Daniel Drop

Jack Reacher, a film about a former Military Police Major turned drifter/justice dispenser, stars Tom Cruise as the title character involved in a defense case with Helen Rodin (Rosamund Pike), a stunning and sharp lawyer who has taken on the task of trying to keep a man convicted of killing five random people from receiving the death penalty. The opening scene is brutal, as we watch people go abou...[Read More]

The world of indie films is, in my opinion, a bit over saturated with “offbeat” comedies that, more often than not, tend to be off a couple of beats. They’re populated by forced character quirks and flaws and a bland, snarky, outlook on the world they exist in. Safety Not Guaranteed, stars Mark Duplass as Kenneth, a man who places an ad for a companion to travel back in time with. The ad comes to ...[Read More]

It’s a rare thing these days for a film to be clever and pose relevant and provocative questions to an audience through the development of story and character. Now, more than ever, people seem to be in a desperate search for an identity and acceptance, as a distinct and individual member of the human population, constantly asking: who am I, why am I, where do I belong, what could I be? Sound of My...[Read More]

The Raven, starring John Cusack as the classic horror author Edgar Allen Poe, is director James McTeigue’s third movie. This time around McTeigue takes slight step in a different direction from his two previous films (V for Vendetta and Ninja Assassin), which were largely reliant on action scenes to propel the story forward. While The Raven has its fair share of action, the plot is actually propel...[Read More]

“You think you know the story;” it’s one you think you’ve seen dozens of times (Friday the 13th, Cabin fever, Evil Dead, etc.), but it’s not. It’s really not. When this movie was first brought to my attention I was anything but curious, then I heard that Joss Whedon was involved, and my curiosity level raised just enough for me to investigate, and after having viewed a few trailers and clips, my c...[Read More]

In many aspects, Project X is a mirror image of a plethora of high school party/coming of age movies that have always prospered in the multiplexes. The movie revolves around a night in the life of three less than popular guys looking to make a name for themselves in the rat race of high school. However, what sets this movie apart (plot wise, at least) from the Superbad’s and American Pie’s of the ...[Read More]

Having never seen a single Harry Potter movie, I was curious to see Daniel Radcliffe’s first major non-magician role, and while I was surprised at how well he portrayed the perpetually brooding widower, Arthur Kipps in The Woman in Black, I found the film itself to be a run of the mill ghost story full of familiar plot devices, flat characters, and underwhelming scares. The opening scene sets the ...[Read More]