movie review
Movie Review: Warm Bodies
Genre-busters are a tough task to pull off. The mixing of film genres whether it be horror, comedy or action can be a high-risk, high-reward situation. For every Ghostbusters there is a Hudson Hawk. Most [...]
Movie Review: The Last Stand
I’ll be back. That is a phrase that is synonymous with former 80s action star and Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold ruled the box office for almost a decade before moving into politics. After finishing [...]
Movie Review: Broken City
This is the time of year at the movies that I refer to as the “Dead Zone.” The Dead Zone usually occurs between the second week of January and the second week of March. It’s [...]
Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty
“Here’s to the big breaks and the little people who make them happen.” That’s a line spoken by Jennifer Ehle’s CIA operative Jessica in Zero Dark Thirty, opening nationwide on January 11th. When we think of spies, [...]
Movie Review: Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino is a hero for film nerds like me. The guy worked in a video store, began writing screenplays then moved onto directing some of the most influential films of the last twenty years. [...]
Movie Review: Playing For Keeps
When Gerard Butler speared his way on-screen six years ago as King Leonidas in 300, we all thought we were witnessing the coming of the next great action star. The Scottish actor had charisma, good [...]
Movie Review: Life of Pi
Unfilmable. That was the word to describe the Yan Martel’s best selling novel, “Life of Pi.” Many directors including M. Night Shyamalan passed on the project deeming it a tough sell to a big screen [...]
Movie Review: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Let me state right off the bat, I’m not a fan of the Twilight franchise. The franchise is a money-making pop culture juggernaut, but as far as films go, they’re terrible. That doesn’t mean my opinion of [...]
Movie Review: Skyfall
The 50th anniversary of James Bond hitting the big screen coincides with the release of Skyfall. Skyfall is the third installment with Daniel Craig as James Bond. The franchise has not exactly been the success [...]
Movie Review: Wreck-It Ralph
Many of us parents have to see our share of family films. The advertisements bombard our television screens which lead to the “Can we go, Can we go?” conversation that follows. Now I have no problem [...]
