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Reviews By Nathan M Rose

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Arthur

(Nathan M Rose) 4/7/2011 4:16 PM EDT
Back in 1981, an eclectic movie, entitled Arthur, was unleashed on the unsuspecting public, starting Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, and John Gielgud. The film went on to enjoy huge success. Thus, it was only a matter of time until a remake was created, and that just happened to happen in the spring of 2011, by Warner Bros studios. ... Read More

Battle: Los Angeles

(Nathan M Rose) 3/11/2011 8:13 AM EDT
Every couple of years, the stars align and two large Hollywood studios end up releasing similar films within a year. In the past, it has been volcanos -- 2010-2011 has brought us alien invasions. The first one out of the gate, Skyline, was an attempt to make a glossy high-end invasion film...it failed. Enter March 2011, Col... Read More

Red Riding Hood

(Nathan M Rose) 3/10/2011 11:11 AM EDT
Back in 2008, an indie film director, Catherine Hardwicke, made a big splash in Hollywood with the first film in the Twilight saga. Although not liked by all, her perception of showing teenage angst and true love rocketed the film to stardom and has now become part of Hollywood lore. She tries to strike lightning twice this spring... Read More

Rango

(Nathan M Rose) 3/3/2011 10:36 AM EDT
Pirates of the Caribbean's director, Gore Verbinski (The Ring), has re-teamed with Johnny Depp (Alice in Wonderland, From Hell), and some other of his pirate gang this year to bring audiences around the world, Rango. Rango is a very strange tale of a lizard (Depp), who after spending a very unusual life in a fish tank, ends up in the Moha... Read More

Drive Angry

(Nathan M Rose) 2/25/2011 7:57 AM EDT
The first I heard of Drive Angry, I was attending Comic Con 2010. The premise seemed likely enough to be a decent film -- Milton (Nicolas Cage; The Rock, Con-Air) breaks out of hell to save his granddaughter and to avenge the death of his daughter. Fast forward eight months to February 25, 2011 -- Drive Angry is released to an audience... Read More

Unknown

(Nathan M Rose) 2/17/2011 11:09 AM EDT
Unknown, the latest thriller film from Dark Castle and Warner Bros., stars Liam Neeson and is based on a story by Didier Van Cauwelaert. Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson: Taken, Batman Begins) and his wife (January Jones: X-Men: First Class, Mad Men) head to Germany to speak at a conference in Berlin. However, while checking in at the ho... Read More

Gnomeo & Juliet

(Nathan M Rose) 2/10/2011 5:53 PM EDT
This timeless classic Romeo and Juliet has been told time and time again in various forms throughout the ages; however, on February 11, 2011, Touchstone pictures tells the story in a new creative fashion, with garden gnomes! The story behind Gnomeo and Juliet is quite simple – Gnomeo and Juliet are in forbidden love, and are trying to ... Read More

The Mechanic

(Nathan M Rose) 1/27/2011 1:23 PM EDT
During the 1980's and1990's, there were two names synonymous with action -- Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. However, the 21st century arrived, and a new action start needed to fill the shoes left by these two action giants. For a few years, it was a bit of a toss up; but the winner has clearly been names, Jason Statham. &... Read More

The Green Hornet

(Nathan M Rose) 1/13/2011 1:13 PM EDT
Releasing on January 14, 2011, is a film that has had many release date changes, and is long overdue, The Green Hornet...Starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Edward James Olmos, Tom Wilkinson, and Edward Furlong with direction by Michel Gondry. The Green Hornet, based on the 1930 radio program, follows the life of Br... Read More

Machete

(Nathan M Rose) 1/5/2011 4:07 PM EDT
Back in 2007 a movie called Grindhouse hit the theaters. It was directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, and styled in such a way to bring back that nostalgia feeling of the exploitation drive-in classics from the 1970's. In between the films, the filmmakers inserted fake trailers. Such was the case for a B-movie trailer,... Read More