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Fringe: The Complete First Season

Marco Chacon | Jan 15, 2010

Fringe seems to be JJ Abram's answer to The X-Files. The lessons from the X-Files were: (a) if you have FBI agents with chemistry, you have the basis for a science fiction show,...

Full Review | Grade: B

10 Things I Hate About You

Nathan M Rose | Jan 11, 2010

In 1999, a quirky little comedy based on Shakespeare's, Taming of The Shrew, entitled 10 Things I Hate About You, hit the theaters. At that time, a very unknown Heath Ledger started along side Julia S...

Full Review | Grade: B

Jennifer's Body

Nathan M Rose | Jan 10, 2010

Writer Diablo Cody, after the critically acclaimed success of Juno, decided to do a 180 for her next project, and dabbled in the occult with Jennifer's Body. Harkening back-to-black...

Full Review | Grade: B

Extract

Nathan M Rose | Dec 31, 2009

Ten years after showing what it is like working at a white collar-job in America, Mike Judge is back with Extract, a humorous look inside the world of blue-collar workers. Extract follows the life of...

Full Review | Grade: B

Falling Down

Eric English | Dec 24, 2009

Have you ever had a bad day? Bill Foster (Michael Douglas), a laid off government defense worker, is about to embark on one of his worst. Just wanting to "Go Home" Foster (Identified by...

Full Review | Grade: B

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Ultimate Edition)

Marco Chacon | Dec 16, 2009

As we have almost now come to the end of the Potter films and have passed the end of the books where we learned all of the secrets, e.g. Rowling's assertion that Dumbledore was gay, we a...

Full Review | Grade: B

Shorts

Nathan M Rose | Nov 29, 2009

These days their are so many “kid-friendly” films released that it is hard to decide which ones to spend your hard-earned money on. One such release this year, Shorts,...

Full Review | Grade: B

Chasing Amy

Marco Chacon | Nov 25, 2009

Being a 1997 movie, I am going to assume it is past its expiration date and speak about what I thought of it and discuss the plot. If you are not familiar...

Full Review | Grade: C

Monsters, Inc.

Nathan M Rose | Nov 18, 2009

After the initial "wow" factor of computer-animated films such as Toy Story subsided and the films became "old hat", my taste for Pixar animated features waned to the point of just...

Full Review | Grade: B

Gran Torino

Eric English | Nov 11, 2009

Retired, grisly Korean War Vet Walt Kowalski yearns to lead a simple life, with his Pabst Blue ribbon beer, old dog Daisy and working on his classic Gran Torino automobile. When gang violence thr...

Full Review | Grade: B