Movie Review: Don Jon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt can now add director to his list of talents. The actor has built up his acting credibility since Brick with some very memorable …
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Movie Review: Rush
Living on a lighted stage approaches the unreal. Like the Rush song Limelight, James Hunt and Niki Lauda would agree but bicker about how to …
Movie Review: Prisoners
Prisoners is a very calculated title for the story it tells. Prisons in this movie come in many forms, be they physical or mental. Prisoners …
Movie Review: Short Term 12
The coming out party for Brie Larson is complete. After delightful turns in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, 21 Jump Street, and The Spectacular Now, …
Movie Review: Blue Jasmine
Yuck. The sum of Blue Jasmine’s parts – acting, character development, storytelling – are significantly greater than the whole of Woody Allen’s new film. The …
Movie Review: In a World…
It will be hard to look at trailers the same again. Writer/Director/Star Lake Bell has created a fun little movie “in a world…where people…with great …
Movie Review: Drinking Buddies
Drinking Buddies revels in the silence between conversations. The love triangle between Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick, and Jake Johnson is a well acted and keenly …
Movie Review: The World’s End
And the Cornetto Trilogy comes to a spectacular end. The World’s End is the third Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright collaboration that takes pieces of the first …
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 …
Movie Review: Jobs
Steve Jobs is as amazing an innovator as they come. His ability to look past the possible and create something people themselves didn’t know they …