Insidious (2010)

When they find out the source of the haunting isn't the house, but their son who is in a coma, the father's childhood becomes the key to getting him back. Poltergeist (1982) gets an upgrade in this better than your average thriller. Like the aforementioned, the creepy factor starts very high then falls off into an action style fight against the supernatural. Of course this is the same guy who brought us Saw (2004) and Dead Silence (2007) so don't waste your time waiting for the warm fuzzy at the end. Nice medium intensity hair raiser with good tension.

Super (2010)

Franks life was defined by two events.. when drugs and criminals seek to rob him of one of those God steps in to show him his destiny. This is one brutally zany flick.. from Monty Python style humor to gore and violence this is a movie of extremes. A mash up of Defendor (2009) and Kick-Ass (2010) with all the polish of a Dave Chappelle celebrity roast after a week long binger. From pipe wrenches to pipe bombs the Crimson Bolt is out to exterminate crime.. add to this a psychotic nymphomaniac and tips from The Holy Avenger and its hard to imagine making this trip any more bizarre. Mindless fun. Twisty humors only need apply.

Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)

In a town gone mad with vice and violence one man stands up from the gutter and screams "I'M TIRED AND I NEED MONEY FOR A MOWER!". There is so much cheese on this one you have to pay extra! A wonderful low budget exploration into blood bath exploitation! If you like your movies somber and serious then don't even pick up the box because this is anything but.. revolving disgust, humor, and in your face raw nastiness this leaps right off with terrible puns, juvenile antics and wonderfully awful one liners that for some reason work great. This isn't Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988) but they probably have similar budgets. If you are a fan of the drive in double headers then this has your name on it. Great fun!

Limitless (2011)

A man who's life is on the skids stumbles across a wonder drug that enables him to unlock the power of his brain. A fairly cool zero to hero story presented in the now popular narration style. This isn't a squishy story about self discovery or lost love, instead you get a movie tribute to Huey Lewis 'I Want a New Drug' with plenty of action and tension. A very enjoyable watch that will appeal to the get rich quick in all of us.

The Eagle (2011)

A valiant Roman officer seeks to restore honor to his family name by recovering the lost standard of the infamous 9th Legion. In many ways this is similar to Centurion (2010) plot wise.. the differences in story and characters are fairly inconsequential but there is a fair bit more grit in this one. Two big fight scenes, one at the beginning one at the end.. fairly sanitary in that they let your imagination do most the work for the blood and gore. In some ways this could be looked upon as a sequel to Centurion. Fans of the genre shouldn't be disappointed.

Source Code (2011)

A man wakes up in the body of another man with 8 minutes to live. This is a mix of Deja Vu (2006) and Groundhog Day (1993) (trade humor for romance) with some RoboCop (1987) flavoring. Sound confusing? Well this will be your condition for about the first 20 minutes of this film; once things are laid out you won't have too much trouble keeping abreast of the story. If you are a fan of the temporal paradox like I am, then chances are good you will enjoy this one. But it doesn't stop there, we get a little romance and a warm fuzzy tacked on the end so your lady friend won't sit and stare daggers at you the whole time because you are such a geek.. well she might, but it won't be because of this movie. Something a little different, a flirt with the weird.. oh go on, you can always take a shower after. Platter of baby back ribs and an appletini.