Submarine Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) likes to read the dictionary in his spare time. Although not suicidal, he daydreams about his funeral and delights in how sad he hopes everyone will be. He thinks his (self-proclaimed) psychic neighbors are ninjas…
Green Lantern When it comes to the superhero movie, times have changed. During the 70s, 80s and 90s, DC Comics ruled the multiplexes with fantastic adaptations of their comic books. Meanwhile…Marvel Comics churned out nothing but bunkum. DC gave us…
Beginners Watching director Mike Mills’ new film “Beginners” is like randomly flipping through the pages of a stranger’s family album. You can start in the middle, go back a few years then jump to the end and somehow get a…
Super 8 The thing about kids is that their sense of adventure and purpose is defiant against things like the secret operations of the U.S. Air Force, unexplainable occurrences and earth shattering explosions- at least they are in this movie.…
Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer “Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer” has one of the catchiest movie titles of the summer. Unfortunately, a title can’t carry a movie and a few funny moments can’t make it entertaining.…
X-Men: First Class The arrogant film critic in me wants to be enraged at the power-suits making our entertainment choices for us in Hollywood. How dare they give us nothing but regurgitated and reorganized ideas in this: The Summer of…
Kung Fu Panda 2 Jack Black makes a wonderful cartoon character. With his outlandish persona and ability to deliver lines of dialogue with a grandeur that matches his amplitude, it could be argued that Black is more suited for animation…
Pirates of the Caribbean:On Stranger Tides “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” is the latest chapter in the swashbuckling adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow that delivers on the one thing that most everyone wants: It is better than the…
The Beaver There’s a lot going on in “The Beaver”. The film tackles severe depression, daddy issues and marital problems while dragging a huge dose of real-life drama along as well (what with Mel Gibson pissing everybody off with his…
Bridesmaids We decided to take a stab at the new female-buddy comedy “Bridesmaids” from a couple of angles and present a “He said, She said” sort of thing. Here’s what DVD thought… At its guts and gristle, “Bridesmaids” is a…