Edge of Darkness

Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston

Rated: R

Currently: Still in Smaller Theatres, Available on DVD

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Reason: Intensity, Acting

Comments: This is an edge of your seat thriller where you can't wait for the good guy to get the bad guy.  Mel Gibson was extraordinary from start to finish.  Ray Winstone built a very likable character given that he was not a nice man.

Preview: Trailer 1, Trailer 2

Movie
Home: Edge of Darkness

Recommendation: If you can find this in a theatre see it right away, if not rent it as soon as it comes out.

The Book of Eli

Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Jennifer Beals, Mila Kunis

Rated: R

Currently: Still in Smaller Theatres, Available on DVD

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Reason: Intensity, Acting

Comments: Riveting from start to finish.  Exquisite acting throughout.  Best Denzel in a very long time.

Preview: Trailer 2

Movie
Home: The Book of Eli

Invictus

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon

Rated: R

Currently: Awaiting DVD May 2010

Rating: 2.5/5.0

Reason: Pace, Casting, Directing (sorry Clint)

Comments: This is an enjoyable movie because Morgan Freeman is an amazing actor, Matt Damon holds his own with Freeman, and the story was interesting.  This is not a good movie because it was not cast well relative to the story being told, and because the story is told from the perspective of Mandela, not from the perspective of the coach, or players, or team.  This should have been a sports movie with a political message, not a political movie with a sports fascination.

Preview: Trailer 1

Movie
Home: Invictus

The Bounty Hunter

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler

Rated: R

Currently: In Theatres

Rating: 3.0/5.0

Reason: Pace

Comments: If the first half of the movie had been as interesting or moved as well as the second half this would have been a very enjoyable movie, that and if Butler had actually been attracted to Aniston. The chemistry just was not there for these two.

Preview: Trailer 1

Movie

Home: Bounty Hunter