Showing posts with label Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Show all posts

Thursday, January 24, 2008

DVD Review: The Game Plan

The Game Plan DVDThe Game Plan
Directed by Andy Fickman
Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Madison Pettis, Roselyn Sanchez, Kyra Sedgwick
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Available Jan. 22, 2008


Joe Kingman (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) is a great quarterback, he has an awesome apartment complete with mood lighting and the manly barrage of electronics, the model girlfriend who is as self-absorbed as he is, and the friendship (albeit a bit fickle because no one can truly be friends with a megalomaniac) of his starting team. So when the young Peyton Kelly (Madison Pettis) moves in with him when her mother voyages to Africa for a medical mission, Joe's home and work are dramatically changed in this humorous and often touching family comedy...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Movie Review: Southland Tales (UK Release)

Southland Tales movie poster (UK Release)Southland Tales
Directed by Richard Kelly
Starring Dwayne "The Rock” Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott
Rated R
UK Release: Dec. 9, 2007


With a limited release, Southland Tales has arrived here in the UK. I wanted to see it. The obvious reason for that was because of Richard Kelly's debut feature … of which I will not go into. And you want to know why? Because Kelly's first film will inevitably influence you, and you will compare both films.

Watching Southland Tales with zero expectations is the best bet. And that is how I went into this.

Before I go into the basics of the film, I want to tell you about my experience after it. Whilst waiting outside the screen, I overheard a fake-gold bling tracksuited orange-tanned Chav [the local scum in the UK] Girl say to her boyfriend "What the hell was that? I didn't understand any f*cking bit.”...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!