Reviews

“9 To 5 The Musical” Is A Surprisingly Pleasant Workday Experience

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 11:46 pm   /   Live Theater, Live Theater Reviews, Local

I walked into the beautiful Fox Theatre knowing only one thing about 9 To 5 The Musical, Dolly Parton was involved in some way.  This did not leave me hopeful.  I am not a country fan myself, and Ms. Parton’s big personality is just a little too much for me to handle.  I was hoping […]

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Weekly Gleek Report – “Silly Love Songs” Valentines Episode

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 11:03 pm   /   Local, Reviews, Television Reviews

Tonight Glee returned to its regular Tuesday schedule with their Valentine’s Day episode. While it wasn’t as “big” or flashy as Sunday’s Superbowl episode, Silly Love Songs still managed to advance the story and incorporate a few good performances…but not without a few hiccups along the way. One of the biggest problems with Glee is […]

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Movie Review: Gnomeo and Juliet

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 8:17 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews, Reviews

Let’s start this review by saying that collectively, this cast has a total of four Oscars, one Golden Globe, four separate Oscar nominations and three other Golden Globe nominations. Now let’s continue this review by saying that not even the likes of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine and Julie Walters can save a crap […]

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Superbowl Special: Gleek Report “The Sue Sylvester Bowl Shuffle”

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 6:23 pm   /   Local, Television, Television Reviews

If there was any doubt that Glee deserved its three Golden Globes this year, the Superbowl episode promptly removed it. In its first episode back since early December, Glee capitalized on the biggest sporting/marketing event of the year by integrating football into its enormously popular formula. It even utilized the time honored tradition of beginning […]

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Another Take By Zac: Film Review: Biutiful

Posted: February 4, 2011 at 3:45 am   /   Another Take From Zac, Local

Biutiful is a wonderful follow up to Babel from Alejandro González Iñárritu and features another fantastic performance from the always great Javier Bardem. Bardem plays Uxbal who is a middle man of sorts between a number of shady enterprises and his life quickly becomes more complicated after a visit to the doctor.  Separated from his […]

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Review: “Sanctum” from James Cameron

Posted: February 4, 2011 at 2:41 am   /   Another Take From Zac, Local

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 […]

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Another Take By Zac: Film Review: The Company Men

Posted: January 29, 2011 at 2:16 pm   /   Another Take From Zac, Local

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 […]

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Review: Anthony Hopkins Stars in “The Rite”

Posted: January 28, 2011 at 1:54 pm   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Colin O’Donoghue stars as Michael Kovak, a seminary student having a crisis of faith in the new horror film The Rite. In order to help him overcome his doubt the seminary does what they normally do in situations like this – they ship him off to the Vatican and teach him to be an exorcist.  […]

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Sundance Festival 2011 – “I Saw the Devil” Review by the Raven

Posted: January 28, 2011 at 1:46 pm   /   Featured, Film, Local, Movie Reviews, Reviews

Any true horror movie buff can tell you that some of the best scary films are of Asian origination.  Look at the original “Ringu”.  So I was hopeful to see a Korean horror film entered at Sundance…and let me tell you, it did not disappoint!  Director Kim Ji-woon has his finger on your pulse and […]

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Sundance Festival 2011 – “Another Earth” Review by the Raven

Posted: January 28, 2011 at 1:43 pm   /   Featured, Film, Local, Movie Reviews, Reviews

This year at Sundance has been wonderful.  Wonderful films, wonderful people.  So how do you choose a film or a person that just stands above the rest?  What if that person not only co-produced but also acted in not one but TWO films entered this year?  And what if both films were simply amazing?  Let […]

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