Movie / Film Reviews

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Tower Heist

Chris Rebholz | Nov 06, 2011

Rush Hour's Brett Ratner returns to direct Tower Heist, a lighthearted film with an impressive ensemble cast. Stiller plays the lead Josh, a workaholic manger of ‘The Tower'; a set of e...

Full Review | Grade: B

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

John Delia | Nov 03, 2011

Definitely a man flick A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas follows up on the other two outings with a lot of eye candy and sex, but the gals will get an eye full too. You do not have to have seen t...

Full Review | Grade: A

In Time

Chris Rebholz | Oct 31, 2011

Writer/director Andrew Niccol's films make you pause and require some smart thinking. His film Gattaca, which he wrote, was also his first directing debut and a favorite of some sci-fi fans. Next came...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Rum Diary

John Delia | Oct 27, 2011

A testy screenplay that turns conventional upside down becomes an enjoyable madcap adventure with Johnny Depp's ‘intoxicating' performance. The daring filmmaking that takes a chanc...

Full Review | Grade: B

Puss in Boots

Marco Chacon | Oct 27, 2011

In the original story, Puss is a pretty arrogant cat. He is not much of a sword-fighter, but is very smart as well as smartly dressed. In Shrek, he is Antonio Bandaras, and he is a...

Full Review | Grade: C

The Three Musketeers

Chris Rebholz | Oct 23, 2011

It is beyond amazing at how easily someone can take a classic tale and turn it into something unentertaining. What was once an epic tale has been watered down for the sake of the 3D craze and instead...

Full Review | Grade: D

The Thing

John Delia | Oct 13, 2011

Fans of the film The Thing beware; even though the movie takes you back to the Norwegian outpost providing a beginning to John Carpenter's 1982 film with the same title, it may as well hav...

Full Review | Grade: B

Footloose

Nathan M Rose | Oct 13, 2011

Back in 1984, a small film, featuring Kevin Bacon, emerged on the silver screen – it was entitled, Footloose. The film went on to have moderate box office success, spawn a few hit single...

Full Review | Grade: C

The Ides of March

Chris Rebholz | Oct 07, 2011

Given the terrible state of our economical and political landscape at the moment, a film like The Ides of March could not have come at a better time. The movie tells the fictional story of a President...

Full Review | Grade: B

Machine Gun Preacher

John Delia | Oct 07, 2011

Director Marc Forster who filmed Quantum of Solace and Monster's Ball brings Machine Gun Preacher to the screen and drives home a winner. His production of the true story of the merciless kil...

Full Review | Grade: B