‘Chronicle’: The perfect recipe for a found footage movie
Ladies and gentlemen, I have some big news for you: Chronicle is the first movie of 2012 that I would actually recommend for people to watch without hesitation. The Max Landis-scribed movie about a trio of high school buddies (played by Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, and Dane DeHaan) who discover they have superhero telekinetic...
8 tips to prepare you for ‘The Woman in Black’
The Woman in Black is basically a ghost story about — you guessed it — a woman in black. She lives in a creepy house and terrorizes a quaint little town whilst wearing her glamorous black veil. Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a lawyer, is visiting the town to settle some business with the aforementioned creepy...
Reviewing a review of ‘Coriolanus’
Immediately after watching Ralph Feinnes Shakespeare-to-screen film, Coriolanus, I thought, “I kind of liked Maid in Manhattan better. I am totally joking…kind of. As I was talking with a fellow movie writer about the film, he was commenting on how the movie wasn’t that great. He was venting about how it is so difficult and...
Reviewing a Review of ‘Red Tails’
For me, Red Tails was sanitized, mildly entertaining, and the actors in the movie felt like they were acting. It was like watching cool teenage boys play fighter pilots — but enough about my opinion. I want to see what other critics had to say about this movie about a crew of African American pilots...
‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’: A Not-so-happy Movie to Start My Moviegoing Year
The first movie I screened for 2012 was Angelina Jolie‘s In the Land of Blood and Honey…and it was quite an intense experience to start the new year. I kind of wish I would have started with something a little lighter…like Joyful Noise or something else that put a vacant smile on my face. Instead,...
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‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’: holiday fun for the sadist in all of us [Movie Review]
Just in time for the holiday season, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo opens in theaters today and is sure to put a smile on the faces of moms, dads, sons, daughters, grandmothers and every other member of your family. Actually, the movie opened last night in select theaters so some of you may have...
10 things I learned from ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’
In Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Tom Cruise is back as super-spy Ethan Hunt with a brand new band of IMF agents. Actually, the only one back from Mission Impossible 3 is Benji (Simon Pegg). Other than that we are introduced to two new agents: the “by-the-bad-ass-book” Jane (Paula Patton) and the “Is he really...
The Sitter and Adventures in Babysitting: one in the same
Opening in theaters today, The Sitter delivers Grade A raunch comedy courtesy of director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express), writers Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka, and, of course, the film’s star, Jonah Hill. In it, Hill brings his Superbad brand of comedy to the character of Noah, a college dropout who is clearly getting used...
The Artist: A movie where actors don’t talk
I’m not one for silent movies. In fact, I’ve never really sat through a silent movie unless you count animated GIFs. So when I heard that The Artist was a movie sans dialogue, I groaned. Seeing that I am an open-minded gentleman and this movie has been garnering boatloads of Oscar buzz, I felt that...
Movie Review: The Muppets are still cool, funny, and enjoyably absurd
The Muppets haven’t necessarily dropped off the face of the Earth. They have been woven into the pop culture zeitgeist since Kermit made our hearts melt with “It’s Not Easy Being Green” and Miss Piggy yelled her first “HI-YA!”. We just haven’t seen them on the big screen in a long, long time — and...
Tower Heist: kind of funny, kind of racist, kind of good
Heist movies are always a joy to watch — especially when they involve a star-studded cast. Tower Heist is a joy to watch AND it has a star-studded cast. That said, it fulfills the minimum requirements for a staple comedy heist movie to prep us for the holiday season. The movie’s “rich people suck” premise...
The Rum Diary: not as crazy as you think
I could recite a list of could of, should of, would of’s for The Rum Diary, but that would just be too whiny. Instead, I will just straight out tell you my opinion of the movie: I only kind of enjoy it. As for the story behind the movie — I enjoyed it a lot...
