Review: The Other Guys

The Other Guys, the latest from comedy director and writer Adam McKay is an buddy-cop action-comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, and McKay regular Will Ferrell. Telling the story of oddly paired partners Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), and Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), the action comedy is fun, but in the end, flawed. Allen is a forensic accountant who …

‘Skyline’ Details Emerge

Opening November 12th and starring Donald Faison, Eric Balfour, David Zayas, Scottie Thompson and Brittany Daniel, ‘Skyline,’ is a sci-fi thriller from Colin and Greg Strause (Alien Vs Predators: Requiem). The official synopsis from Universal Pictures: After a late night party, a group of friends are awoken in the dead of the night by an …

Review: Knight & Day

Friends of mine and I always discuss how the era of the fun summer action movie has been long over. Where are the Lethal Weapons? The lighthearted “fun” Die Hards?” The ridiculous but extremely awesome Face/Offs? Every action movie we see these days is a brooding, serious, gritty film. There is nothing wrong with that, …

Vatche’s Action Trailer

So, of course, besides running Lonely Reviewer.com, I’m also a filmmaker in my own right. And I recently participated in an fake trailer contest here in Boston, at the Brattle Theatre. The subject was “Labor Day,” and I created this fake trailer with a vague story and a lot of visual effects. Our video won …

X-Men Casting Details

The X-Men: First Class is getting more and more interesting. Several news outlets are reporting that Nicholas Hoult (A Single Man) will be playing young Beast, Lucas Till (Hannah Montana) will be playing Havok, and Kevin Bacon will be cast as the villain. There was a persistent rumor that Aaron Johnson, the lead from ‘Kick-Ass’ …

Review: Toy Story 3

I’ve always said, if you see a Pixar film and at one point don’t even get slightly misty eyed, you have no soul. The latest film from the powerhouse of a production company is no exception. Toy Story 3 does not break the rhythm. It is a funny, yet emotional film that is relatable by …

Coming Soon: The Social Network

“You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.” So says the end of a fairly ominous feeling teaser trailer to the upcoming David Fincher directed film. The subject of this film? Facebook. We covered this a while back, but in case you’ve forgotten the details. The film is written by Aaron …

Review: Cyrus

‘Cyrus’ is the latest film from The Duplass Brothers, one of the groups behind an indie film movement called mumblecore. If you’re not familiar with the genre, its basically ultra-low budget films that foucs on relationships, using improvised scripts, and non-professioanl actors. Working up the ladder with films like ‘The Puffy Chair’ (which played at …