Changeling

Clint Eastwood’s latest is a child abduction mystery that is a horse of many colors, and all are done very well, with a great turn by the lead Angelina Jolie, but something keeps the film back from being truly as great and powerful as some of his recent work.In 1928 Christine Collins is a floor […]

Rachel Getting Married

Jonathan Demme’s latest is a wonderful look at the reunion and attempted mending of semi-dysfunctional family that harbors lots of hidden grief and angst, and is overbear one another with their coping of a tragedy.Kym (Anne Hathaway) sits on a bench, awaiting her pick up from rehab, so she can go to the festivities leading […]

How to be like Don Draper?

Fantastic for Mad Men fans I’m going to miss this show for the next year.

Pride and Glory

Ed Norton’s latest is a brutal dirty cop drama that never really settles into itself and can be a bit all over the place, yet remains entertaining for the most part.Ray Tierney (Ed Norton) comes from a family of cops, but is kind of the outsider of his family at this point and juncture. His […]

Review: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Episode 104

Episode 104, Destroy Malevolence, is the conclusion to the Malevolence arc in these beginnings of The Clone Wars and it is a good conclusion to the end of this thrilling battle. Grievous’ war ship the Malevolence is critically damaged do the attack run by Anakin and his squadron of fighters destroying the ships ion cannon. […]

Links for 10/17

-Check out the new Star Trek photos, scroll to the bottom for even more. –Sunshine Cleaning looks solid, and has pretty people in it. –Forever War sounds like an intriguing sci-fi concept, and throw in Ridley Scott and you are set! -Don’t plan on seeing a non-Robocop Aronofsky flick, after The Wrestler, for a while […]

Sex Drive

This new addition to the teen sex comedy genre packs a few pretty good laughs, but ultimately brings little or nothing new to the table.Ian is kind of a dork, he has a couple close friends and a longing for a girls privates. He has an online chat partner where he is posing as a […]

W.

Oliver Stone’s look at the political coming of age of the current President George W. Bush is an entertaining, engaging, and fairly unbiased look at the life of one of the most interesting political figures ever.George W. Bush (Josh Brolin) didn’t always want to be a politician, his family was politics though, over the course […]

The Visitor

Richard Jenkins stars in this touching drama about a man finding himself in the midst of an immigration mess with his unexpected roommates upon his return to NYC.Walter (Richard Jenkins) is a lonely professor in Connecticut; he lives the day paint by numbers and carries on getting from one day to another. Struggling to attempt […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Episode 103

Episode 103, Shadow of the Malevolence, is part II of the Malevolence arc of the Clone Wars series and it is builds greatly upon a solid opening.Anakin, having just rescued Master Plo Koon from the Malevolence’s clutches, has built an offensive task force to pull a surprise attack on the Malevolence, hoping to take out […]