Robocop movie review
The original "RoboCop," the 1987 film by Paul Verhoeven, was a vicious, unrepentant foray into deep cultural fears about corporate domination, media corruption and the urban crime epidemic. Now in the 21st cent...
Review: That Awkward Moment
Freshman screenwriter and director Tom Gormican gets a lot of credit for getting financing for this movie. Not only is it a rom-com where the main characters are guys instead of clumsy, too-busy-for-men ladies,...
Review: “Ride Along” is shockingly not terrible
The first 40 minutes of "Ride Along" are awkward, poorly edited and acted, and not nearly as funny as it thinks it is. None of this seems surprising- as stated before, January is Trash Duty. A cop comedy wit...
The Legend of Hercules movie review
Well it's January, boys and girls, and that means it's Trash Time! For those not fortunate enough to know, the first two or three months of every year are dedicated to studios clearing their shelves of all thei...
The 10 worst movies of 2013
There's nothing like getting assigned a "Top Ten Movies" reflection story to make you realize just how much garbage you've consumed in the past year. I've just looked at my reviews from 2013, so please allow...
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug review
It's a well-worn joke that Peter Jackson doesn't know how to make a short movie. All of his major films have clocked in at 2.5 hours or longer (that's before the special release director's cut, and the DVD ...
Thor: The Dark World review
Chris Hemsworth's character might be the title of this sequel, and an Avenger to boot, but dammit, Thor: The Dark World is Tom Hiddleston's movie. Directed by: Alan Taylor
Written by: Christopher Yost, ...
The Fifth Estate review
It's a common maxim that history is written by the winners. But what about the history when there are no clear winners? When something momentous happens- and then nothing really changes at all? And what if we a...
“Machete Kills” movie review
Machete Kills poster I only just saw "Machete" a few weeks ago- I caught a poorly edited version of it on TNT or FX or something- so I have only been recently entranced by the Robert Rodriguez 70s action sc...
“Gravity” movie review
In every movie nerd's subconscious, there is a file marked "Do Not Destroy." In that file are all the cinematic images that have refused to be washed away by the tides of lifelong media saturation. Among other ...
Movie Review: “Rush”
It's not difficult to explain what "Rush," the Ron Howard historical film about the contentious rivalry of two Formula One drivers in the 1970s was trying to tell me. It's a movie about speed, both the mech...
Movie Review: “Baggage Claim”
About halfway through "Baggage Claim," a feather-light rom-com, the requisite slutty and funny BFF (the fantastic Jill Scott) asks our heroine Montana (Paula Patton) why she's so hell-bent on getting married. A...
Review: “Prisoners” kinda sucks
On the way home from this movie, I thought about what I could have done during the two-a-half hours that would have been more productive, enlightening, or entertaining than sitting and watching this pretentious...
Interview with Danny Boyle
Award winning director discusses his latest film "Trance" and other work
