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If not for the interesting scenery, I would have given this self-indulgent stinker one out of ten stars. Indeed, there is very little of substance to be found in this remake of the Danny Kaye classic, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

It's a shame really because the main players involved here (Stiller and Wiig) are capable of such fine work. But you can't make a likable movie without any real drama, comedy or, at the very least, mystery unless your intended audience is either underage or senile. Neither of which was the case here.

However, the real shame of this movie is the vast number of extremely blatant product placements placed throughout the whole bore-fest. As such, this film just seems like a money grab for Stiller, the producers, and the movie company which owns this travesty.

I strongly urge anyone who wants to see a real movie with terrific comedy, mystery and drama to check out the 1947 original Walter Mitty starring Danny Kaye and the very lovely, Virginia Mayo. You won't be disappointed with it no matter what age you are.

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much at all when I sat down to watch "The Reef" at what I like to call "Ye Olde Online Movie Theater." I figured there'd be a few unintentional laughs, quite a bit of gore and bad cgi plus, hopefully, a few fair maidens to ogle as I drifted off to sleep.

Boy, was I in for a hell of a shock! This is honestly one of the most intensely scary movies I've ever experienced. In fact, at several points I was literally vise-gripped onto the edges of my LazyBoy as if it was some tiny life raft barely keeping me afloat in deep, dark Pacific waters.

Think of all the times you've been in the ocean and wondered, "What's that large, dark shape coming towards me?" Is it seaweed, a big school of bait-fish, or something much more sinister? Ever get a serious chill up and down your spine during one of those moments? If so, this movie will be perfect for you if you can handle your fear.

This is, without a doubt, even with a few flaws here and there, the 2nd best shark movie ever made. In some ways, it's even better than Jaws.

It certainly didn't need any theme music at all to help create feelings of terror inside me as I watched The Reef and I don't scare easily.

Ryan's a talented actor and has proved himself many times over but he really has no business being in this movie as he's about as funny as watching a walking stick move from plant to plant.

Yes, I know he's supposed to be the "straight man" but Ryan Phillippe basically walks lazily through this role with many, many stern and/or blank & confused looks at MacGruber which, I guess, is supposed to remind us that Grubes doesn't exactly play by the book.

Well, it seems to me that ever since Reese Witherspoon dumped his ass, Phillippe's career has been sinking faster than a lead boat and I doubt even the great MacGruber could save him now even if there was only one wire to cut to prevent Ryan's eventual irrelevance.

I guess, when your glory days are far behind you, you have to take whatever role you can get. It's really too bad for the fans of MacGruber that the casting directors couldn't find anybody better than Ryan Phillippe to fill the role of Lt. Dixon Piper.

PS> Hey casting directors, you have a freakin' casting couch, right? So use it next time and find somebody that really wants to give it their all for your movie!

Saw this on the web last night and couldn't have been more impressed. Everything about it was top notch which was a huge surprise considering it's a Uwe Boll film.

Brendan Fletcher was absolutely excellent in the very difficult role of portraying a brutal mass murderer who also happens to be a very sympathetic character. At several points in the film, he reminded me of a young Christian Slater, the Slater who used to pour everything he had into a role.

Kudos also to Shaun Sipos who, oddly enough, reminded me of a young Brad Pitt from Twelve Monkeys, especially in the chicken restaurant scene with Fletcher. I hope both these guys get much more acting work as a result of what they accomplished in Rampage.

My only question is how on earth did Uwe Boll pull this brilliant movie out of his ass after a career full of crap I wouldn't want my worst enemy to have to watch?

In any event, this film, as shocking as it is, is a warning that the worst is yet to come. In fact, Columbine and the Virginia Tech mass murders may soon pale in comparison to what the next "Bill" ends up doing with a rage that can't be quenched.

Just saw this down at one my favorite local internet theaters and I can tell you that this is definitely one of Cillian Murphy's top performances.

Of course, Murphy was brilliant in 28 Days Later and downright creepy in Batman Begins but his turn as John Skillpa, a young man apparently tormented by years and years of child abuse, shows the truer depths of his acting range.

I'm pretty sure this feature will be well overlooked by the Academy Awards, but it shouldn't be as far as I'm concerned as Murphy and the rest of a well picked cast shine in nearly every scene. To be honest, however, I wasn't thrilled with Ellen Page's performance but I believe she did a capable job in the role she played.

Keith Carradine and an almost unrecognizable Bill Pullman are the other actors of note besides, of course, the pushy but sensitive Fanny Crill played by Susan Sarandon.

What I can tell you, without spoiling the film, is that it's set in a not too distant rural America where the oddities of life must be kept well hidden for one to survive.

What is genuinely fresh and interesting though is how the mind of John Skillpa chooses to handle the forced revealing of a secret he's kept under wraps for quite some time in a quiet house where no one would suspect there was anything out of order.

Drag Me To Hell proves Sam Raimi needs to learn a few new gags as his horror formula has become all-too-predictable, ultimately falling flat on itself becoming a tired rehash of the director's former glories. Despite this failure, I'm sure we'll see a sequel that Raimi fans will lap up like hungry dogs thrown a few scraps of old meat.

Not that the film doesn't have a few cute moments but an older viewer will likely feel as if they've seen this all before. It's a real shame that Raimi chose to release this film as it tarnishes the golden works of days of yore. Younger fans would do better to spend the night downloading Raimi's earlier flicks for free on the internet.

One of the darkest, yet blackly comical films I've ever seen. The entire cast and crew should be proud of their envelope-pushing achievement in horror. Perry Benson's domineeringly mad performance rivals the intensity with which Bob Hoskins portrayed Harold Shand in the much hailed gangster flick, The Long Good Friday. Dido Miles and Ainsley Howard were terrifically evil in their own exceptional ways.

Despite the gore-fest, there's a strong message here of how the indomitable human spirit, even when caught in a most vicious trap, can somehow manage to rise above one of the most sorrowful plight's imaginable.