The Best Films of 2010: A Year in Film
It is Oscar time and another year is gone and while 2010 was being deemed by many to be an awful year for film, I find myself disagreeing. Six of my top ten were released pre-September but most of the top 20 were released after. So sure the end of the year was a bit […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: I Am Number Four
I Am Number Four is a tough film to review as it starts off as a bit of a mess, in that it really doesn’t know what it wants to be, and then gets really fraking awesome for the last fifteen or twenty minutes or so. The film follows Four, a Lorien alien who was […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: Unknown
Unknown is an interesting and well made film that shows it’s cards maybe a bit too soon and doesn’t take full advantage of the doors it opens. Liam Neeson stars as Dr. Martin Harris who is visiting an agro-business summit in Berlin when he is involved car crash. Waking up four days after the accident, […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: Just Go With It
Just Go With It has a couple of funny moments sprinkled into a contrived and implausible mess of a plot that is only kept afloat by its appealing group of actors. Sandler’s latest comedy romance flick is a bit confused with what it wants to be as it openly embraces broad physical comedy as well […]
Review: “Sanctum” from James Cameron
This cave diving thriller is based on a true story and while it is full of plenty of beautiful shots and alright set pieces there are way too many shortcomings/failures to overcome. The film follows a team of scientists who are studying the largest cave system in the world and are trying to find a […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: The Company Men
The Company Men is a fine little drama that rings very true and features a bevy of fine performances that help elevate this modern tale of job loss despair. Our story follows Bobby Walker who is a rising future executive type at GTX, a transportation company that gets laid off when the recession kicks into […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: The Mechanic
The Mechanic is a fun hitman in training film that features a solid relationship between its leads, good action beats, and tight filmmaking that doesn’t really waste a minute. Arthur Bishop is the man. Working for a covert government(?) agency, Bishop is tasked with the hardest of the hits that come across their plate and […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: The Rite
The Rite is being all wrapped up to be the next exorcism movie but is in fact a meditation on psychology vs. demonic possession that is moderately interesting before it makes the decisions for you. The film is based on “real events” and follows a falling out of faith seminary student who is recruited to […]
Another Take By Zac: Film Review: No Strings Attached
No Strings Attached is a solid and against type rom-com for the first hour or so of the film before divulging into cliché and loses a lot of the good will they earned in the start. Emma and Adam have been crossing paths for years now. From the first time he tried to finger her […]