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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://critiqal.com/public-enemies-2009/5330/ http://critiqal.com/public-enemies-2009/5330/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:36:41 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Adaptation]> Crime/Gangster]> Thriller]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5330 Plot: FBI Agent Melvin Purvis (Bale) tries to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger (Depp), Baby Face Nelson (Graham) and Pretty Boy Floyd (Tatum) during a booming crime wave in the 1930s. ]]> http://critiqal.com/public-enemies-2009/5330/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/terminator-salvation-2009/1679/ http://critiqal.com/terminator-salvation-2009/1679/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 21:45:34 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1679 Plot: The future John Connor (Bale) was raised to believe in is altered in the year 2018, in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.]]> http://critiqal.com/terminator-salvation-2009/1679/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/the-dark-knight-2008/536/ http://critiqal.com/the-dark-knight-2008/536/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:44:03 +0000 Reid Currier http://www.pezxpress.com/previews/the-dark-knight-preview/536/ Plot: With the help of Lieutant Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart), Batman (Bale) sets out to break up the remaining criminal elements in Gotham. This partnership proves effective...until a reign of chaos is unleashed by a new rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker (Ledger).]]> http://critiqal.com/the-dark-knight-2008/536/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/the-prestige-2006/747/ http://critiqal.com/the-prestige-2006/747/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 14:53:34 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/reviews/the-prestige-2006/747/ Plot: Angier (Jackman) and Borden (Bale) are rival magicians at the turn of the century. When Borden begins performing the ultimate trick, "The Transported Man", Angier will stop at nothing to discover how the trick is done. Based on the novel by Christopher Priest.]]> http://critiqal.com/the-prestige-2006/747/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/harsh-times-2006/700/ http://critiqal.com/harsh-times-2006/700/#comments Wed, 02 May 2007 02:10:08 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/reviews/harsh-times-2006/700/ Plot: After returning to LA from the conflict in the Middle East, mentally unstable ex-soldier Jim (Bale) struggles to find meaning for his life. While he works on getting a job on the police force, he drifts into a life of crime, bringing with him his best friend Mike (Rodriguez), who is trying to turn over a new leaf for his wife (Longoria).]]> http://critiqal.com/harsh-times-2006/700/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/batman-begins-2005/248/ http://critiqal.com/batman-begins-2005/248/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:03:16 +0000 Reid Currier http://pezxpress.com/2005/10/22/batman-begins-2005-review/ Plot: After his parents are murdered in front of him, billionaire heir Bruce Wayne (Bale) finds the world a much darker place. Wandering around the world, he encounters the League of Shadows, who train him to become a leader of their forces. But, when he discovers that their goal is to bring down his home town of Gotham, Bruce turns them down. With a renewed sense of self, he returns to Gotham to fight the crime-infested streets his own way - as his new alter-ego, The Batman.]]> http://critiqal.com/batman-begins-2005/248/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/equilibrium-2002/1024/ http://critiqal.com/equilibrium-2002/1024/#comments Sat, 31 May 2003 13:14:53 +0000 Reid Currier Drama]> Thriller]> http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1024 Plot: After World War III, a new drug has been implemented which eradicates the highs and lows of human emotion. Of course, there are some who don’t proscribe to this new way of doing things. For those people, there are the Grammaton Cleric, a highly trained specialized police force, whose sole purpose is to wipe out any resistance and burn any and all contraband. But what happens when one of the Clerics (Bale) starts questioning the rules?]]> http://critiqal.com/equilibrium-2002/1024/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/reign-of-fire-2002/977/ http://critiqal.com/reign-of-fire-2002/977/#comments Mon, 16 Dec 2002 02:48:48 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/reviews/reign-of-fire-2002/977/ Plot: While visiting his mother on a construction site, a young boy, Quinn, finds a new species down in the tunnels...and barely survives to tell the tale. 20 years later, Quinn (Bale) leads a band of surviving humans, guarding against the next dragon attack. Quinn meets Van Zan (McConaughey), whose claims of killing a dragon help convince Quinn to travel to London to kill the only male dragon, in the hopes the species will die out without him, and give back the earth to humanity...what remains of it.]]> http://critiqal.com/reign-of-fire-2002/977/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/shaft-2000/1120/ http://critiqal.com/shaft-2000/1120/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2002 19:15:41 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Adaptation]> Crime/Gangster]> Thriller]> http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/reviews/shaft-2000/1120/ Plot: New York City police detective John Shaft (Jackson) goes to investigate a racially-motivated murder. A waitress at the nightclub points out Wade (Bale), the son of a powerful real estate tycoon. After being freed on bail, Wade skips town for years. Now he's back, and Shaft is looking for justice.]]> http://critiqal.com/shaft-2000/1120/feed/ 0