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SKYSCRAPER  Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Møller, Noah Taylor,  Byron Mann Written and Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber Reviewed by Patrick & Paul Gibbs   Out of Four A few years ago a study was released which said that cats can understand simple logic and have a basic grasp of the laws of physics. This puts them ahead of Rawson Marshall Thurber, writer and director of the new action movie Skyscraper . Dwayne Johnson joins the long list of action stars who have tried to step into Bruce Willis' shoes, and in fairness, he did take them off so he could make fists with his toes. If he's not gonna wear them . . . But where the premise of Die Hard as a genre for over three decades has been for imitators to try to top each other with more and more off the wall settings (airports, aircraft carries, hockey stadiums, a city bus and Air Force One, to name just a few) Skyscraper comes full circle and brings us back to the original ...

Reviewed by Patrick & Paul Gibbs  Out of Four It's already a big year for us for for sheepish guilty pleasure, with Tomb Raider and Pacific Rim: Uprising, and now, the one and only video game that really holds a special (even sacred) place in our hearts is adapted into a big budget film. When we were teens in the 'early 90's, hanging out at the arcade at the mall playing Rampage was a favorite pastime. The thing we loved most about it was that it was done from the monster's point of view. It's a lot more fun to smash building and eat people than it is to shoot at creatures. The movie faced a big obstacle on this level: Rampage was never about the humans, and nobody wants to root against George, Ralph and Lizzie. How do you get around this?  Director Brad Peyton ( San Andreas ) and the team of screenwriters struggle with the issue, but come close enough to succeeding through enough of the film to make it satisfying to fans. George the gorilla and...

JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Bobby Cannavale Based on Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg Screenplay by Chris McKenna, Eric Sommers, Jake Kasdan, Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner Directed by Jake Kasdan Out of Four Joe Johnston's 1995 fantasy Jumanji was a pleasant surprise for that holds a great deal of setimental value, so when we heard that a remake was in developement, we weren't excited. Plain and simple, remaking a Robin Williams movie is one of the worst things Hollywood can do this decade, and while he can be fun in the right role, Dwayne Johnson is no Robin Williams. And when we heard the premise: A group of teenagers get sucked into a role-playing video game version in the bodies of their characters, we were torn between disappointment that it would ruin the similar screenplay we wrote 9 years ago for a Dungeons & Dragons based comedy/fantasy, and the fact that clearly w...

San Andreas actor Dwayne Johnson listed his inspirations growing up before thanking his family, fans and Steven Spielberg at his hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The actor received a letter from the director telling him to "keep going for it", saying it was "the greatest gift" he could have asked for. Click here to read "Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Receives Letter From Steven Spielberg" The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and John Williams THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS