Reel Review: Hancock

 
Director: Peter Berg
Cinematography: Tobias A. Schliessler
Screenplay: Vince Gilligan, Vincent Ngo
Runtime: 92 mins
Starring: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Eddie Marsan
Synopsis: Hancock (Will Smith) is just another loser, bum with an alcohol problem on the streets of LA, well with one major difference he has superpowers.  His drunken acts of so-called heroism have caused the whole [...]

Reel Review: Wanted

Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cinematography: Mitchell Amundsen
Screenplay: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan
Runtime: 110 mins
Starring: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, Terence Stamp, Common
Synopsis: Wesley Gibson (McAvoy) lives a mundane, repetitive existence.  He hates his job, his girlfriend is screwing his best friend, and he sees himself as a gutless loser without a purpose.  That is [...]

Reel Review: The Incredible Hulk

Director: Louis Leterrier
Cinematography: Peter Menzies Jnr.
Screenplay: Zak Penn
Runtime: 112 mins
Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson
Synopsis: In an attempt to avoid the authorities, Bruce Banner (Norton) has made home in Rio, here he desperately tries to control and cure the monster within him.  However it is not long before General Ross (Hurt) has [...]

Reel Review: Gone Baby Gone

Director: Ben Affleck
Cinematography: John Toll
Screenplay: Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard
Runtime: 114 mins
Starring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris, Amy Ryan, Morgan Freeman
Synopsis: A four-year-old girl, Amanda Mcready, has gone missing.  Grieving family members enlist the help of private detectives Kenzie and Gennaro (Affleck and Monaghan) to aid the police in finding her. The two detectives soon [...]