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"David Wain’s – Wet Hot American Summer (2001) Released under the radar and still no more than a cult following today, David Wain’s feature debut is a silly, absurd, insane, and bizarre film that pokes fun at cliché through the world of a Jewish summer camp that is about to end it’s summer run and […]
Read more "The Decade’s Best – Wet Hot American Summer (2001)"When it was announced that Peter Jackson, a small time and rather unknown Kiwi director, was going to be taking over the reigns of one of the most sought after and daunting film tasks in the history of cinema many didn’t expect a whole lot. But one came out of this man’s mind is an […]
Read more "The Decade’s Best – The Lord of the Rings (2001-2004)"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"Both of these are easily in my top five most anticipated films left this year and both studios just bombarded us with a ton of print art for both films featuring all the characters. Don’t mistake these films for kids movies either, suitable for children for sure, but just for kids, not at all. Both […]
Read more "Fantastic Mr. Fox & Where the Wild Things Are Character Posters"Steven Spielberg’s – Munich (2005) Steven Spielberg continued his successful run of historical period pieces with this spy/thriller of sorts following the Israeli reaction to 1972 Munich Olympic hostage massacre that not only captures the tension of assassination, but perfectly conveys the right vs. wrong of the Israel/Palestine conflict. The film opens amid a flashback […]
Read more "The Decade’s Best – Munich (2005)"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 […]
Read more "Rental Review – Fighting"Expanding on his short film, Shane Acker creates a really solid film with 9 as it follows the journey of a group of dolls in a post-apocalyptic world; but unfortunately this is not enough to keep me from being slightly disappointed with the end result. As many have foretold before, man will eventually fall to […]
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Middle of the Row 