Film Review: Carrie

Carrie opens in theaters everywhere today, October 18. Check your local listings for showtimes. In the current climate of remakes, reboots and sequels, it was only a matter of time before we got to Carrie. Sure it was remade as a garbage television film in 2002, there was a sequel that should never be spoken …

Film Review: A.C.O.D.

A.C.O.D. expands nationwide today, October 11. Check your local listings for showtimes. Television and film comedies are beginning to look awfully familiar. Rather than a sharp divide between the two, actors are seamlessly hopping between the two mediums. The stigma associated with the small screen, and having it be merely a springboard to features is …

Film Review: Rush

Rush opens in theaters everywhere today, September 27. Check GoWatchIt for showtimes. International receipts are growing in importance. The box office used to be won and lost on American soil but things are certainly changing. Pacific Rim may have underperformed domestically but with an Asian market ravenously consuming it, sequel talks have managed to germinate. …

Film Review: Money for Nothing

The Federal Reserve is not something I understand well; management of the country’s monetary policy, and the global impact of those policies, is beyond me. What stood out to me, then, in “Money for Nothing,” Jim Bruce’s new documentary, was the accessible presentation of the Federal Reserve Bank’s history, and the explanation of how the …

Film Review: Hell Baby

Hell Baby is available now on VOD and opens in limited release today, September 6. Check local listings for showtimes. The film parody is a complicated creature. Rather than being a binary system, there are now varying degrees of parody. The label alone is now used sparingly and is nearly synonymous with poor quality. The …