George Clooney’s “The American”
George Clooney’s newest film, The American, directed by Anton Corbijn, is a sort of combination of Clooney’s past films Up in the Air...
Movie Reviews
The Last Exorcism: Be Gone, Banality!
The Last Exorcism could have been a very thoughtful exploration of skepticism being thrown into doubt (if not out the window) in the...
Read moreNanny McPhee Returns a Magical Adventure
Though she has been dubbed the anti-Mary Poppins, Nanny McPhee is essentially a repackaged version of Mary Poppins, minus the lovely beauty of...
Read moreEat Pray Love Fails to Entertain
Directed by Ryan Murphy, Eat Pray Love is a movie adaptation of the New York Times bestseller Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search...
Read moreThe Expendables: Sly’s So-So Effort
The cast of The Expendables is a veritable pantheon of action stars — Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Micky Rourke,...
Read moreThe Other Guys: Hilarious Satire for Grownup Audiences
If you’re looking for a hilariously inappropriate but original film on which to spend some money, I have three words for you: The...
Read moreCharlie St. Cloud: A Film Celebrating Life
Everything about Burr Steven’s Charlie St. Cloud is predictable, except for the spiritual gravity and Christian undertones, rendering an otherwise teen “chick flick”...
Read moreGeneration Zero
While I certainly look back with fondness on the “Greatest Generation,” I can’t help but think that the superlative applied to it may...
Read moreSalt: Taut and Accidentally Timely Spy Thriller
A good spy thriller should accomplish two things — it should thrill and it should intrigue. With taut action sequences and a well-written...
Read moreInception: Sci-fi Thought Thriller
Leonardo DiCaprio does it again with this summer’s new blockbuster hit, Inception. Not everyone will agree with that, however. I contend that there...
Read moreDespicable Me and the Plot to Steal the Moon
For parents interested in a pleasant way to pass the afternoon with their children, consider newly released Despicable Me (that is, if Toy...
Read moreThe Last Airbender: Visually Stunning Failure
The Last Airbender is M. Night Shyamalan's ninth directorial effort and is an imaginative and wonderfully visual film — as long as no...
Read moreAnother Twilight Saga in Celluloid — Twilight
Team Edward vs. Team Jacob: Who will prevail? Viewers learn the answer to that question in the latest movie version of the Twilight:...
Read moreTSA Catches More Flak
The new DVD Please Remove Your Shoes, to be released on July 1, was reviewed by Scott Mayerowitz at ABC News, who asked...
Read moreToy Story 3 Might Be the Best of the Trilogy
Toy Story 3 proves that with great writing and endearing characterization, success is achievable, even after 11 years. The enthralling finale to the...
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