Shutter Island

Shutter Island

Reviewed by Alicia Glass Rating: 7 Electroshocked Brains A pair of Federal Marshals probe the disappearance of a female inmate on an island facility for the criminally insane in 1954. What can I say? Director Martin Scorsese, master of such films as The Departed and...
Act of Valor

Act of Valor

Reviewed by Alicia Glass  Rating: 8 An elite team of Navy SEALS track and eliminate terrorists all over the world! I did enjoy the movie, but then, my mother was in the Navy for 16 years. My husband has family who was in the military; a great many of my friends are...
SDIFF 2011 Coriolanus

SDIFF 2011 Coriolanus

Reviewed by Alicia Glass Rating: 8 Absolute Rants In a modern adaptation of the Shakespeare story, a warrior returns home from the war to his political execution, banishment, and subsequent betrayal. It’s a hard one to explain, but if you like that sort of movie, it...
RED (2010)

RED (2010)

Reviewed by Alicia Glass Rating: 8 Stuffed Pigs When retired black-ops Agent Frank Moses’ life is threatened by the ghosts of his past, he and a phone operator hostage go to reassemble Moses’ old team to void off execution. A great deal of the movie just pokes plain...
The Showdown

The Showdown

Reviewed by Alicia Glass Rating: 7 Betrayals After going to war with China, three Korean men, survivors of a bloody last battle, hole up in an abandoned Inn and at last turn on eachother in the final showdown. The fight scenes are just fine and so is the acting, but...