Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews

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The Proposal

Nathan M Rose | Oct 14, 2009

The year 2009's summer movie season was full of killer robots from the future, Full Review | Grade: A

Life on Mars

Marco Chacon | Oct 07, 2009

The show could have been one of my all time favorites, because this was a near-perfect bull's eye for the target market of its kind of strangeness -- I am not kidding! The story is fascinating; a...

Full Review | Grade: C

Gamer

Nathan M Rose | Sep 07, 2009

Gamer is one of those movies that you either love or hate. Online gaming takes on new meaning in a futuristic world. In that world, players at home can direct convicts to do their bidding...

Full Review | Grade: B

Sons of Anarchy Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

Sons of Anarchy Season One

Marco Chacon | Sep 01, 2009

In a world where we have an HBO and Showtime series that can give us real street language, actual sex, and off the charts violence, it takes some extra effort to make a crime drama that can actua...

Full Review | Grade: A

Adventureland

Eric English | Aug 25, 2009

Adventureland will appeal mostly to a more mature, yet still slightly adolescent crowd (age 21-34) and would make for a good date movie.

Full Review | Grade: B

Supernatural Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

Supernatural Season Four

Nathan M Rose | Aug 25, 2009

One glaring omission from this year's Supernatural is the use of classic rock ‘n roll that has become almost a character on the show.

Full Review | Grade: A

Inglourious Basterds

Marco Chacon | Aug 24, 2009

Quentin Tarantino may be the only guy I can think of to have created his own genre. When you say it is a Quentin Tarantino movie, people pretty much know what you are talking about. That,...

Full Review | Grade: A

Shorts

Roger Longenbach | Aug 23, 2009

One of my biggest complaints with Hollywood in the last decade has been the lack of new ideas. More and more we're seeing remakes of classic movies -most of the time they're not that great,...

Full Review | Grade: B

District 9

Marco Chacon | Aug 16, 2009

In 1966, the apartheid government forcibly relocated 60,000 people from District 6 in Cape Town. Today we see a science fiction analogue of that in the 2009 movie District 9 by Neill Blomkamp....

Full Review | Grade: A

Julie & Julia

Roger Longenbach | Aug 16, 2009

It's not very often that Hollywood can make TWO different books into ONE movie, but perhaps they found the perfect vehicle to try it. Julie & Julia is based on the book which is also its...

Full Review | Grade: B