Back when Suicide Squad was rushed into reshoots following the reaction to the initial trailer release, I remember talking myself into the opinion that filming new content could only be a good thing even though most feared for the worst. After all, video game release dates get pushed all the time to allow for more […]
Read more "Film Review: Suicide Squad"Going in I didn’t expected to fully understand what occurs in Blackhat because I know nothing about hacking and coding, but the lack of a previous understanding of this skill-set is not what makes this film nonsensical. It’s that it’s just bad.
Read more "Film Review: Blackhat"Depending on your point of view, Ender’s Game might be a solid, yet disappointing, adaptation or possibly the best blockbuster of the year.
Read more "Dissecting Ender’s Game"Ender’s Game is a favorite book of many, so it was only a matter of time before it would come to the big screen. Probably would have happened even sooner if it contained vampires or a love triangle.
Read more "The Breakdown: Ender’s Game Trailer"Beautiful Creatures is more concerned about its sequels and in turn leaves a mess of a film to start off this supposed franchise instead.
Read more "Film Review: Beautiful Creatures"A few years back it became a hobby to make fun of the trend in marketing to describe things as extreme. Extreme sports are one thing (you aren’t going to see me jumping out of a helicopter into the middle of circling sharks while wearing a suit of meat with the goal of safely swimming […]
Read more "Film Review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"There is a short list of movie topics that have a tendency to make me a little hesitant to see them, including zero to hero sports movies, revolutionary apes (sorry Rise of the Planet of the Apes), bible huggers, and racism. Ok, only the religious and racial tension films (or a combo of racism and […]
Read more "Film Review: The Help"The Help is built around a lot of strong performances, but the film doesn’t bring anything new to the table, and does only a couple things really well beyond the acting.
Read more "Film Review: The Help"Eat Pray Love is a dull and poorly executed picture that meanders, is no where near as good as it thinks it is, and fails to engage or fill us with emotion almost every step of the way. Liz Gilbert isn’t happy in life and when she decides she can’t take it any more she […]
Read more "Review: Eat Pray Love"The film adaptation of this award winning play is superbly acted, beautifully shot, and while maybe a bit long winded from time to time, it remains constantly engaging and keeps you guessing and talking after the film is over. Sister James (Amy Adams) is the newest sister and teacher at the local Bronx church school […]
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