“The Wolfman” takes a new bite at the original…and fails
Written by Chandler Clemens · March 3, 2010
When the full moon rises, either take out a life insurance policy or buy a batch of silver bullets because he’s coming. That is “The Wolfman.” Dunh Dunh Duhhhhhh. Time and time again I question why Hollywood deems it necessary to remake a classic that needn’t be tinkered... (more...)
Jeff Bridges steals the show in “Crazy Heart”
Written by Bernardo Vigil · March 2, 2010
First time director Thomas Cobb’s film, “Crazy Heart,” achieves little in terms of originality, plot, or even character. Most of us have seen movies about drunken old men giving their lives a complete 180 and starting anew. What we haven’t seen, however, is a film... (more...)
George Clooney calls home being “Up in the Air”
Written by Kathleen Ambre · February 3, 2010
Most people don’t particularly like being “up in the air.” Maybe it’s because of the stagnant recycled oxygen smelling of cleaner and synthetic plastic, the inexorable 90-degree chairs seating passengers packed–shoulder to shoulder–like sardines, or the overly-repetitive... (more...)
Murder + Pyschedelic World Beyond the Grave; “The Lovely Bones”
Written by Logan McMillen · January 20, 2010
Both parts “Silence of the Lambs” and “Alice in Wonderland” makes for one confused audience. A lesson in cinema for what works and what doesn’t. Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is an innocent fourteen year old girl living in a suburb of Pennsylvania. Little does she... (more...)
Leap Year
Written by Devon Fitzgerald · January 18, 2010
Based on its trailer, “Leap Year” should have been another sub-par, over-budgeted romantic comedy starring decent actors who just look pretty on camera. But after watching 100 minutes of pure enjoyment, it’s safe to say “Leap Year” is anything but sub-par. Amy... (more...)
The Blindside
Written by Samantha Thomas · January 12, 2010
After gaining success with “The Rookie” in 2002, director John Lee Hancock succeeds in creating another sports drama––a feel-good movie based on the true story of Michael Oher, the Baltimore Raven’s offensive left tackle. “The Blind Side” casts familiar faces... (more...)
Hello there Oscar. It’s me…”Precious”
Written by Chandy Clemens · December 10, 2009
I love this time of the season. Great films are released in conjunction with the years end. Not only that, an aroma of Oscar gold is slowly wafting into every studio exec office and boy does it smell satisfying. So its only fitting that “Precious,” a film of staggering emotional... (more...)
“New Moon” only enjoyable to die-hard “Twilight” fans
Written by Sean Buckhorn · December 10, 2009
Admittedly, I expected little from “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”. This was, after all, a movie planned, filmed, and edited in a little less than nine months; a movie based upon a poorly-written novel; a movie that compelled one female fan to shriek “Team Jacob” across... (more...)
A masterpiece on the woes of humanity in post-apocalyptic America, “The Road”
Written by Meredith Gallagher · December 10, 2009
In the midst of Twilight media-mania, many a movie have slipped under the radar, and none more deserving than the post-apocalyptic masterpiece, “The Road.” The movie follows a father and son as they try to weather the constant rains, survive encounters with cannibals, and find enough... (more...)
Wes Anderson style under the guise of children friendly “Mr. Fox”
Written by Mickey Caulfield · December 10, 2009
Oh, to be a child in 2009; first, “Ponyo,” then “Where the Wild Things Are,” and now Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox”––the latest in a stream of charming films supposedly aimed at children but primarily enjoyed by adults. “Fox” delivers... (more...)




