Movie Reviews
THE GREAT GATSBY Movie Review
What do you get when you combine the most famous writer of the Jazz Age with one of the most visually provocative directors in Hollywood? A film adaptation of THE GREAT GATSBY that is just as roaring as the 1920s it was written...
IRON MAN 3 Movie Review
In IRON MAN 3 we get to see a different, yet well known, side to Tony Stark, namely the crazed, emotionally unstable side. Now typically, as far as the comics go, this side is usually brought out through his extreme alcoholism,...
PAIN & GAIN Movie Review
Wow. I feel really guilty about this film. And the fact that it is directed by Michael Bay has nothing to do with it. Let’s clear the air first: I am not one of those fanboys who adamantly cries “Betrayal!” ...
TRANCE Movie Review
Writing a review for a twisty-topsy-turvy film like TRANCE is a little like walking through a minefield (not really, that would be horrifying). One false move and boom you’ve spoiled the movie. Now people hate you. ItR...
OBLIVION Movie Review
OBLIVION, starring the one and only Tom Cruise (JACK REACHER), is a visual masterpiece that treats its audience to dozens of beautiful and fun moments, that while feeling familiar at times, creates a wonderful movie-going exper...
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Movie Review
Writer-director Derek Cianfrance is fascinated by how relationships evolve over time. In BLUE VALENTINE he traced the life of a romantic relationship from beginning to end; in THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES he turns the camera on t...
JURASSIC PARK 3D Movie Review
This isn’t really a review for the film JURASSIC PARK. I don’t think I would be capable of changing or over-analyzing my opinion on the film itself. It is one of my favorite movies and a huge chunk of my childho...
FROM UP ON POPPY HILL Movie Review
Some critics believe that you should approach whatever you are going to critique without expectations, and while there is definitely some merit in that concept, at times I find it difficult to do in regards to movies; thankfull...
EVIL DEAD Movie Review
“New Zealand must have a massive shortage of red food coloring now;” that was the thought running through my head as EVIL DEAD progressed to its outrageously bloody crescendo. This remake of the 1981 horror classic is helme...
G.I. JOE: RETALIATION Movie Review
Do yourself a huge favor and don’t take G.I. JOE: RETALIATION seriously. If you do, I guarantee you will be let down and find yourself chuckling to yourself in your theatre seat for 2 hours while cramming a crap ton of po...
THE HOST Movie Review
As someone who was left unimpressed with THE TWILIGHT SAGA, I went into THE HOST trying to both check expectations at the door and disconnect any association to author Stephenie Meyer’s previous material. I’m unfa...
OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN Movie Review
On my first day of Film 101 the professor stressed the point that the only way to approach film is with the willing suspension of disbelief, and that is more than necessary when watching OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN. The movie is a typic...
STOKER Movie Review
STOKER begins with an image of a young lady standing quietly in a field of wheat. In voiceover she pontificates that “just as a flower does not choose its color, we are not responsible for what we have come to be. Only on...
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL Movie Review
Dreams are tricky. One second you’re flying over a burning orgasm city while a giant space whale is chasing you down. The next minute, you’re back in high school and you’re one class away from graduating. When...
DEAD MAN DOWN Movie Review
After going back to television for a few years director Niels Arden Oplev (the original THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) has returned to making movies with DEAD MAN DOWN. The film centers on Victor, a mafia enforcer who is secr...
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Movie Review
I moved out of New Jersey 9 years ago because I realized that I had no idea what the hell I was going to do with my life after college. I had been told that I was suppose to ‘grow up,’ but I had no idea what that ev...
SNITCH Movie Review
The marketing and trailers for this film are somewhat misleading. In those brief previews of SNITCH, we’re given quick shots of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (FAST FIVE) staring down drug dealers, crashing freig...
A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD Movie Review
The best advice I can give anyone going into this movie is to not expect it to be just like the first DIE HARD back in 1988. If you do, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. That said, A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD is one of...
SIDE EFFECTS Movie Review
SIDE EFFECTS opens with a crane shot of the New York city skyline that slowly moves over to a large apartment building with dozens and dozens of windows. From the outside every window looks identically harmless. The building is...
STAND UP GUYS Movie Review
Al Pacino (RIGHTOUS KILL), Christopher Walken (SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS), and Alan Arkin (ARGO) team up for a comedic romp in STAND UP GUYS. The movie focuses on Valentine, a wise guy who is getting out of prison after 28 years, and D...
