Latest Movie Reviews

• MACHETE

  CThe fact that Robert Rodriguez as able to make a feature film based soley on a fauz trailer inserted in the middle of "Grindhouse" is impressive. The movie however, is not. It's Bad. It knows it's Bad. It has moments of being really Bad-Good... but not enough of those moments! People will see it...

• THE AMERICAN

  BThe opposite of Jason Bourne. Something sublte, deliberate. It's a quiet spy-ish film that is both beautiful to look at, and poignant. George Clooney here is very restrained... he's low key, and the film reflects that completely. Though, the film's photography is by far it's best asset! As an...

• GOING THE DISTANCE

  C+It's nice when romantic comedies can be rated R. It allows for a more real taste to accompany whatever shenanginas our leading man and woman take us through. Unfortunately here, "realism" gets thrown out the window. Justin Long is a really funny guy, but here, he play's the strait one... he...

• THE LAST EXORCISM

  B+ It's hard to do horror well. It's even harder to do horror clever. The Last Exorcism, does both! It's a Point Of View faux documentary style film, similar to that of Blair Witch, and Cloverfield where the audience is supposed to except that what they're seeing is real. An over-done gimmick? Yes....

• TAKERS

  B-Ok, so it's poor man's "Heat." But it's a very decent fun poor man's "Heat!" While not exceeding any type of action flick expectations, TAKERS devliers on many fronts, even if the film tries to too hard at some points. The action is very adreneline filled and stunt based which is a welcome...

• SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD

  A-One of my favorite films of the year! Seriously... this movie is unlike anything you have ever seen. It's a combination comic book movie-video game movie-romantic comedy-martial arts movie-and musical... all rolled into an original and fresh movie on speed! It's an experience that will make you...

• THE EXPENDABLES

  DThis could be the most expenseive strait-to-dvd movie ever made. If it weren't for the wasted star-studded cast, this movie probably would have never even found funding. The story is as weak as any bad action movie... but with bad action movies at least comes good one-liners...right? Not here,...

• THE OTHER GUYS

  B-It's not "Anchorman," or "Talledega Nights," but it something in the same league, and that's definately a plus for Will Ferrell who could use a hit right now. The laughs really don't stop here throughout the film... but they're small laughs; never does the movie get side-splitting funny. NYPD...

• FLIPPED

  B+Rob Reiner delivers another winner with a film that is surprisingly for both older AND younger generations! This is a complete feel-good coming of age love story that will bring you back to your first love and remind you why love is so wonderful in the first place. As events unfold in this...

• DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

  D Dinner for Schmucks??? Try, "A-Movie-for-Schmucks!" While in some circles it might be fun to sit back and make fun of idiots over and over and over and over again, the joke wears off quickly and dives into "poor taste" mode faster than Mel Gibson can further hurt his image! This film employs used...

• CHARLIE ST. CLOUD

  D+Can Zac Efron act? . . .yes. But he needs to choose better films than this. In an overly schmaltzy and smarmy combo of "The Sixth Sense" - "Just Like Heaven" - and "Dragonfly," the young star does a lot to show off some skills, but you can almost feel him yearning for something more provocative...

• THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

  AAll hail the "Indie" film... it's one of the few saving graces of a lackluster summer movie season! In "The Kids Are All Right" both Annette Bening AND Julianne Moore give Oscar caliber performances in a film that is both heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time! Nic and Jules (Annette...

• SALT

  C+How many times do we have to see the same movies over and over again? While SALT is certainly entertaining at times, it leaves a stale empty feeling in your brain when the movie's over. It takes itself too seriously and that effects the believability of the whole silly story as it unravels into...

• INCEPTION

  AYes, it really is mind-blowing! Yes, the hype is true! Yes, this is something unlike anything you've ever seen! The second half of this thinking man's action film is on par with the brilliance of the likes of Kubrick, Lean, Hitchcock...the list goes on. Christopher Nolan, who gave us "Memento"...

• THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE

  C Nothing too magical with this film about magic. Nic Cage does his best Merlin impersonation here surrounded by one-note characters, while likeable and fun, they end up easily too forgetable. Balthazar Blake (NICOLAS CAGE) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from...

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