Review: The Town

The Boston crime movie has become a genre of its own, the past few years have seen ‘Mystic River,’ ‘The Departed,’ and Affleck’s own ‘Gone Baby Gone.’ ‘The Town,’ is another excellent addition to the genre, and shows Affleck becoming increasingly more comfortable in the directors chair. Sam Fuller once said that a movie has …

Retro Review: Casino (1995)

I took a trip down to New York, which if you don’t know is a little more then 4 hours away from Boston. What better film to throw onto my iPhone then my old favorite Casino (clocking in at 2 hours 40 minutes, its length is perfect). While it’s fresh on my mind, I thought …

Retro Review: JFK

In honor of presidents day, I was trying to think of a film having to do with a President that I’d want to take another look at, I landed on one of my favorite films of all time, JFK. Oliver Stone,  in 1991 wrote and directed in this reviewers humble opinion, one of the most …