Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews

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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

10 Things I Hate About You truly holds its own by supplying the right mixture of comedy and drama, but not going over the top.

Full Review | Grade: A

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: A

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

Avatar

Marco Chacon | Dec 19, 2009

It turns out you cannot count James Cameron out. It appeared kind of telling that the trailers for the movie had to tell you who this guy was and why we sho...

Full Review | Grade: A

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

The Princess and the Frog

Roger Longenbach | Dec 15, 2009

After a five year hiatus, Walt Disney Animation Studios has released the next hand-drawn animated feature, The Princess and the Frog. Based on the classic tale of the Frog Prince,...

Full Review | Grade: A

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Marco Chacon | Dec 01, 2009

New Moon is one of those movies for which the plot is almost superfluous. If you are a fan of Twilight, you more or less know it. If you are not, you probably do not care. How...

Full Review | Grade: B

Planet 51

Marco Chacon | Nov 30, 2009

Modern animation has benefited from two relatively recent technologies -- cheap computer animation and 3D. While the latter could be considered a gimmick (especially if the glasses give you a hea...

Full Review | Grade: C