Black Sheep @ The Box Office

Happy Halloween! I hope you go out there today and scare the crap out of people safely. I also hope you've Halloween'd it up all weekend really because this is the last time you will ever get the chance to. With the final chapter of the SAW series bowing in theatres this weekend, this must also be the last Halloween. It just won't be...

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SAW 3D

Written by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick MeltonDirected by Kevin GreutertStarring Sean Patrick Flannery, Costas Mandylor, Tobin Bell and Cary ElwesGibson: How many bodies?Rogers: I got enough pieces for four.SAW 3D gets the saws themselves out first thing. Right in the middle of Toronto’s entertainment district, one of the now infamous Jigsaw’s...

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THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NESTWritten by Jonas FrykbergDirected by Daniel AlfredsonStarring Noomi Rapace and Michael NyqvistIf there is one girl out there who just keeps getting herself into more and more trouble, it is Lisbeth Salander. First she goes and gets a great big dragon tattoo on her back and then, despite many lessons...

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Best of Black Sheep: THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIREWritten by Jonas FrykbergDirected by Daniel AlfredsonStarring Noomi Rapace and Michael NyqvystThe second installment in the adaptations of Steig Larsson’s now internationally popular literary series, THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, features sex trafficking, violent murder and people being buried alive but yet...

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Best of Black Sheep: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOOWritten by Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus HeisterbergDirected by Niels Arden OplevStarring Michael Nyqvist and Noomi RapaceMikael Blomkvist: As we’ve been sharing files recently, I assume you’re up to date.Expectations are tricky to avoid when you watch a movie from the last year that has already generated enough...

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Couch Time with Sheldon

Welcome to COUCH TIME WITH SHELDON, a brand new feature on Black Sheep Reviews. Well, it's mostly brand new. Essentially, this feature will replace BLU-TUESDAY. Rather than simply focus on the releases of the day, Black Sheep will take a look at a handful of titles each week, ranging from brand new releases to catalog titles, based on...

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The Social Network (2010)

Genre: Biography/Drama/HistoryStarring: Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Justin Timberlake, Andrew GarfieldThe Facebook movie was a movie that 500 million people were anticipating. Mark Zuckerberg (Eisenberg) the worlds youngest billionaire who created Facebook, did not have an easy life as most people imagined....

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Robin Hood (2010)

Genre: War/Action/Adventure/Drama/HistoryStarring: Russell Crowe, Kate Blanchett, Max von Sydow, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, William HurtThe story of Robin Hood, the outlaw who takes from the rich and gives to the poor. Robin Longstride (Crowe) was an ace archer serving King Richard the Lionheart during his crusade to conquer Europe. Robin...

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Black Sheep @ The Box Office

The mad party continues this weekend at Paramount Studios. Not only have they replaced themselves at the top of the Box Office but they now lay claim to both the best and fifth best October openings of all time. Now, I was under the impression that audiences would have found a sequel to PARANORMAL ACTIVITY to be a little too much but audiences...

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HEREAFTER

HEREAFTERWritten by Peter MorganDirected by Clint EastwoodStarring Matt Damon, Cecile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard and George McLarenBilly: A life that is all about death is no life at all. It’s no secret that Clint Eastwood is getting up there in years. He has been churning out films on an almost yearly basis in the last decade as if...

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SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL

Written and Directed by Michael McGowanStarring Noah Reid, Allie McDoanald and Olivia Newton-JohnCanada is a different country after this year’s Olympic games in Vancouver. Its sense of pride was rediscovered through a collective rallying behind its many talented athletes. And one sport brought the country together like no other – hockey....

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The Men Who Stare At Goats (2009)

Genre: Fantasy/Science-fiction/War/Comedy/DramaStarring: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin SpaceyDuring the Vietnam War, a United States Army soldier, Bill Django (Bridges) gained enlightenment on how to make war more peaceful. His teachings and trainings taught soldiers how to use their minds more effectively, which in turn...

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Black Sheep @ The Box Office

Really? A $50 million opening weekend for a third JACKASS installment. I will admit to watching and laughing whole heartedly at the first JACKASS but that was after a drink or five and I was in the privacy of my own living room. It was also eight years ago. How are we not over this by now? Not only are we not over this but $50 million...

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Black Sheep interviews Ryan Reynolds

Good and BuriedAn interview with Ryan Reynolds(with Rodrigo Cortes)If you want to get to know who Ryan Reynolds is as an actor, you will have to dig a little deeper past his title role in VAN WILDER, even though it made him an underground goofball god. And you will have to go deeper still past his turn opposite Sandra Bullock in THE PROPOSAL,...

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