Category Movie Reviews

ESCAPE PLAN for “Old School” Action Fans

  While they’ve appeared together briefly in a couple of films now (those being the two Expendables movies), Escape Plan marks the first official team up featuring two of the biggest 80’s action heroes. Strangely enough, this leisurely paced effort…

CARRIE Remake Unremarkable and Unnecessary

Brian De Palma’s Carrie was a landmark horror film. It perfectly depicted the awkwardness and cruelty of teenage life with its memorable, Oscar nominated performances and striking visual panache. Several of its jarring images are iconic in film history. As…

MACHETE KILLS Wields a Rusty Blade

Most B-movie fans had a good time with director Robert Rodriguez’s outrageous, over-the-top exploitation homage Machete. The original film even had a few cutting comments to make about immigration. This follow up has plenty of action, but appears haphazardly stitched…

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS an Effective Hostage Drama

Producing a film adaptation of a true story is always a struggle. Some liberties must be taken and Captain Phillips is likely no exception. Based on the book co-written by Phillips himself, it’s hard to say exactly how accurate it…

GRAVITY is all Magic

Do you wanna go to space? The options of getting there are pretty limited. You can book a flight on Virgin Galactic but it will cost you Two hundred and fifty Thousand Dollars (U.S.) and they do not commence commercial…

RUNNER RUNNER hits a Zero on Suspense

Ever get the feeling mere minutes after a movie begins that you generally know how everything will ultimately play out? Runner Runner feels like a movie that was created and plotted in a studio boardroom using a screenwriting manual. It’s…

‘s DRACULA 3D is a Howler

  Argento’s Dracula 3D opens Friday, October 4th in LA at The Independent and in New York at the IFC Center. It is also available everywhere as a VOD title. Gothic melodrama is a tough style of storytelling to pull…

ENOUGH SAID Review

There are plenty of romantic comedies out there, and initially, Enough Said doesn’t seem different from the majority of them. The film is simply told and there aren’t any big surprises story wise. Yet it benefits greatly from its relatable,…

RUSH Limps to the Finish Line

Have you ever watched a football game where you didn’t give a shit who won? You don’t love or hate either team, you just feel vanilla-neutral about both. It might even be a tight and exciting game but as each…