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Movie Review: Kill the Messenger
The history of America’s “War on Drugs” has produced many stories. One of the lesser-known ones is that of the late Gary Webb, an investigative reporter for the San Jose Mercury News who wrote a series of articles about the CIA’s involvement in cocaine trafficking into the United States. The film Kill the Messenger tries to tell the story of Webb and the backlash he faced because of hi...[Read More]
Honest Trailers: X-Men: Days of Future Past
You’ve seen them tackle the X-Men Trilogy, now it’s time for them to take on the prequel-sequel that made the worst X-Men movie irrelevant and the worst Wolverine movie into a bad dream: X-Men: Days of Future Past with the latest Honest Trailer from Screen Junkies. Check out the trailer above!
Watch the Official Trailer for Chris Rock’s Top Five
Check out the new trailer for Top Five from writer/director Chris Rock. ABOUT THE FILM TOP FIVE: Written, directed by, and starring Chris Rock, “TOP FIVE” tells the story of New York City comedian-turned-film star Andre Allen, whose unexpected encounter with a journalist forces him to confront the comedy career—and the past—that he’s left behind. Starring Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Ha...[Read More]
Honest Trailers: Fight Club
It’s been 15 years since Tyler Durden laid out the rules of Fight Club. Now relive the classic movie about violence, mayhem, and…littering with this Honest Trailer from Screen Junkies. Check out the trailer above!
Box Office Weekend: Fury Leads As Box Office Falters
While nowhere near the doldrums of the September box office, there has been a downward trend to weekend gross the past two weeks, so while Fury may have topped the box office with an estimated $23.5 million it does not have quite the lead Gone Girl (estimated $17.8 million) held when it debuted two weeks ago. In fact, despite the fact that the top three films, including The Book of Life (estimated...[Read More]
Movie Review: Fury
Fury is a film about an American tanker unit during the last stretch of WWII in 1945. The Allies are well into Germany at this point and only the real fanatics, primarily the SS units, are the major problem. However, being fanatics the fighting is particularly intense as it is the phase of the war where the German soldiers are protecting the fatherland itself. Fierce resistance is an understatemen...[Read More]
From Vampires to Cave Girls: The History of Hammer Films
That a little studio located in the English countryside consistently put out high quality films on a very limited budget is one of the great stories in filmmaking history. Hammer Films was the most successful independent film company ever, producing comedy, drama, mysteries, and war movies before finding their niche in horror. Hammer became a name synonymous with horror, a name that still means so...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Dracula Draws Little Blood
Despite heavy promotion and promises of epic adventure, Dracula Untold (estimated $23.5 million) took a back seat to more subtle fare as Gone Girl (estimated $26.8 million) took the first-place spot once more. Not to say Dracula Untold will be a failure…accounting for worldwide box office, it has achieved $86.1 million and already bested its $70 million budget…but it has proven unpopular with crit...[Read More]
A Kid Film Critic Reviews Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
I thought Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day was okay. There were some good parts and some bad parts. The movie starts off with Alexander Cooper (Ed Oxenbould) having a very bad day. Then he makes a birthday wish that puts a curse on his family’s day (typical Disney movie). So the next day they are running late and nothing is going right. His family’s bad day goes on for o...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Judge
The Judge is a film that is all about the pain and joy of family – mostly pain. Sure it is also about a prominent local judge in a small town who is accused of murder as well. It is also about how a hot-shot, big city lawyer rides into town to defend the judge (who also happened to be the lawyer’s father) in a backwater district. Mostly though, this film is about family; reconnecting and acceptanc...[Read More]
Movie Review: Dracula Untold
It appears the train that started with Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy (1999) has yet to fully derail. Coming just four years after the failed revival of The Wolfman (2010), Universal, unable to tear itself away from the action-adventure spectacle when it comes to its movie monster greats, has decided to introduce a new film to the fold, this time revealing the origins of monster favorite Dracula in Dr...[Read More]