Robots, Volcanoes, and Airplanes- You know it's FEBRUARY 2014.

Robocop

 For a while, I use to believe that remakes, specifically re-imaginings, were so harmless. Then, 2007 came around with the remake to Halloween. In conversations, I can no longer just say Halloween is one of my favorite horror movies; now, I have to specify using the word "original". However, this could all just be left alone if the remake of an original would be good, but in the case of Halloween, I can't. The same can be said for Robocop. Word of advice: when trying to give an material a soul, it can be easy to misidentify soul with melodrama. If there is anything this remake has over the original, it is it's obsession with tears, crying, and overacting speeches. Also, the original has more soul, and it's magnificently more up to date with the world today than this remake garbage. Robocop (2014) tried bringing a belief of depth into this movie, by bringing in the family element, great actors, made Lewis a guy, and made some key changes to the Murphy character. Sounds good, right? The wife character is just in the way. I never thought I would ever say this but Samuel L. Jackson was such a nuisance in this; they replaced the great commercials from the original with boring exposition that in the end is truly meaningless. Lewis did absolutely nothing. The city of Detroit, which I this time would have great to capitalize on, was completely ignored. Like I said, the original, even as old as it was, still captures Detroit's state, today. Side notes: This movie is PG-13 and replaces Robo's flesh tearing Auto 9 with some high tech taser gun, WEAK! I would not buy this for a dollar.

           Pompeii

Good mashup of disaster and gladiator genres. Keifer Sutherland was a joy to watch as the villain, even though his accent was terrible. Paul W.S. Anderson continues with his great visuals. If your going to see this, the theaters is the best place.

Non-Stop

The first half of this movie is fantastic and heart-pounding. Second half, things just get crazy and becomes a typical Neeson ass kicking movie, which is nothing bad. Loved this movie.