Movie Review: You’re Next
You’re Next has fun playing with traditional beats in the horror genre to give the home invasion film a fresh spin. Writer Simon Barrett cleverly …
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Movie Review: The To Do List
I wonder what John Hughes would think about Brandy Clark and the To Do List. Writer/Director Maggie Carey’s debut film contains pieces of an 80’s …
Movie Review: Pacific Rim
Monsters versus robots. For any fanboy, that statement alone is worth at least a strong consideration. Fortunately for all the people forced to be dragged …
Movie Review: White House Down
White House Down gives Roland Emmerich a chance to blow up another city. Having taken down New York, Paris, Tokyo, and the entire globe (in …
Movie Review: World War Z
In the year of end of the world movies, it is now the zombies’ turn. World War Z, very loosely based on the novel of …
Movie Review: Monsters University
Monsters University stops the bleeding by Pixar. The movie doesn’t quite hit the moviemakers’ highest of highs, but it does hit some very good emotional …
Movie Review: Now You See Me
Magicians are inherently compelling. Built around misdirection and hidden agendas, anything they say or do will have you second guessing what is real and what …
Movie Review: Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 gets Tony Stark’s trajectory back on course. Director Shane Black (who previously worked with Robert Downey Jr on Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) …
Movie Review: Oblivion
Oblivion is built around 2 strengths, visual effects and surprises. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Oblivion is a thought-provoking piece of sci-fi cinema that uses ideas …
Movie Review: 42
42 is perpetually on the cusp of greatness, but never quite gets there. More interested in deifying Jackie Robinson, 42 executes some really intense scenes …