Movie Review: The Blackening
Even by the 1990s I knew how condescending and racist it was that the black character would die first in every horror movie. Hollywood is …
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Movie Review: About Time
It’s not a time travel story of love. It is a love story with time travel. With all the romantic clichés and plot devices in …
Movie Review: Sleepwalk With Me
Mike Birbiglia has been hanging around the elite of the comedy world without ever becoming a household name. His style is pretty carefree and based …
Movie Review: Friends With Kids
Friends with Kids thinks it is smarter than it actually is. Writer/Director/Star Jennifer Westfeldt attempts what seems like a brave attempt at pioneering a new …
Movie Review: The Vow
The Vow is mostly a wasted premise, turning an interesting idea into a cliché driven nightmare. The story sucks all the life out of the …
Movie Review: Battleship
Battleship is big, dumb, and stupid. It is also a lot of fun. Like the drunk jock at a frat, Battleship proudly showcases the power …
Movie Review: 21 Jump Street
The 80s have certainly been given primary treatment in 2012. Many movies have been resurrected from the past for a new generation of kids. There …
Movie Review: Lockout
Lockout is the poor man’s Taken, which is not a good start since Taken is the poor man’s Die Hard. It wastes its great premise, …
Movie Review: The Cabin in the Woods
Cabin in the Woods owes a debt to Scream. Scream turned an entire genre of movies into a formula and used kids who understood the …