Written by: Anne Chickering When I rolled up to the Laemmle 7 in North Hollywood last weekend, I had no idea what movie I was seeing. I hopped onto the freeway at the last second, scooped up my friend off the side of th...
In a fun and good-hearted piece of news, it turns out that comic character Hellboy has found some time in his busy monster-fighting schedule for some heroing of a different sort. Six year old Zachary, a young boy underg...
This is a film I hadn’t seen since 1990, and I remembered really enjoying it way back when. Actually, when Bull Durham (25th August 1989 in the UK- although weirdly it seems to have been released in a different country e...
Brit Marling stars and co-writes another sci-fi head-turner with The Sound of My Voice, an exploration of cult leaders and their ability to ensnare followers.
I remember reading Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi several years ago in the summer of 2003, as part of a summer bookclub thing with a few fellow college friends. It seemed like a safe bet; popular, vague aspirations of be...
[rating:1.5/5] The world of Nicholas Sparks is not one of my preferred cinematic vacation spots. I’ll admit this up front, and concede that the author has absolutely perfected this white-washed but utterly contrived univ...
[rating:2/5] Project X is like any infamous, out-of-control, teen party; it sounds a lot more interesting in anecdotes than it actually was. Produced by Todd Philips, still trying to be John Hughes of the You Tube...
[rating:2.5/5] In a theater nearby, Today you can find, A movie that’s got green on its mind, Trundle on in, get snug in your seat, Chomp on your popcorn, Prop up your feet, And get ready for the tale of the Lifte...
[rating:2/5] Reviewing a movie like Act of Valor is like walking a tightrope. A film about the behind-the-scenes heroism of the Navy SEALs starring active-duty SEALs engaging in fictional but realistic campaigns is goin...
[rating:0.5/5] I personally don’t care how many millions of dollars ‘This Means War’ brings in at the box office; it’s hands down the worst movie of the year so far. Supposedly a romantic comedy about two spies wh...
[rating:4/5] Jacky is a quiet and solitary guy, but he’s not exactly a likable one; working as a low-level thug for the Belgian hormone mafia, he spends his days intimidating cattle farmers into using steroid inje...
[rating:1/5] The curse of Nicolas Cage continues in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, a movie so uninspired and disjointed that it makes its crummy predecessor look like The Dark Knight in comparison. Although the...