Articles tagged with: Movie Reviews
Review: Admission – Surprisingly not rejected
The film Admission is deep, fun and heartfelt and should definitely be considered for your viewing pleasure.
Review: Stoker – High art meets horror
The quirky new horror movie Stoker is probably the closest thing to a perfect blend of story, acting, cinematography and film direction that I have seen in a very long time. These four collaborative aspects …
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is amazingly funny
The wacky world of Las Vegas magic shows is rife with comedic fodder and a very funny new film, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, taps into the absurdity of the big hair, makeup and egos of …
Review: Dead Man Down … and easily forgotten
“Dead Man Down” a film that starts out as a taunt Hitchcockian style thriller but disintegrates into a contrived mess of loose ends and preposterous plot points.
Review: Oz the Great and Powerful – A wonderful world of Raimi wizardry
If you love the original Wizard of Oz film, then I think you are going to be delighted with the new prequel to that timeless story. As envisioned by modern day cinema wizard, director Sam …
Review: Emperor – Land of the rising ‘yawn’
The new docudrama film, Emperor, covers the days following Japan’s World War II surrender after the United States dropped atomic weapons on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Believe me, I was very tempted to …
Review: Jack the Giant Slayer – You don’t know Jack
This is not the “Jack” you thought you knew from your childhood.
Review: Snitch – The Rock cooks up a stinky rat
Dwayne Johnson, who despite his best efforts to reclaim his birth moniker will forever be known as “The Rock,” takes a stab at straight dramatic acting in Snitch, but the results of the WWE …
Review: Beautiful Creatures – Every ‘witch’ way but loose
A few months back, when I saw the cinematic soulsucker that is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, I thought my tolerance for teenage supernatural melodrama had been completely bled dry. Then lo …
Review: A Good Day to Die Hard — Not dead, but dying
The Die Hard franchise has been with us for twenty-five years now and true to its titular connotation it has been a dependable source of awesome action and entertainment over the course of its four …
