Movie Review: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Starring Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen
Yes, it’s better than “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (which, in all fairness, isn’t necessarily a bad movie, just a bloated one. It just felt so… padded, in parts.) Whereas director Peter Jackson’s original foray into Tolkien territory with “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy was lengthy, it was also unquestionably epic, with each step […]
Movie Review: Disney’s FROZEN Starring Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad
Disney returns to true form with Frozen, a story inspired by The Snow Queen (1845) by Hans Christian Andersen. Where recent films have felt like something was missing, longing for a new classic to put next to the likes of Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid, the film rediscovers the Disney magic […]
Movie Review: ‘The Book Thief’ Starring Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer
Markuz Zusak, an Australia native and author of award-winning books such as I Am the Messenger and The Book Thief, got to see one of his stories come to life on screen for the first time a couple weeks ago. The Book Thief is a story of the orphaned Liesel Memminger (Sophie Nélisse) who grows […]
Movie Review: ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
As a Hunger Games fan since the first book was released in 2008, you can imagine my excitement upon learning of the film adaptation of the first book. While I’ve always had a philosophy on such adaptations that books will always be better, I still hoped the movie would be just as good, if not […]
Movie Review: ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto
Dallas Buyers Club uses a pair of stellar, Academy Award worthy performances to overcome an at times mundane screenplay. Matthew McConaughey stars as Ron Woodroof, a badass bull riding cowboy who like most in 1985, didn’t realize the AIDS epidemic was going to change the world. McConaughey does a fine job showcasing Woodroof’s wild side […]
Movie Review: ‘Thor: The Dark World’ Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston
This year’s Thor is part of Marvels second outing of films otherwise known as “phase two.” Iron Man 3 was the first earlier this year. However, I wasn’t fully satisfied by Iron Man 3 and I began to worry that maybe Marvel is starting to lose its way. I mean, how do you follow up […]
Movie Review: ‘Free Birds’ Starring Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler
Finally. A movie about time-traveling turkeys. Reggie (Owen Wilson) is considered the odd-ball on a farm full of dim-witted turkeys, and is the only one who realizes that the farmers are fattening them up to be eaten. When the day finally comes that the other turkeys realize he was right, they push Reggie to the […]
Movie Review: ‘Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa’ Starring Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll
The “Jackass” franchise made millions off pranks and crude jokes. The gang of misfits, including Steve-O, Bam Margera, and Wee-Man among others has disappeared after a line of successful films. While most of the cast have vanished Johnny Knoxville seems to have some staying power in Hollywood. His latest film, Bad Grandpa, is a Jackass […]
Movie Review: ‘Carrie’ Starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore
Ahh, the dreaded remake of a classic film. Likely the thought of some Hollywood executive who caught the original on television and thought, “You know what? It was so perfect the first time, why don’t we find a way to modernize and possibly ruin it?” Okay, so that probably wasn’t the thought behind the remake […]
Review: ‘Escape Plan’ Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Are you looking for a movie with a deeply complex plot that may affect the very way you think? Are you possibly looking for a movie in which the main conflict at hand is resolved with none other than witty banter and or inspirational lines of dialogue? If you were looking for either one of […]