Theatrical Reviews

by / on January 25, 2013 at 3:57 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: MOVIE 43

So Movie 43 was advertised as this really huge movie full of stars, it took 4 years to make, has 11 directors, is super raunchy blah blah blah. All of those things may be factually true, but the whole essence [...]

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by / on January 18, 2013 at 9:00 am / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: LES MISERABLES

In case you live under a rock, the Les Miserables film is based off the hit Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn is based off Victor Hugo’s 1862 French novel. Since the story is older than all [...]

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by / on December 31, 2012 at 4:08 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: DJANGO UNCHAINED

It’s funny, I feel like I’ve been writing this review in my head for the past two days, but now that I’m actually putting fingers to keys, all I can think about saying is how much I enjoyed Django Unchained, [...]

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by / on November 1, 2012 at 3:00 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: SKYFALL

“Take the bloody shot!” Introduction The possibility of Skyfall achieving acknowledgement at the Academy Awards is not without merit. An outstanding cast, Oscar-nominated composers and cinematographers with, for the first time ever, an Oscar-winning director, clearly establishes Skyfall as a [...]

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by / on September 30, 2012 at 11:50 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: LOOPER

There are two ways that I could write a review for Looper, the new sci-fi film from writer/director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom). Here’s the first: HOLY SHIT – THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥ But, you see, I know [...]

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by / on September 24, 2012 at 4:58 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: END OF WATCH

Gimmicks rarely get movies off to a good start. As soon as you see a trailer for a film that uses either a handicam or found footage or anything in that vein, it’s normally followed up by scoffing, or at [...]

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by / on September 21, 2012 at 11:28 am / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET

Jennifer Lawrence is one of the best young actresses out there. She came on to the scene in 2010′s Winter’s Bone, which gave her an Oscar nomination. We all know about her take as Katniss in The Hunger Games, where [...]

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by / on September 16, 2012 at 12:00 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION

(Note: Kai asked if I would share my review of this for the site, and I obliged… so here it is!) I say it with almost every review of this series, so why stop now? I see every one of [...]

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by / on August 31, 2012 at 11:33 am / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: BACHELORETTE

I guess this is a semi-advanced review. Bachelorette, the next in the line of Bridesmaids-esque films, won’t be in movie theaters until next weekend, but it is available on VOD and iTunes now and some friends and I recently spent [...]

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by / on August 21, 2012 at 3:46 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: PARANORMAN

Many have argued that we have entered a new “Golden Age” of animated cinema.  With the rise of Pixar we’ve also seen an incredible ascension of quality in the latest animated features.  Pixar’s incredible technology allows animated films to go [...]

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