Critiqal» Bill Nighy http://critiqal.com Everybody is a critiq - we just happen to like sharing our opinions. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Valkyrie (2008) http://critiqal.com/valkyrie-2008/1536/ http://critiqal.com/valkyrie-2008/1536/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:15:44 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Biopic]> Drama]> Thriller]> http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1536 Plot: Working covertly for the German resistance, Col. Clauss Von Strauffenberg (Cruise) inadvertently becomes the main hinge in a conspiracy to bring down Hitler in 1944. Based on true events.]]> http://critiqal.com/valkyrie-2008/1536/feed/ 0 G-Force (2009) http://critiqal.com/g-force-2009/5365/ http://critiqal.com/g-force-2009/5365/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:40:58 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5365 Plot: A covert government program trains animals to work in espionage. Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, these highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws when they go up against Leonard Saber (Nighy) and his newly created mechanized army.]]> http://critiqal.com/g-force-2009/5365/feed/ 0 Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans (2009) http://critiqal.com/underworld-rise-of-the-lycans-2009/1533/ http://critiqal.com/underworld-rise-of-the-lycans-2009/1533/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:30:04 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1533 Plot: In this prequel to Underworld, a young Lycan named Lucian (Sheen) joins forces with Sonja (Mitra) and rallies the werewolves to rise up against their vampire enslavers, headed by Viktor (Nighy).]]> http://critiqal.com/underworld-rise-of-the-lycans-2009/1533/feed/ 0 Astro Boy (2009) http://critiqal.com/astro-boy-2009/5470/ http://critiqal.com/astro-boy-2009/5470/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:53:50 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Adaptation]> Kids/Family]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5470 Plot: A grieving scientist (Cage) constructs a young robot with incredible powers in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the scientist's expectations, Astro Boy (Highmore) leaves, embarking on a journey of acceptance and betrayal that eventually leads him back to to the home he left in order to save Metro City and the father who had rejected him. Animated. Based on the comic series by Osamu Tezuka.]]> http://critiqal.com/astro-boy-2009/5470/feed/ 0 Hot Fuzz (2007) http://critiqal.com/hot-fuzz-2007/667/ http://critiqal.com/hot-fuzz-2007/667/#comments Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:36:05 +0000 Reid Currier http://pezxpress.com/movies/reviews/hot-fuzz-2007/667/ This film was released on April 20, 2007. Plot: London cop Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is so good at his job, he makes everyone else look bad. As a result, his superiors send him to a little out-of-the-way town named Sandford, where he is partnered with the oafish Danny Butterman (Frost). With barely any crime in Sandford, Angel chafes at his new assignment - until a series of grisly accidents convinces Angel that Sandford is not what it appears.
 
]]> http://critiqal.com/hot-fuzz-2007/667/feed/ 0 Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) http://critiqal.com/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest-2006/457/ http://critiqal.com/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest-2006/457/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:51:55 +0000 Reid Currier http://www.pezxpress.com/2006/movies/all-reviews/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest-2006-review/ Plot: After 13 years of being Captain of the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow (Depp) has forgotten about the deal he made. But Davy Jones, the ruler of the seas, hasn't - and it's time collect. Meanwhile, Will Turner (Bloom) and Elizabeth Swan (Knightley) have to postpone their wedding after they are accused of aiding a pirate. To clear them, Will must find Jack Sparrow and bring Jack's fabled compass back to the East India Trading Company. But Elizabeth isn't one to sit and wait. Inspired by the Disney Theme Park Ride.]]> http://critiqal.com/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest-2006/457/feed/ 0 Underworld: Evolution (2006) http://critiqal.com/underworld-evolution-2006/482/ http://critiqal.com/underworld-evolution-2006/482/#comments Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:56:47 +0000 Reid Currier http://www.pezxpress.com/2006/reviews/underworld-evolution-2006-review/ Plot: As the war between the Death Dealers and the Lycans rages on, Selene (Beckinsale), the vampire warrior, and Michael (Speedman), the werewolf hybrid, work together in an effort to unlock the secrets of their respective bloodlines.]]> http://critiqal.com/underworld-evolution-2006/482/feed/ 0 Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (2005) http://critiqal.com/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-2005/363/ http://critiqal.com/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-2005/363/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:58:58 +0000 Reid Currier http://pezxpress.com/2005/10/17/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-2005-review/ Plot: When the Earth is demolished by an alien species, plain Arthur Dent (Freeman) is whisked away by his friend Ford Prefect (Def), who isn't exactly from where he says he is. On this trip, he'll encounter the President of the Galaxy (Rockwell); a depressed android named Marvin (Davis/Rickman); the real intelligent life on Earth; The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything...and a girl he met at a costume party (Deschanel). Based on the novel by Douglas Adams.]]> http://critiqal.com/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-2005/363/feed/ 0 Shaun Of The Dead (2004) http://critiqal.com/shaun-of-the-dead-2004/676/ http://critiqal.com/shaun-of-the-dead-2004/676/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2005 23:35:40 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/reviews/shaun-of-the-dead-2004/676/ Plot: Shaun (Pegg) has a humdrum job, a friend (Frost) who mooches off of him and a girlfriend (Ashfield) who just broke up with him because he wasn't "going anywhere". Everyone he knows thinks he's living a dead-end life. When zombies attack, Shaun must finally make a decision: get up off his couch or die without having ever really lived.]]> http://critiqal.com/shaun-of-the-dead-2004/676/feed/ 0 Love Actually (2003) http://critiqal.com/love-actually-2003/1048/ http://critiqal.com/love-actually-2003/1048/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:16:37 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/reviews/love-actually-2003/1048/ Plot: 5 weeks before Christmas we take a peek inside the love lives of 8 British couples: A man (Neeson) still grieving over the loss of his wife and his stepson (Sangster) who is in love; a newly married couple (Knightley and Ejiofor); the newly-elected British Prime Minister (Grant); a high-powered exec (Rickman) his wife (Thompson); a writer (Firth) trying to escape from it all; a pair of body doubles (Freeman and Page); a young woman (Linney) with family issues and a man (Marshall) about to adventure to America.]]> http://critiqal.com/love-actually-2003/1048/feed/ 0