Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead fails to live up to expectations; on the other hand, The Raid 2: Berandal knocks it out of the park.
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Movie Review: ‘American Hustle’
Director David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) has crafted one of the most fiercely entertaining films of the year.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Harder They Come’
Not only an interesting and well told story, it's just as relevant todays as it was 40 years ago.
Read More »Sundance 2014 Movie Review: ‘Hellion’
Writer/director Kat Chandler expands Hellion from her 2012 Sundance short into a tear jerker of a film — even if she uses way too much shaky cam.
Read More »Sundance 2014 Movie Reviews: ‘God Help the Girl’ and ‘Hits’
If there’s one thing I’m sure of as of this writing, it’s that I have only had to suffer through two horrible films at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
Read More »Sundance 2014 Movie Reviews: ‘The Skeleton Twins,’ ‘Obvious Child,’ and ‘Happy Christmas’
What would Sundance be without low budget comedies?
Read More »Sundance 2014 Movie Review: ‘Jamie Marks Is Dead’
If there’s one thing Guillermo del Toro’s Devil’s Backbone didn’t have, or need, was a bisexual love triangle between the living and the dead.
Read More »Sundance 2014 Movie Review: ‘The Guest’
This movie outdoes most big budget action films on what can only be assumed as one percent of their budgets.
Read More »Sundance 2014 Movie Reviews: ‘Blue Ruin’ and ‘Cold in July’
Two revenge-thrillers: both brilliant nail-biters.
Read More »Sundance 2014 Movie Reviews: ‘Life Itself,’ ‘Ivory Tower,’ ‘What We Do in the Shadows’
At the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, 40 entries are split between the U.S. and World Cinema Documentary categories and Doc Premieres.
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