during the 80s, I fucking loved the A-Team. It’s been long enough that I’ve seen the series that I can’t recall many specifics about it, but I can recall the general tone of it and why, both as a kid and now as an adult, I think it’s super cool. I can confidently say that Joe Carnahan’s film reboot of the series both captures the reckless enthusiasm of the original and manages to uphold the fun action film tradition we would expect from Hannibal, Face, B.A. and Murdock.
Ninja Assassin (2009)
Ninja Assassin is simply blood and guts for the sake of it.
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Here’s the thing: My intense attachment to the Iron Man film franchise makes it difficult for me to be objective about it.
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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Possibly iconic simply from being by Kubrick and definitely iconic for being itself, Full Metal Jacket it is the quintessential social commentary about Vietnam and the military experience of the time.
Kick-Ass (2010)
There has been a lot of controversy brewing over Kick-Ass, but this is absolutely no surprise. Like so many envelope-pushers before it, the things that make it great are invariably the things that many an average Joe can’t swallow. Whether or not you’ll come out of it glowing or disgusted is going to be a matter of your personal moral code, but I can firmly say this: The film is incredible in a way that transcends good filmmaking and makes it innovative and important.
Clash of the Titans (2010)
It’s never going to be a great movie, is always going to be damned ridiculous, but that’s the point.
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
I know what you’re thinking: You’ve never seen Beverly Hills Cop before?
Shaft (1971)
What can I possibly say about Shaft (Aside from that he’s a bad mother-)?
Repo Men (2010)
Probably the greatest aspect of any science fiction is that it has the power to make the unbelievable believable. It isn’t necessarily easy to accomplish, though, and I think Repo Men is a good example of how a clever and startling idea can be mishandled by failing to inject enough believability into the story.
