Black Lightning

Category: Science Fiction
Subcategories: Russian, Flying Cars, Flower Delivery

This is just too crazy not to tell the world about.

Rotten Tomatoes: No critic's reviews, liked by 43% of the masses
Netflix: 3.1 stars

The Dark Knight Rises

Category: Superhero
Subcategories: Batman, Bane, Commissioner Gordon, Awesomeness

The just released teaser trailer:

Contagion

Category: Science... Fiction?
Subcategories: Viral Spread, Bird Flu, Apocalypse, A Viral Zombie Movie without the Zombies

It's good to see a film that doesn't appear to use the old plot device that The Plague is Caused by Evil or Inept Scientists Meddling in Things They Shouldn't.

Exit Humanity

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Zombies, Civil War, Yet Another Reason to Avoid the Backwoods of Tennessee

Coming Soon...

Fun fact: One of the actors here is Stephen McHattie, who was also in "Pontypool", and is also in an upcoming zombie flick "A Little Bit Zombie". If you count a made-for-TV movie about Jesus that he did in the late 70's, He's been in four different, unrelated zombie movies. He also played an immortal in the "Highlander" TV series, which is sort of a zombie, so I put his total at 4.5.


The Hidden Blade

Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Japanese, Samurai, Yoji Yamada, Movie Titles That Will Eventually Be Used By The Porn Industry

Rotten Tomatoes: Liked by 87% of critics, 50% of the masses
Netflix:3.7 stars

The Thing (2011)

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Prequel, Monster, Shapeshifter, Reason #97 Why Living in the Antarctic Sucks

New Trailer:

John Carter of Mars

Category: Science Fiction
Subcategories: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Mars, Aliens, Steampunk, Things the Rovers didn't Find

Coming next year. This looks far more awesome than I thought it could...

Sherlock Holmes 2

Category: Urban Fantasy
Subcategories: Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr., Cross-dressing

The first trailer:

Vampires (2010)

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Belgian, Vampires, Comedy, Mocumentary, An Eternity of Teenage Angst

According to IMDB this is out, but there are no entries for it in Rotten Tomatoes or listing in Netflix.

Juan of the Dead

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Cuban, Comedy, Zombies, An Homage to a Parody of a B-rate Movie

Supposedly Cuba's first horror film, this is generating a lot of buzz. It is supposed to be making the festival rounds this summer.

The Adventures of Tintin

Category: Fantasy
Subcategories: Animated, Ships, Treasure, Heroic Ginger-Kids

The first trailer:

Pontypool

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Canadian, Zombies?, Psychological, Ear Worms

Rotten Tomatoes: Liked by 83% of the critics, and 68% of the masses
Netflix: 3.4 stars

Conan The Barbarian

Category: Fantasy
Subcategories: Ron Pearlman, Swords & Sorcery, Barbarians

The new trailer

The Restless

Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Korean, Supernatural, Demons, One Bad-Ass 'Stache

Rotten Tomatoes: No critic's reviews, but 68% of the masses liked it
Netflix: 3.5 stars

Battle of the Warriors

Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Chinese, Epic Asian War Flick

Rotten Tomatoes: No critic's reviews, liked by 58% of the masses
Netflix: 3.4 stars

(I couldn't find a good post of the trailer, so here are a couple of clips)


The Shrine

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Cults, Ritualistic Sacrifice, Canadian Movies About Americans in Poland

Rotten Tomatoes: The only critic that has reviewed it liked it
Netflix: 3.4 stars,

Code 46

Category: Science Fiction
Subcategories: Genetic Engineering, Big Brother, Tim Robbins, Oedipus Complex?!?!

It seems this is a real hit or miss movie. I really liked it, but you have to be in the mood for intellectual science fiction. Some have cast this as a romantic movie, but I don't think it is - I think the relationship serves as a plot device to explore duty and consequence. Maybe I'm just grading it on a curve because I had set the bar pretty low when I stumbled across this surfing the free movies available on my OnDemand...

Rotten Tomatoes: Liked by 51% of the critics, 58% of the masses
Netflix: 2.9 stars
My Opinion: 7/10

Musa: The Warrior

Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Korean, Epic Ass-Kickery

Rotten Tomatoes: The only critic to review it liked it, along with 77% of the masses
Netflix: 3.6 stars


Musa the Warrior | Ju Jin-mo | Jung Woo-sung | Kim Sung-su | Movie Trailer | Review

Immortals

Category: Fantasy
Subcategories: Greek Mythology,Gods, Mickey Rourke, Funny Party Hats

The second trailer. I doubt this is a great movie, but it might be a fun movie.

Seven Swords

Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Chinese, Donnie Yen, Asian Mythology, Crazy Weaponry

Rotten Tomatoes: Liked by only 27% of critics, but 59% of the masses
Netflix: 3.2 stars
My Opinion: 6/10 - it would have been higher, but they crossed the line from 'stylized' to 'corny' a couple of times.