Category: Reviews

Movie Review: Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Movie Review: Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

Currently in limited theatrical release, and VOD, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil packs a lot of substance into its 90-minute runtime.  Tucker & Dale is a buddy comedy, a deconstruction of the redneck horror subgenre, a bloody gore fest and reverent homage to horror classics like The Evil Dead and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. First-time…

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Movie Review: Immortals

Movie Review: Immortals

This Friday, Relativity Media’s Immortals opens in theaters in 3D. The film, directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell), is an action period epic about the war between the Greek Gods and the Titans. The solid cast includes future Superman Henry Cavill, Luke Evans, Freida Pinto, and Mickey Rourke, and the producers made the popular (and…

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Movie Review: Tower Heist

Movie Review: Tower Heist

Tower Heist, which opens this weekend in theaters, is an entertaining film that hits its stride about 20 minutes in and shortly thereafter turns on the cinematic cruise control. There is nothing inherently bad about the film, save for its ridiculous finale, but Tower Heist ultimately amounts to barely more than squandered potential. The main…

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Movie Review: “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas”, Leave Your Thinking Caps At Home And Enjoy The Ride

Movie Review: “A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas”, Leave Your Thinking Caps At Home And Enjoy The Ride

As a “Harold & Kumar” fan, I’ll be the first to admit the series is very hit or miss. The first film will remain as my generation’s comedy classic, but the second film made little effort and left quite a bad taste in my mouth. It had it’s share of moments, but just seemed to…

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Movie Review: Melancholia

Movie Review: Melancholia

Director Lars Von Trier has had a controversial career and a reputation as an egomaniacal iconoclast. He was part of the influential Dogme 95 collective – filmmakers who pushed a new cinematic realism by setting-up a series of rules one must follow when making a film. Von Trier has since violated every single one of…

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