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Zaki Hasan Movie Reviews

Zaki's Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

Zaki Hasan | Posted 05.17.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

Read my review of 2009's Star Trek here 2009's hugely successful sequel/prequel/reboot Star Trek did a lot more than apply the paddles to the moribun...

Zaki's Review: The Great Gatsby

Zaki Hasan | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

After four wildly different tries at bringing F. Scott Fitzgerald's much-admired tome The Great Gatsby to the silver screen, I'm starting to think it ...

Zaki's Review: Iron Man 3

Zaki Hasan | Posted 05.03.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

Read my 2008 review of Iron Man here Read my 2010 review of Iron Man 2 here Read my 2012 review of The Avengers here I have to admit, as a fan of t...

The MovieFilm Podcast: Man of Steel, Lone Ranger, and What's Right With Tom Cruise

Zaki Hasan | Posted 04.22.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

When it came time to record the big 20th episode of the  MovieFilm Podcast, Brian was too busy earning a living to join us, but Joblo.com News...

Zaki's Review: 42

Zaki Hasan | Posted 04.11.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

42 is an exceptional story told unexceptionally. As a depiction of the trailblazing story of Jackie Robinson, who shattered the color barrier for prof...

The MovieFilm Podcast: In Praise of Jurassic Park!

Zaki Hasan | Posted 04.08.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

In this episode of MovieFilm, the gang share their thoughts on the global blockbuster G.I. Joe: Retaliation and lionize the late Roger Ebert. I...

Zaki's Review: Jurassic Park 3D

Zaki Hasan | Posted 04.06.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

When director Steven Spielberg's dinos-on-the-rampage blockbuster Jurassic Park first hit the screen twenty years ago (I'll let you process ...

Zaki's Review: G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Zaki Hasan | Posted 03.28.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

Read my 2009 review of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra here Now that's more like it. G.I. Joe: Retaliation is the Joe movie I've been hoping to see sinc...

The MovieFilm Podcast: Olympus Has Fallen, G.I. Joe, and More!

Zaki Hasan | Posted 03.25.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

The latest MovieFilm installment starts off with my interview with legendary G.I. Joe writer Larry Hama as he discusses the origins of the Marvel Co...

The MovieFilm Podcast: Jim Sturgess On Upside Down, Plus Oz, Oscar Wrap, and More!

Zaki Hasan | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

On this week's show, I starts things off with an exclusive interview with actor Jim Sturgess about his new film Upside Down. After that, the gang an...

Zaki's Review: Oz the Great and Powerful

Zaki Hasan | Posted 05.08.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

The last time director Sam Raimi, one of the most talented visual voices of his generation, tried his hand at a big budget blockbuster, this happened....

The MovieFilm Podcast: Dissecting Die Hard!

Zaki Hasan | Posted 04.26.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

For this week's installment, the MovieFilm crew spends the bulk of the time discussing Bruce Willis' latest exploit as Detective John McClane i...

Zaki's Review: A Good Day to Die Hard

Zaki Hasan | Posted 04.24.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

At a breezy 97 minutes, the one thing you can't say about Good Day to Die Hard is that it overstays its welcome. Also, once you jettison the need for things like "drama" and "character development" it becomes a not-unpleasant way to while away an hour-and-a-half.

The MovieFilm Podcast: Stallone Bombs, Justice League Folds, and Summer Movie Season Ramps Up

Zaki Hasan | Posted 04.14.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

For this week's MovieFilm Podcast, Brian emerges from the hyperbaric chamber that is "film post-production" to get caught up on the latest out of La-La-Wood.

The MovieFilm Podcast: Arnold, Lindsay and the Oscars -- A Trifecta of Fails

Zaki Hasan | Posted 03.31.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

Sean, Brian and I are joined once more by JoBlo.com News Editor Paul Shirey for this week's MovieFilm show as we discuss the trifecta of fail that is Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Last Stand, Lindsay Lohan's The Canyons and the underwhelming Oscar nominations.

The MovieFilm Podcast: Zero Dark Thirty, Gangster Squad, and the Best Movies of 2012!

Zaki Hasan | Posted 03.16.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

Welcome to the first MovieFilm episode of 2013! This week the gang's all here and with plenty to discuss, including Sean's surprising okay-ness wi...

Zaki's Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Zaki Hasan | Posted 02.20.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is just as immersive and engaging as its predecessors (successors?), successfully transporting us back to that world as if no time has passed at all.

The MovieFilm Podcast: Batman, Bond, Back to the Future and Boy Meets World

Zaki Hasan | Posted 02.04.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

The MovieFilm show hits double-digits! For our blockbuster tenth episode, we talk up the latest developments on the Star Wars front, debate Joseph Gordon-Levitt possibly donning Batman's cape-and-cowl in the Justice League movie, and more.

Zaki's Review: Skyfall

Zaki Hasan | Posted 01.09.2013 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

Mendes, who previously worked with Craig when the star had a key supporting role in 2002's Road to Perdition, brings a methodical, refined eye to the proceedings, helped along by the luxurious cinematography by Roger Deakins.

Zaki's Review: Total Recall (2012)

Zaki Hasan | Posted 10.08.2012 | Entertainment
Zaki Hasan

Unfortunately, the remake's producers don't do more to allay those comparisons than the occasional wink-nudge visual nod to the original. Everything about it has an "okay, but..." vibe.