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Movie Review: The World’s End
I am a huge fan of Edgar Wright, the English director who helmed Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). Wright is re...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: The Butler Buttles to the Top Once More
Well, perhaps “buttle” is not a real word, but the money Lee Daniels’ The Butler is bringing in at the box office most certainly is. At an estimated $17 million...[Read More]
Movie Review: In a World …
Lake Bell makes her directorial debut with the film, In a World…. Additionally, this is also her first trifecta, having also written and stared in the movie. So...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now is a special movie. Adapted from the novel by Tim Tharp by (500) Days of Summer scribes Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, the script is...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: It’s Raiders of the Lost Art in The Monuments Men
At long last, this Friday sees the American release of The World’s End, my last must-see film of the summer. And with the end of August less than two week...[Read More]
Movie Review: Kick-Ass 2
After the events of the first Kick-Ass film, regular citizens, inspired by the action of the hero who shares a name with the film’s title, decide to don m...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Other Debuts Get Served by The Butler
Despite (or because of) Oprah Winfrey’s recent controversy in Switzerland, her new film, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, made the strongest bid for the box office with...[Read More]
Movie Review: Jobs
The film Jobs is best described as the rise, fall and rise again of the Apple Corporation. I found the lengthy, biography of Steve Jobs (founder of Apple) playe...[Read More]
Movie Review: Only God Forgives
Reprehensible, pedophilic murderers are not usually the brand of character that is the focus of a revenge vendetta. If I am going to be encouraged in the course...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Mighty Avenger Returns in Thor: The Dark World
Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium opened this past weekend, and while it hasn’t received the near-universal acclaim of its predecessor District 9, by most ac...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Filmgoers Give Their Halves to the Have-Nots as Elysium Steals the Box Office
Although not receiving quite the high praise lavished on his previous District 9, director Neill Blomkamp still did well enough with his next outing Elysium, ta...[Read More]
The Five Greatest Pre-J.J. Abrams Star Trek Movie Scenes
With the release of the second Star Trek feature from director J.J. Abrams, Star Trek Into Darkness, earlier this summer it seems like as good a time as any to ...[Read More]