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Big

(Chris Rebholz) 1/3/2014 4:20 PM EST
It's a truism that kids can't wait to grow up, while adults, especially those of a certain age, wouldn't mind shaving a few years off of their adulthood to return to a more youthful time. That latter formulation is almost always tempered with statements like "if I knew then what I know now," a summation of one of the salient p... Read More

Teen Wolf: Season Three, Part 1

(Chris Rebholz) 1/3/2014 3:42 PM EST
For the longest time I have been a big fan of the 80's teen comedy Teen Wolf. True, it was pretty cheesy and totally unrealistic but who cares? It was fun, silly and starred an actor (Michael J. Fox) who was on the verge on breaking big into film with his next film, Back to the Future. So when I found a couple years ago that a re-make of sorts was ... Read More

The Family

(Chris Rebholz) 1/3/2014 3:33 PM EST
Luc Besson's recent film The Family ups the ante of ridiculousness protection by placing an entire family under witness protection and then shipping them off to the picturesque region of Normandy in France. Besson is of course better known for exploiting the visceral action adventure activity of criminals in films like Léon: The Professi... Read More

Burn Notice: Season Seven

(Chris Rebholz) 1/3/2014 3:16 PM EST
I'll be honest, when Burn Notice first came to the airwaves, I liked it. I enjoyed the spy angle mixed with the everyday nuances of a guy who clearly is unable to form attachments to those around him. It made me really wonder if this is what it took to work for the C.I.A. After about 2 seasons of the show, I stopped watching. Not because I felt it ... Read More

The Ultimate Life

(Chris Rebholz) 1/2/2014 12:37 PM EST
To give you the reader a decent explanation of the film The Ultimate Life I would need to start by giving you a review of the first film The Ultimate Gift, but I haven't so this review may seem a little out of context at certain points, hopefully that won't bother anyone. The Ultimate Life is the sequel to 2007's faith-based inspirational drama The... Read More

The Wolf of Wall Street

(John Delia) 12/24/2013 9:40 AM EST
One of the toughest things to do in film making is to take a true story or biography and make it into a comedy. Called The Wolf of Wall Street, it's a factual tale that takes you into the underbelly of a corrupt stock broker who swindles huge amounts of money from many investors that were conned into giving up their life savings. Brough... Read More

Futurama: Volume 8

(Chris Rebholz) 12/20/2013 5:20 PM EST
Will Futurama rise from the ashes again—again? As fans of the series know, Matt Groening's follow up to his immense global phenomenon The Simpsons has had a rather bizarre, roller coaster-esque ride on various networks, petering out after a mere four seasons in its original broadcast run on Fox (contrasting with the still running Simpsons... Read More

American Hustle

(John Delia) 12/19/2013 2:36 PM EST
Wacky and wild the comedy/drama American Hustle puts on a great show from the glitz and glamour of the nightlife to the plunging necklines of the women who make it a madcap piece of work. The film takes you on a journey, no an adventure, in the realm of the con artist and provides some nice twists in this sordid plot to turn chump change into a lit... Read More

The Lone Ranger

(John Delia) 12/19/2013 12:15 PM EST
Galloping onto Blu-ray, the western The Lone Ranger takes center stage in your home theater just in time for holiday giving. The action packed thriller fills the whole house with excitement and adventure. The film is exciting and the bonus features are a plus, plus with over 45 minutes of extras. The release is available in severa... Read More

Prisoners

(Chris Rebholz) 12/17/2013 4:29 PM EST
Much more than the story of two kidnapped children and the desperate father willing to do whatever he can to find them, Prisoners is an unsettling labyrinth of impossible decisions, gut-knotting powerlessness and a twisting, turning Zodiac-esque procedural and mystery more complex than the film's straightforward trailers suggest. Director Ville... Read More