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Movie Review: Iron Man 3
If this is the direction Marvel is going to take with Iron Man, I hope this is the last time we see Tony Stark on the big screen.
Read More »Movie Review: Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing
What did you do on your vacation? Joss Whedon adapted Shakespeare.
Read More »Movie Review: After Earth
After Earth is one of only two new films this weekend, do yourself a favor and see anything else.
Read More »Movie Review: Fast & Furious 6
While most series tend to be losing their steam with only one sequel, who would have ever thought that something like The Fast and the Furious would be releasing its fifth.
Read More »Movie Review: The Hangover Part III
If any series was in need of a do over, it was The Hangover. After the huge success that was the original, director/co-writer Todd Phillips followed it up with the laziest sequel imaginable. The Hangover Part II was literally a case of substituting the original setting while filming a near …
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Sansho the Bailiff – The Criterion Collection
Though known by its original Japanese-language moniker in most of the world, Sanshô Dayû is usually referred to as Sansho the Bailiff
Read More »Blu-Ray Review: The Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Contemporary (Mean Streets/ The Untouchables/ GoodFellas/ Heat/ The Departed
One of the most durable genres in the history of film is the so-called “gangster” flick. They have been with us since (at least) D.W. Griffith’s The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912), and will probably be around forever. Although all of the major studios have produced these types of pictures, …
Read More »DVD Review: Mold!
Mary, Jesus, and Joseph! A low budget gore fest that doesn't suck!
Read More »DVD Review: Stripped
A Hostel/Hangover hybrid that wastes both opportunities.
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