Scott Hicks’ adaptation of the memoir of a man left to raising his son after the loss of his wife seems like a depressing subject matter, but the results are an uplifting and unique look at parenting, whether you agree or disagree with the way he goes about things, and its delivered in a top […]
Read more "Review: The Boys Are Back"Peter Billingsly’s feature debut with screenwriting stars and duo Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau have created a relationship comedy that has a number of interesting points on couples, but really lacks a lot of good humor and drags at a miserable pace for the last forty five minutes or so. Dave, Jason, Shane, and Joey […]
Read more "Review: Couples Retreat"Ruben Fleischer’s feature debut is an extremely fun zombie comedy that is definitely more comedy than any of the many other genres on display here, which isn’t a bad thing since it is frequently hilarious. The zombie apocalypse is well under way in the United States and the living dead vastly outnumber the living. We […]
Read more "Review: Zombieland"Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut is a fun, humorous, and uplifting tale that appeals to all audiences with its themes about being yourself and not bashing anyone along the way and it is about as fun as a movie can get when it is firing on all cylinders. Bliss Cavendar is a seventeen year old girl […]
Read more "Review: Whip It"Shane Acker’s feature length debut is a bit of a half baked idea paired with astonishing visuals that in the end overcomes most of its short comings with its imagination and originality. 9 awakens in a world destroyed by war and immediately is thrown into an adventure to not only save a new friend, but […]
Read more "Review: 9"Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is a really fun children’s film, but for those of us who grew up with The Lion King, the obvious comparisons between the two make this movie come up seriously lacking. Madagascar 2 picks up where the first ends, with Alex (the lion), Marty (the zebra), Melman (the giraffe), and Gloria […]
Read more "Rental Review – Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa"Steven Soderbergh’s latest is a unique picture that spins a pretty serious and messed up character study into a comedy by applying a silly tone and ramping up the absurdity that this actually happened and the results are pretty good for the most part. Mark Whitacre is a bit out of his element. He is […]
Read more "Review: The Informant!"Though I cannot take the same stand that I am sure many comic book fanatics are taking against this film, I will say that I feel slightly cheated by X-Men Origins: Wolverine. As the name states, Wolverine is an origin story for the beloved X-Men character, so let’s start at the beginning. The character of […]
Read more "Rental Review – X-Men Origins: Wolverine"Robert Siegel makes his feature debut with a low budget dark comedy that is an interesting character study of what someone might do for the team they love if taken to the extreme, but might have needed a different direction for the lead to make it more convincing. Paul is a New York Giants fan. […]
Read more "Review: Big Fan"I remember back when I first saw the trailer for Fighting and thought to myself: “Ugh, this looks kinda lame. But ooo! Channing Tatum! Well I have to see it now…” Yeah I know. But trust me, sitting through this movie was punishment enough for that mistake. The problem with Fighting is that the only […]
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Middle of the Row 