I don’t know about you, but I’m quickly getting tired of the Presidential campaign, and we still have a few months before election day. So, the last thing I really wanted to see was a movie about politics, but they do say comedy is the best form of relief. Enter Jay Roach’s “The Campaign,” starring …
Editor’s Note: The review is mostly spoiler free, however, as always with movies like this, we recommend you see the film prior to reading this review. The Dark Knight Rises is director Christopher Nolan’s third visit to the characters and universe of Batman and Bruce Wayne, and according to the director, his last. Christian Bale …
Ruby Sparks, starring Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan is a fun, original romantic comedy from Little Miss Sunshine directors Jonathan Dayton, and Valerie Faris. Written by Kazan, she stars with her real-life boyfriend Dano, in a fun, and interesting concept. Calvin (Dano), is a writer who peaked quite early in life. His first novel was …
Prometheus is one of those films that you are much better of not knowing anything about going in. Which is why I almost didn’t write this review. The less you know going in the better. The trailers actually did a great job of giving you just enough information to get you in the theater, and …
I’m always intrigued when classic tales are reimagined. Robin Hood, Ridley Scott’s take on the classic tale was flawed, but entertaining. What we have with Snow White and the Huntsman is another example of a decent but ultimately flawed reimagining – a film that is combines a lot of excellent effects and visuals, with a …
You can’t go wrong with Sacha Baron-Cohen. Dominating cable tv with the Ali G show for years, when Borat went into wide release in the states, it launched an army of impersonators and Baron-Cohen became a household name. His follow up, Bruno, was decent, but not nearly as funny as Borat. Baron-Cohen’s latest creation, The …
Joss Whedon’s The Avengers could have gone either way. It either could have been a complete disaster, or, a hell of a lot of fun. I’m pleased to report that The Avengers is a resounding success. The film opens with Thor’s brother, Loki, arriving on earth via the Tesseract (a crazy energy cube being researched …
What happen’s when you go from having anything, to not being able to afford it? It’s easy to look at Lauren Greenfield’s documentary the The Queen of Versailles and be shocked, even disgusted at the wealth of David and Jackie Siegel. But that’s not what the film is about. Not once did I feel that …
Rubberneck, from filmmakers Alex Karpovsky and Garth Donovan is a slow, calculated, brooding thriller. The film stars Karpovsky as Paul Harris, a research scientist working outside of Boston. He meets Danielle (Jamie Ray Newman), fairly new to Harris’ lab, and ends up hooking up with her following a Holiday party. After their weekend tryst, Paul …
“The Devil takes care of their own,” someone proclaims in Beware of Mr. Baker. You quickly understand what that means in this fast paced, fast moving first-person documentary of Ginger Baker, the man, the myth, the legend. Directed by Jay Bulger, who owes his career to Ginger – we fly over to South Africa to …