Reviews “The Heat” Review: This Buddy Cop Comedy Is Armed With An Arsenal Of Laughs Christopher Moore, June 25, 2013 As much as I liked Paul Feig’s last directorial effort, Bridesmaids, I didn’t have high expectations for his follow-up feature, The Heat. The trailer had some good laughs, but I wasn’t sure about the pairing of Bullock and McCarthy. Boy, was I totally wrong. This film is one of the…
LAFF 2013 Review: “The Conjuring” Stirs Up Plenty Of Scares And Strikes Fear Into Your Heart Michael Lee, June 23, 2013June 22, 2013 Ever since Saw opened in theaters in 2004, James Wan changed his method of how to terrify his audience and fans. For the most part, the director has ditched the notion that you need to inundate moviegoers with gore and random pop outs, and used old school methods of building…
LAFF 2013 Review: “The Spectacular Now” Is A Riveting Coming Of Age Film That Would Make John Hughes Proud Michael Lee, June 22, 2013June 22, 2013 John Hughes was a master of the craft of understanding the mind of the teenager, and it’s very rare to see a film now-a-days that doesn’t pander or insult that kind of audience or any audience for that matter. So James Ponsoldt‘s coming of age comedy drama The Spectacular Now,…
“World War Z” Review: This Zombie-Fied Action Thrill Ride Aims To Please And Mostly Succeeds David Weaver, June 21, 2013 After a number of script rewrites, re-shoots, and general retooling over the film’s six year journey to theaters, World War Z is upon us. With so many pre-production problems, it was widely speculated that the finished product would not only fail to realize the intricate work of author Max Brooks…
“Much Ado About Nothing” Review: Joss Whedon’s Take On Shakespeare Is Energetic & Fun Michael Lee, June 21, 2013June 21, 2013 Following his stellar directing efforts on The Avengers, Joss Whedon decided to do something smaller in scale as his follow up, so small that it took him less than 12 days to complete principle photography, and all of it shot in his beautiful Santa Monica home. For his follow up,…