Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews

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Ostensibly a programmer from faraway places, Stephen recognizes that making up your mind about movies and television is a simple matter of imposition in the form of review, and he who controls minds controls the world. No word yet on how that second part is progressing. After seeing many films, a few good, for FlickDirect, he returned to faraway places, but still checks in from time to time.

Dinner For Schmucks

Jul 30, 2010

Where should we place him on the Michael Scott axis? It is the first question brought to our minds by the appearance of by now quite typecast Steve Carell (The Office, The 40-Year O...

Full Review | Grade: C

Our Family Wedding

Jul 27, 2010

I thought I'd seen Our Family Wedding before. To wit, there are two different cultures to be presented here. They're different, because they're different. And wh...

Full Review | Grade: B

Cop Out

Jul 26, 2010

Some time ago, Cop Out director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) played a minor role in Bruce Willis (Die Hard, The Sixth Sense) action vehicle Live F...

Full Review | Grade: C

Salt

Jul 23, 2010

Salt may be a spy movie, but we begin by eschewing the spy movie form in favor of the slightly awkward introduction of plot device Mike (August Diehl, Inglourious Basterds), fol...

Full Review | Grade: B

Predators

Jul 12, 2010

Do you realize how great things are now? No longer are we bound by the conventions of cinema to listen to Jesse Ventura wax metaphor on his sexual prowess. The adhocracy of special effects devices has...

Full Review | Grade: C

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Jul 08, 2010

Let us say that, like Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman, Jack & Bobby, Gamer), you find yourself in great need of a...

Full Review | Grade: D

When in Rome

Jun 15, 2010

When in Romeabandons the two-way and three-way romantic structures typical of romantic comedies in favor of a six-way; official couple Beth (Kristen Bell, Full Review | Grade: C

Solitary Man

Jun 10, 2010

It is not so much that Ben (Michael Douglas, Wall Street, Full Review | Grade: B

Caddyshack

Jun 01, 2010

I am by no means biased against the "zany" genus of comedy. The Airplane! movies and Hot Shots! movies I consider classic films among any form, and Mel Brooks's Rob...

Full Review | Grade: C

Robin Hood

May 16, 2010

This latest adaptation of Robin Hood is quite careful in the way in which it connects itself to the traditional legend. The dénouement serves as a sort of origin story for the Ro...

Full Review | Grade: B