Two actors, two faces and a two sided story. I smell an Oscar nod for Gosling…I see audience rejection of the film.
It’s October. A time when Ghoulies, Ghosties and Long-Legged Beasties roam the earth. But if you start seeing the ghost of a World War II Japanese kamikaze fighter pilot, you’re probably Enoch Brae, the central character of Restless. And that’s not a bad place to be. Enoch is an odd kid. If your name is Enoch [...]
“Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots” get their day on the big screen in Real Steel, a movie that transcends the one-joke premise and is instead a heartwarming, fist-pumping mechanized fairy tale of a father and son coming together amid some of the baddest technology you’ll ever wish was really available. Not to bad for a [...]
What are some great dog movies that spring to mind? Old Yeller? My Dog Skip? Where the Red Fern Grows? or maybe, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey? Well, add Marley & Me to the list. It’ll be a favorite for a long time to come. And yet the funny thing is that this isn’t just [...]
Nothing Like the Holidays is a typical home-for-the-holidays movie that brings a slice of life realism and a touch of warmth to the Christmas season with a Latino twist. In a similar vein to The Family Stone or Tyler Perry’s This Christmas, you have all the typical players: The favorite son, the son whose married [...]
This movie is crude, vulgar, childish, nerdy…and oh yeah… freaking hilarious (not that you couldn’t tell that by the redband trailer). This is the kind of movie where you expect all the funny parts to be what you saw in the trailer spots on TV, but there’s so much more. Although it starts a little [...]
If you like slice-of-life teen movies, you’ll enjoy Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. While not breaking any new ground, it delivers solid performances with a few chuckles, a few ‘eww gross’ moments, and your typical boy/girl love story. It also has a backdrop of a boy/boy relationship that was done very well – no gay [...]
Miracle at St. Anna is A SPIKE LEE dis(JOINT)ed film. Unfortunately the only miracle at this premiere was that people didn’t get up and leave the theater before it was over. The film starts with the seemingly random killing of a man in a post office. While every part of you expects that the murder [...]