Review: The Wrestler

Darren Aronofsky has returned with his fourth feature and the results are an engaging, sad, and fantastic character study anchored by a fantastic performance by Mickey Rourke. Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was “The” wrestler back in 1986. Working his way through the ranks, The Ram made his way to the top of the […]

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Review: The Brothers Bloom

Rian Johnson is back with another solid entry in his sophomore debut, which is full of humor, style, and great work by everyone involved, all mixed with a story that really makes you care about the characters and their plot they are involved in. Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have been con men […]

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Review: Four Christmases

Seth Gordon’s feature debut is unfortunately a lackluster affair, though is saved from being a complete atrocity from the work of Vince Vaughn (though, he has been far, far better at times). Brad and Kate have been a happily unmarried couple for three years now, they are successful, live together, and have no interest in […]

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Review: Man On Wire

James Marsh’s latest documentary is the story of one man’s dream to tight rope walk between the two towers of the world trade center and the lengths the man, and the people around him, went through to make his dream a reality. Philippe Petit is the man who had this dream and he himself is […]

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Review: Transsiberian

Brad Anderson’s train thriller is an effective piece of cinema that keeps tension high while taking a series of twists and turns along the way. The film opens with the police investigation of a drug dealer that was robbed and killed, with the investigation headed up by Grinko (Ben Kingsley) who after discovering that someone […]

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Review: Twilight

The hotly anticipated adaptation of the hit teen vampire romance series is a fairly successful adaptation to the big screen. Bella (Kristen Stewart) lives happily in Phoenix but is forced to relocate back to her home town of Forks, Washington, the wettest and most cloud covered city in the country. Moving in the middle of […]

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Review: Fear(s) of the Dark

This animated collection of short films is a visual treat and some great story telling and while it isn’t necessarily that scary of a film, it is a fine compilation of some interesting and creepy tales. The film is a compilation of six works by the some of the best animators working today, Blutch, Charles […]

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