Most modern romantic comedies contain just as much fantasy as a J.R.R Tolkien epic. They are loaded with unrealistic character motivations, mindless tropes, and plenty of female wish fulfillment. It’s hard to criticize romantic comedies, and at the same time praise huge blockbuster action films. Neither are grounded in reality, but for some reason its […]
A cast list can be pretty indicative of the quality of the film. One might think a film that gives top billing to people like Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Tommy Lee Jones would be an instant classic. Add in French super producer, director, and writer Luc Besson, and high hopes are likely to be […]
Enter to win a pass for two! From Alcon Entertainment comes “Prisoners,” a Warner Bros. Pictures’ release starring Oscar® nominees Hugh Jackman (“Les Misérables”) and Jake Gyllenhaal (“Brokeback Mountain”), under the direction of Denis Villeneuve, who helmed the Oscar®-nominated foreign language film “Incendies.” How far would you go to protect your family? Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) […]
Enter to win a family 4-pack of passes! “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” picks up where Sony Pictures Animation’s mouth-watering comedy left off. Inventor Flint Lockwood thought he saved the world when he destroyed his most infamous invention — a machine that turned water into food causing cheeseburger rain and spaghetti tornadoes. But Flint soon […]
Enter to win a pass for two! A divorced and single parent, Eva (Julia Louis Dreyfus) spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert (James Gandolfini) – a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an empty nest. As their romance quickly blossoms, Eva […]
Enter to win a pass for two! Riddick, the latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000’s hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004’s The Chronicles of Riddick reunites writer/director David Twohy (A Perfect Getaway, The Fugitive) and star Vin Diesel (the Fast and Furious franchise, xXx). Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every […]
The Spectacular Now is a rare entry into the teen film drama, as it is a thoughtful and competent film that doesn’t debase its audience, but rather takes a hard look at the problems of a young adult. The film centers on Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) as he navigates his remaining months before college. The […]
It’s now approaching late summer, and the majority of summer blockbusters have come and gone. Now we are in the hit or miss month of August, a time usually reserved for films not capable of going toe to toe with films like Man of Steel or Iron Man 3. August is a time of winners […]
Have you ever been to the theater and watched something so bad it filled you with a sense of shame? Did a particular scene embarrass you so bad that you couldn’t concentrate the rest of the film? Despite all of this, did you tell all your friends about it, and how they should probably avoid […]
If a film student were to be given an essay on the state of Hollywood and what is wrong with it, they would probably start with a film like R.I.P.D. They would cite rehashed ideas, lazy scripts, bad CGI, and a misused cast. The film has the formula down, but it has no idea how […]
