The Company Men is a fine little drama that rings very true and features a bevy of fine performances that help elevate this modern tale of job loss despair. Our story follows Bobby Walker who is a rising future executive type at GTX, a transportation company that gets laid off when the recession kicks into […]
Read more "Review: The Company Men"The Mechanic is a fun hitman in training film that features a solid relationship between its leads, good action beats, and tight filmmaking that doesn’t really waste a minute. Arthur Bishop is the man. Working for a covert government(?) agency, Bishop is tasked with the hardest of the hits that come across their plate and […]
Read more "Review: The Mechanic"The Rite is being all wrapped up to be the next exorcism movie but is in fact a meditation on psychology vs. demonic possession that is moderately interesting before it makes the decisions for you. The film is based on “real events” and follows a falling out of faith seminary student who is recruited to […]
Read more "Review: The Rite"No Strings Attached is a solid and against type rom-com for the first hour or so of the film before divulging into cliché and loses a lot of the good will they earned in the start. Emma and Adam have been crossing paths for years now. From the first time he tried to finger her […]
Read more "Review: No Strings Attached"Michel Gondry with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s script has crafted a funny and action packed comic book/buddy picture that, while a bit long, is a fun start to 2011. Britt Reid is an heir to a media empire that has always been a playboy running amuck around town. No responsibility and an endless stream […]
Read more "Review: The Green Hornet"The Dilemma is a bit all over the place and doesn’t really know what it wants to be and unfortunately doesn’t embrace the dark side of the film that is kind of interesting. The film follows a pair of friends/business partners that are have an unsuspecting wrench thrown in their relationship when one of them […]
Read more "Review: The Dilemma"Blue Valentine is a kind of sweet/kind of sad, beautiful, and honest look at relationships that is driven by wonderful direction and amazing turns by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. Following a young couple through the beginning and possible end of their relationship is where Blue Valentine takes us and the juxtaposition of these timelines […]
Read more "Review: Blue Valentine"Country Strong is a mess of a film with a horrendous script that goes nowhere, has no character depth, and feels like elaborate audition tapes for Paltrow and Meester’s potential music careers. The film follows Kelly Canter, a country music superstar, who is on the road to recovery in rehab when she is checked out […]
Read more "Review: Country Strong"September!! What else do you need to know! Pre-order at Amazon now! Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-Ray! As for details, they haven’t trickled out a whole lot yet but the Complete Saga Set will include 30 hours of extensive special features including never-before-seen deleted and alternate scenes, an exploration of the exclusive Star Wars […]
Read more "Star Wars Saga Blu-ray Announced!"This is a critics circle that I contribute to and they have posted their year end list of winners. Check out the results at the Internet Film Critics Society site.
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