Movie Review: Lawless
Lawless, if you let it, will catch you off guard with just how compelling it actually is. It doesn’t quite reach the highs of the …
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Movie Review: Heavyweights
Heavyweights is now more known for its historical significance than its moments on-screen. It is here we can trace some of the most influential moviemakers …
Movie Review: Premium Rush
Premium Rush takes what could have been a very intense claustrophobic thriller in a city and pushes all situations to a 10, which dilutes the …
Movie Review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Masterpiece Theater’s golden age moves eastward. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is about a retirement home for aging Englishfolk in India. Unlike the hotel in …
Movie Review: Spring Breakers
A little titillation never hurt anyone, right? Well the message of Spring Breakers is actually, it does hurt. Brilliantly crafted for the millennials, Writer/Director Harmony …
Movie Review: The Place Beyond the Pines
Schenectady (NY) translates to the Place Beyond the Pines. Using the gritty rural setting as the movie’s backdrop, director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) weaves a …
Movie Review: The Bourne Legacy
The Bourne Legacy has pieces of a good story in it, it just cannot connect the dots. The biggest goal of the Bourne Legacy is …
Movie Review: Bernie
Bernie is a delicious reminder of how much writer/director Richard Linklater can elevate a film. Jack Black has a tendency to ratchet up his enthusiasm …
Movie Review: Pitch Perfect
The Deltones. The Sig O’s. Purple Haze. These are some of the a cappella groups at my Alma Mater. Like Pitch Perfect shows the audience, …
Movie Review: Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 is Pixar’s piece de resistance. Coupling the originality of the first Toy Story with the pathos of the second one, Toy Story …