Film Review: The Big Short

The Big Short is one of the year’s best films; funny, informative, entertaining, and infuriating, all with a great group of actors delivering excellent work.

Film Review: Foxcatcher

Foxcatcher is an actors’ showcase that might need to decide what it wants to be about, and who it wants to be about.

Dissecting Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues doesn’t live up to original, but might have the potential to grow on future viewings; much like its predecessor.

Film Review: The Way, Way Back

The Way Way Back is carried by its performances of a few key cast members as its weak script would come crashing down without them.

Film Review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone should be better than it is, but it betrays audiences by giving us an unredeemable lead character and projects every joke from a mile away.

Film Review: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is a really great idea that is miscast and very poorly executed.

Looking Ahead to 2012: Quarter 2 (April – June)

Hello internet perusers! We are back with round 2 of the four part year break down of things to come. Between April and June, the writers on HST have plenty that we are looking forward to in movies, music, and games,, and we want to share them with you. No, none of these are April […]

For Your Renting Pleasure

With giant food babies resting nicely in your stomach following Thanksgiving, renting some movies to help the lounging around become a little more entertaining sounds like a pretty good idea, right? Well, here are some ideas on what to get. (Batman: Year One; Crazy, Stupid, Love; and [Rec]2 for those too impatient to wait until […]

Review: Despicable Me

Despicable Me is a bland effort around an interesting idea that barely salvages itself from travesty with a pretty decent finale. The film follows Gru, a villain of the world who hasn’t had a note worthy diabolical scheme in some time. Added to this he has been recently upstaged by a young and upcoming villain, […]

Now Playing Review – Date Night

If Date Night were a blind date between you and another person (as opposed to what, I don’t know) then I would say that the date is going pretty well. Sure there are times when some traits are revealed that you aren’t really sure if you want to stick around for, and sometimes they make […]

Middle of the Row

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