‘Friends With Benefits’ Reviewed by a Friend With No Benefits
Seeing a chick flick is usually comparable to reaching into a mixed bag. On one hand, you have super cheesy, philogynistic Nicholas Sparks-esque films like The Notebook and A Walk to Remember. On the other hand, you have the more (relatively) recent, next-gen films like Love and Other Drugs which tend to throw a bone to the […]
Another Take By Zac: “Easy A”
Easy A is a winning high school comedy that is sharply written, has a fantastic supporting cast, and features a breakout lead performance by Emma Stone. Stone stars as Olive, an apparent outcast and “un-cool” high school kid that ups her status accidentally by faking having sex with her gay friend so he doesn’t get […]
“Easy A” HD Trailer Starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgely, and Amanda Bynes
Hamlet 2 director Will Gluck is back, and this time with something a film with a bit more of a formulaic plot. That isn’t to say it doesn’t look entertaining, because it does. It rests mainly on the laurels of its star, Emma Stone, who I am finding it increasingly harder not to have a […]
Shutter Island
Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel “Shutter Island” is a successful mystery thriller, with a great lead turn by Leonardo DiCaprio and a plot that brings some originality to a potentially tired idea. DiCaprio plays Teddy Daniels, a U.S. Marshall sent to Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of one of the inmates […]
Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” Pushed Back to February From Original October Release Date
It was announced yesterday by the AP that Paramount Pictures is pushing back the release of Martin Scorsese’s latest movie, “Shutter Island.” The film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, was originally set to release this October before the push to a new release date of February 2010. This film will be the fourth time that Scorsese and […]
Whatever Works
Woody Allen returns from Europe and heads right back to New York City in this “classic Allen” tale that allows Larry David to be exposed to a bigger audience then HBO for the hilarious and brilliant man that he is. Boris Yellnikoff is a genius, a self proclaimed genius at that, and was once almost […]