http://critiqal.com Everybody is a critiq - we just happen to like sharing our opinions. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://critiqal.com/x-men-origins-wolverine-2009/1295/ http://critiqal.com/x-men-origins-wolverine-2009/1295/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 17:30:58 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/previews/x-men-origins-wolverine-2009/1295/ Plot: Set 17 years before X-Men, this prequel focuses on Logan's (Jackman) early encounters with Sabretooth (Schreiber), William Stryker (Huston) and the Weapon X program that gave him his adamantium skeleton.]]> http://critiqal.com/x-men-origins-wolverine-2009/1295/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/happy-feet-2006/750/ http://critiqal.com/happy-feet-2006/750/#comments Sat, 26 May 2007 13:01:08 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/reviews/dvd/happy-feet-2006/750/ Plot: Mumbles (Wood) is different from the other Emperor penguins in Antarctica. While they sing their heartsong to each other, he tap dances. When he is forced out of his home for being different, he sets out to find the reason behind why more and more fish are disappearing each year. Animated.]]> http://critiqal.com/happy-feet-2006/750/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/x-men-the-last-stand-2006/275/ http://critiqal.com/x-men-the-last-stand-2006/275/#comments Sun, 28 May 2006 02:48:55 +0000 Reid Currier http://pezxpress.com/2006/05/27/x-men-iii-the-last-stand-2006-review/ Plot: A "cure" for mutants has been found, and is being offered to mutants at clinics. Fearing that "voluntary cures" is only the beginning, Magneto (McKellen) and his Brotherhood of Mutants intend to stop it before all mutants are "cured". His only obstacle? The X-Men. But, is Magneto the real threat, or will the X-Men suffer more at the hands of an old friend? Based on the Marvel Comic characters.]]> http://critiqal.com/x-men-the-last-stand-2006/275/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/x-men-2000/494/ http://critiqal.com/x-men-2000/494/#comments Sat, 27 May 2006 22:41:05 +0000 Reid Currier http://www.pezxpress.com/2006/reviews/x-men-2000-review/ Plot: As the debate about mutant registration heats up, Magneto (McKellen) and his so-called Brotherhood of Mutants hatch a plot to change the world's leaders into mutants. The only ones who can stop this powerful group are the newly formed X-Men, a team of mutants lead by Professor X (Stewart). Based on the Marvel Comic characters.]]> http://critiqal.com/x-men-2000/494/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/van-helsing-the-london-assignment-2004/221/ http://critiqal.com/van-helsing-the-london-assignment-2004/221/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:40:50 +0000 Reid Currier http://pezxpress.com/2004/07/29/van-helsing-the-london-assignment-2004-review/ Plot: In London, a medical man is killing young women. Van Helsing (Jackman) is sent from Vatican City to capture this man and try to save his soul. As it turns out, the medical man is none other than the classic villain, Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde. But what sinister reason does he have for killing these young women - and why does it concern the Queen of England? Animated.]]> http://critiqal.com/van-helsing-the-london-assignment-2004/221/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/van-helsing-2004/485/ http://critiqal.com/van-helsing-2004/485/#comments Wed, 26 May 2004 17:19:30 +0000 Reid Currier http://www.pezxpress.com/2004/reviews/van-helsing-2004-review/ Plot: Van Helsing (Jackman) is a monster hunter without a past. He hunts the things that go bump in the night - the stuff most people don't know about. His latest mission: to go to Transylvania and defeat the legendary Count Dracula (Roxburgh) - and figure out what to do about Frankenstein (Hensley) while he's there.]]> http://critiqal.com/van-helsing-2004/485/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/x2-x-men-united-2003/495/ http://critiqal.com/x2-x-men-united-2003/495/#comments Fri, 02 May 2003 23:00:28 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> http://www.pezxpress.com/2003/reviews/x2-x-men-united-2003-review/ Plot: After an attack on the President of the United States, mutants are being hunted by a man named Striker (Cox)...and Xavier's School for the Gifted is the first target. Now, Wolverine (Jackman), Iceman (Ashmore), Rogue (Paquin),Pyro (Stanford), Storm (Berry), Jean Grey (Janssen), Cyclops (Marsden), Nightcrawler (Cumming) and Charles Xavier (Stewart) need to do the improbable...team up with Mystique (Romijn) and recently escaped Magneto (McKellan)...to save all of mutant kind.]]> http://critiqal.com/x2-x-men-united-2003/495/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/swordfish-2001/988/ http://critiqal.com/swordfish-2001/988/#comments Mon, 12 Aug 2002 01:03:50 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Crime/Gangster]> Thriller]> http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/reviews/swordfish-2001/988/ Plot: Life is looking pretty bleak for ex-con Stanley Jobson (Jackman)...until a mysterious stranger named Ginger (Berry) introduces him to Gabriel (Travolta), a man in need of his computer talents, and willing to pay him $10 million for them. All Stanley has to do is help Gabriel electronically steal a government slush fund.]]> http://critiqal.com/swordfish-2001/988/feed/ 0