Blogcritics Author: Derek Fleek

DVD Review: Street Kings (Special Edition + Digital Copy)

Derek Fleek — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 02:42:22 EST

every line of nonstop banter rolls off the tongue like peanut butter, feeling entirely scripted (especially when cited by Keanu).
In a time of diminished respect for crooked cop flicks, Street Kings decided to try to revive a genre that is long past its peak since Training Day took awards. Imagine Street Kings as the little brother of Training Day, tagging along with an annoying sense of unintentional humor while simultaneously being loud and obnoxious. Unlike its older...

DVD Review: Resident Evil: Degeneration

Derek Fleek — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:16:50 EST

About the best you can say regarding this all show and no go feature is, hey, it could've been worse.
Are you the type of video-gamer who skips through introductions and storyboards to get right into the action? Are you the type of movie-goer who enjoys an interesting line of characters and compelling story to accompany a film's marvelous animation? If so, then you'll probably have a hard time getting into Resident Evil: Degeneration. Seven...

DVD Review: The Longshots

Derek Fleek — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:13:55 EST

It's a tribute rather than a trite, cinematic exposition of a true-life story.
Inspirational movies are extremely hard to pull off. They either come across as touching and heartfelt, or sappy and over-dramatized. In the late summer of 2008, a small movie titled The Longshots got its release to the silver screen. Most of you may have missed its theatrical running. With a low-budget, crappy trailer, and a rapper-turned-director...

DVD Review: Burn After Reading

Derek Fleek — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:24:12 EST

Joel and Ethan Coen are back to lesser form with Burn After Reading.
Somebody please explain the purpose of this film! Joel and Ethan Coen are back to lesser form with Burn After Reading, a half-baked and utterly pointless flick involving a series of absurd events that lead to a head-scratching conclusion.When an important disc supposedly containing top secret CIA documents falls into the hands of two unlikely gym...

DVD Review: Unstable Fables - Tortoise vs. Hare

Derek Fleek — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:10:20 EST

Tortoise vs Hare doesn't take the fun out of the classic story as much as it swamps its important moral.
Most of you have heard of the Aesop's fable about the tortoise and the hare that dates back to ancient Greece, but do you know what happened after the infamous race?After years of defeat, Murray Hare is determined to set things straight with his arch-nemesis Walter Tortoise by having a father/child race to the finish. Hare's thoughts are...

DVD Review: The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 2-Disc Deluxe Edition

Derek Fleek — Sat, 6 Dec 2008 10:33:46 EST

...loaded with repetitive action, occasionally sloppy camerawork, ill-favored subplots involving love and daddy issues, and an excessively lackluster script.
One of Hollywood's highest grossing movie franchises that began with a bang ends with a whimper with the third entry in The Mummy franchise having a noticeable lack of smarts and entertainment.The fact that the series became less memorable and uninspired as it went along doesn't help, but a seeming lack of current interest in the franchise...

DVD Review: The Italian Job - Special Collector's Edition

Derek Fleek — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:37:14 EST

Both style and substance can be found in this thrilling adventure.
Though not familiar with the original 1969 movie of the same name, as a stand-alone film The Italian Job swiftly moves along without any narrative hogwash and sufficiently provides a smooth combination of light humor and top-notch entertainment. With an all-star cast that includes Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Mos Def, Seth Green,...

DVD Review: The Good Life

Derek Fleek — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:41:16 EST

It's a bore from start to finish, essentially because of the pedestrian plot and below standard chemistry.
My dislikes for melodramas emerges as The Good Life begins and ends with a prosaic tone and never recovers from senseless direction and monotonous acting. I hated this film. It's a bore from start to finish, essentially because of the pedestrian plot and below standard chemistry.Jason (Mark Webber) is a young man determined to make his unsteady...

DVD Review: Space Chimps

Derek Fleek — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:42:14 EST

The dense script, lousy animation, and myriad attempts at making torturous puns humorous becomes nearly unbearable.
With screenwriters Robert Moreland (Happily N'Ever After) and Kirk De Micco (Racing Stripes) at the helm of the scripting, you can't expect a tour de force storyline. What you can expect is a less than mediocre film, or in this case, the worst animated film of the year.Ham III (Andy Samberg) is a circus monkey who mastered the art of...

Movie Review: Get Smart

Derek Fleek — Sat, 8 Nov 2008 08:40:53 EST

Missed it by that much!
I'm sure most remember the popular television series Get Smart from the mid-'60s, mainly because of Don Adams' hilariously silly performance as Maxwell Smart. Taking the role here is Steve Carell, who indeed looks like Don Adams, but does he have the flair to be the bumbling CONTROL agent Maxwell Smart?After CONTROL becomes infiltrated...