Movie / Film Reviews

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In Time

Chris Rebholz | Oct 31, 2011

Writer/director Andrew Niccol's films make you pause and require some smart thinking. His film Gattaca, which he wrote, was also his first directing debut and a favorite of some sci-fi fans. Next came...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Rum Diary

John Delia | Oct 27, 2011

A testy screenplay that turns conventional upside down becomes an enjoyable madcap adventure with Johnny Depp's ‘intoxicating' performance. The daring filmmaking that takes a chanc...

Full Review | Grade: B

Puss in Boots

Marco Chacon | Oct 27, 2011

In the original story, Puss is a pretty arrogant cat. He is not much of a sword-fighter, but is very smart as well as smartly dressed. In Shrek, he is Antonio Bandaras, and he is a...

Full Review | Grade: C

The Three Musketeers

Chris Rebholz | Oct 23, 2011

It is beyond amazing at how easily someone can take a classic tale and turn it into something unentertaining. What was once an epic tale has been watered down for the sake of the 3D craze and instead...

Full Review | Grade: D

The Thing

John Delia | Oct 13, 2011

Fans of the film The Thing beware; even though the movie takes you back to the Norwegian outpost providing a beginning to John Carpenter's 1982 film with the same title, it may as well hav...

Full Review | Grade: B

Footloose

Nathan M Rose | Oct 13, 2011

Back in 1984, a small film, featuring Kevin Bacon, emerged on the silver screen – it was entitled, Footloose. The film went on to have moderate box office success, spawn a few hit single...

Full Review | Grade: C

The Ides of March

Chris Rebholz | Oct 07, 2011

Given the terrible state of our economical and political landscape at the moment, a film like The Ides of March could not have come at a better time. The movie tells the fictional story of a President...

Full Review | Grade: B

Machine Gun Preacher

John Delia | Oct 07, 2011

Director Marc Forster who filmed Quantum of Solace and Monster's Ball brings Machine Gun Preacher to the screen and drives home a winner. His production of the true story of the merciless kil...

Full Review | Grade: B

Real Steel

John Delia | Oct 06, 2011

It's not Rocky, it's Real Steel, but you would think you were watching the great boxing film in another dimension. The gritty, action packed fight film blows the lid off some extreme robots on i...

Full Review | Grade: B

What's Your Number?

John Delia | Sep 30, 2011

It's a chick flick, so there you go, I said it right up front. And, What's Your Number? is very predictable, so there you go again. AND it's 27 Dresses with a bit more sex and without Kath...

Full Review | Grade: D