It was my intention, like many other film buffs out there, to prepare for A Good Day to Die Hard by revisiting the highs and lows of the previous Die Hard films. Between a hectic schedule and early buzz that the latest John McClane chapter wasn’t so good, I wound up passing on watching the other films in the 25-year-old franchise. It turns out that may have been one of the best things I could... 

It’s that time of year again: where we gather together and offer our opinions, “if we ran the Oscars.” Hear who Rafe, Tim, and Thomas would give gold statues to if they ran the show. Some of the picks are predictable, others are outrageous, but they’re all in opinionated fun. But first, a review of A Good Day to Die Hard, Rafe rants about aging action heroes, Thomas belittles Dark... 

It’s time for a visit to the trailer park. This week we look at a few trailers that have been out for a month or so (but ones we haven’t talked about before), several independent pictures that might be worth keeping an eye on, and even a television teaser. So, without further ado, let’s get right to the trailers. We’ll start this week with a trailer that is hardly new. In fact,... 

The title refers to a question Rafe asks this week. We’ve made some serious botches over the past few weeks, both with technical issues and misattributing roles within movies, and nobody has called us on it. C’mon folks, this is the Internet; you’re supposed to be all over us for the slightest mistake! Regardless of whether we actually have an audience or not, this week we discuss... 

What the hell is going on with the world? First we get a trailer for a Men in Black sequel that looks good, and now we get one for the G.I. Joe sequel that also looks like it has promise? What’s next; positive reviews for Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked? Even though most people didn’t care all that much for 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the powers that be at Paramount and Hasbro decided... 

This weekend sees the release of Source Code, a sci-fi thriller that centers around a technology that inserts a volunteer into the last eight minutes of someone’s life. Within that eight minutes, the traveler has free reign, but theoretically they are unable to change the flow of time. What happens happens, for better or for worse (and, considering they can only be put into the last eight minutes... 

A few weeks ago I watched Kevin Smith’s Too Fat for 40, the latest in Smith’s produced Q&A releases (I promise this isn’t another Kevin Smith related Rafe’s Rant – it’s simply where I found the inspiration for these thoughts). One of the topics Smith touches on is his experience with Cop Out, working with an established star like Bruce Willis, who not only was the star of the film... 

This week sees the revenge of the senior citizens. After my past ageism comments about romantic comedies for the older set, I’m happy to give Red a positive review. It just goes to show: romantic comedies equals creepy, action comedies equals win. We look at the second and third of John Carpenter’s “apocalypse trilogy” with special guest, Mark Noble, who returns to the show... 

We’ve talked about ageism on the website before – that discrimination against actors and storylines by both Hollywood and audiences simply on the basis of age. Tinsel town doesn’t afford many actors much leeway when it comes to getting older, disposing of many talented people (particularly women) when they start showing the signs of age. The few it does keep around are usually relegated to... 

When The Sixth Sense hit theaters, nobody had any expectations. Haley Joel Osment was the kid from Forest Gump, Bruce Willis jumped back and forth between strange pictures, and the director, with a name nobody could figure out how to pronounce, was a complete unknown. With the catchphrase, “I see dead people,” M. Night Shyamalan became a phenomenon. That breakout movie powered him through several...