Jon's Movie Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation

This is not the scar-faced, kung-fu grip G.I. Joe with life-like hair your dad played with in the 1960s. This is the one with samurai swords, grenades and nuclear war-heads coming at you in 3D... Read More

Jon's Movie Review: Olympus Has Fallen

Here's a tight, taut, tense Presidential threat movie from Antoine Fuqua, director of the Oscar winning Training Day (2001), the film that won Denzel Washington the Oscar for Best Actor. Read More

Jon's Movie Review: Oz, The Great and Powerful

Magic and wizardry abound in this big Disney digital extravaganza in what could be considered a near-prequel visit to the world of Oz based on stories and characters create.. Read More

Jon's Movie Review: Oscar Picks

I'm going with my gut this time and picking my favorite performances and films in each category. The Oscars will air this Sunday night at 8:30PM Eastern on ABC following red carpet at 7PM. Read More

Jon's Movie Review: A Good Day To Die Hard

This isn't your dad's Die Hard anymore. After the third installment the franchise kind of just went to the highest bidder meaning the director who could bring more youth and pizzazz... Read More

Jon's Movie Review: Identity Thief

Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy take their turn at the unlikely-duo-journeying-across-country-in-a-car bit just like many others before them. Read More

Jon's Movie Review: Parker

Director Taylor Hackford has always been a straight forward, hard-working director with a good work ethic. A populist if you will in a character-driven, dramatic way, not a Frank Capra way... Read More

Jon's Movie Review: Gangster Squad

I can't say I was impressed with Gangster Squad, considering the talents of a pool of great actors, some who are Oscar winners and nominees - Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin... Read More

Jon's Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty is so loaded with pre-existing 9/11 emotions that it almost doesn't matter that Green Zone (2010) is virtually the same plot. Green Zone, the very tepid Matt Damon... Read More

Jon's Movie Review: Les Miserables

I'm by no means comparing Les Miserables to The Shawshank Redemption (1994) but there is a similarity in the sense that most of what you see unfolding on screen in both films is... Read More