Mile 22 Movie Review: Roided-Out “16 Blocks” has issues with attitude, clarity

This is Mile 22 — Mile 20-pew — Mile pew pew pew — pew pew pew pew pew — Sorry. In the newest team-up of the Bergs, director Peter and actor Mark Wahl–, everything is again in decline. Aside from…

Movie Review: Patriots Day

Before we get started here, let’s get one thing out of the way that a lot of people may not quite understand when turning out to see this movie: When you move to the Greater Boston Area and live as…

New Trailer for Patriots Day

Patriots Day is the second film coming out this year from writer/director Peter Berg and actor/producer Mark Wahlberg after September’s Deepwater Horizon.  The films contain some distinct similarities, both star Wahlberg as a heroic all-American and both movies dramatize recent, and…

Mark Wahlberg stars in Boston Marathon Bombing Film, Patriots Day

Mark Wahlberg has been very busy this year. We just saw him in Deepwater Horizon literally two seconds ago, and now he’s ready to give us a little more drama later this year. Earlier this week, the teaser trailer for…

Mark Wahlberg deals with disaster in first trailer for Deepwater Horizon

Based on the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Hollywood is cashing in once again on disaster and the effect by the trailer alone is, surprisingly, stirring. Peter Berg isn’t known for doing much in the way of…

John’s Movie Review: “Lone Survivor”

There are a lot of movies that glorify being in the military. Getting the chance to fight for your country is probably the “bravest” and “manliest” thing you can do. This movie glorifies being in the military, but also asks…