http://critiqal.com Everybody is a critiq - we just happen to like sharing our opinions. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:20:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 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 http://critiqal.com/the-art-of-war-2000/3038/ http://critiqal.com/the-art-of-war-2000/3038/#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:35:07 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=3038 Plot: When China's ambassador is assassinated, and the new trade agreement between China and the US looks to be on the rocks, covert United Nations agent Niles Shaw (Snipes) is blamed. Now, he's going to have use all of his training to bring the real culprit to justice.]]> http://critiqal.com/the-art-of-war-2000/3038/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/outbreak-1995/2954/ http://critiqal.com/outbreak-1995/2954/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:05:49 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=2954 Plot: A monkey transports a deadly virus from Africa to the small town of Cedar Creek, CA, where the virus begins decimating the population. Unable to control it, the CDC calls in the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to help. As the infection worsens, USAMRIID's Sam Daniels (Hoffman) begins a desperate hunt for the host.]]> http://critiqal.com/outbreak-1995/2954/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/the-italian-job-2003/380/ http://critiqal.com/the-italian-job-2003/380/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:51:42 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Crime/Gangster]> Remake]> http://pezxpress.com/2003/10/21/the-italian-job-2003-review/ Plot: In this remake of the 1968 film with the same name, six con men pull off the heist of their lives - 35 million dollars in gold bricks - in Venice, Italy. Everything goes off without a hitch, until they are betrayed by one of their own, who takes the loot, kills one of them, and leaves the rest for dead. A year later, the four surviving members track their betrayer down, anxious to settle the score.]]> http://critiqal.com/the-italian-job-2003/380/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/virus-1998/218/ http://critiqal.com/virus-1998/218/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2003 12:43:54 +0000 Reid Currier Adaptation]> Suspense/Horror]> Thriller]> http://pezxpress.com/2003/07/06/virus-1998-review/ Plot: A tug boat crew is caught in a typhoon. They encounter a Russian research ship, dead in the water, in the eye of the storm. Upon investigation, they find only one survivor, who tells a fantastic tale about an alien electrical life form that has taken over the ship. After being stranded onboard the ship, they must fight for their lives to stay alive...and make sure the virus doesn't get to land. ]]> http://critiqal.com/virus-1998/218/feed/ 0