Tom Hanks rarely makes bad movies anymore. Perhaps this is due to the fact that he is so unfathomably rich that he has the luxury of only doing projects that directly appeal to his artistic nature. That’s not to say I’ve liked everything he has been in, but there are only a small number of movies from the past decade of his that I would … Continue reading Captain Phillips Review
Russell Baze (Christian Bale) and his younger brother Rodney (a multiple tour Iraq war vet played by Casey Affleck) have spent their entire lives in the northeast rust belt in one of those towns kept alive by the local steel mill and a lot of hard earned calloused hands. Russell is seemingly content with this, as he works in the same mill that his father … Continue reading Out of the Furnace Review
The story revolves around the Zisman family and how the family deals with a set of tragic events. Irving Zisman (Knoxville) is a “free” man following the death of his wife of several years and is ready to get back into the single life. His daughter Kimmie is about to go to jail again for violating parole and wants him to take his 8-year old … Continue reading Bad Grandpa Review
I had been hearing about this film for quite some time. Having made its run of the festival circuits in 2011 to a pretty good response I was surprised to see it take close to two years to get it’s theatrical release. Though with Wingard and Barrett’s involvement with the well received horror anthology V/H/S/, it seemed that the film was actually gaining momentum in … Continue reading You’re Next Review
stle is the best movie to come out of 2013, but it is for damned sure the most fun one to have made it to the big screen. Wow, what a fun ride that was. I am going to spend the next few hundred words or so just completely gushing about this movie with no pretense of objectivity or any other journalistic credos so read … Continue reading American Hustle Review
I’ve been meaning to see Double Indemnity forever now, but only just finally got around to it after stumbling across a special edition copy in my school library. I’ve reviewed a couple other pieces of classic film noir on this blog and intend to do more. Film Noir is one of my favorite genres of film; it may in fact be my all time favorite, … Continue reading Double Indemnity Review
This kind of movie is normally far from my normal range of viewing material. I must confess my only reason for having seen it is due to it being a school assignment, and the only reason I’m writing about it is for the same purpose, so I figured, since this is kind of what I do anyway, that I might as well kill two birds … Continue reading The Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia Review
Long before the bright lights and pyrotechnics of today’s modern wrestling extravaganza there was already a thriving wrestling scene in America, several of them in fact, located in territories strewn across the United States, most of which falling under the dictum of the National Wrestling Alliance. One such territory existed in Memphis, Tennessee the birthplace of the blues, and of Rock N’ Roll. And at … Continue reading Memphis Heat Review
Brad Pitt stars as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator, and leader of several small tactical forces, who is now retired from that line of work and attempting to enjoy a quiet life with his growing family when, you guessed it, the mother-trucking zombie apocalypse happens, again. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching movies such as this, is that in case of … Continue reading World War Z Review
In a way this movie is like Rain Man for jaded intellectuals. Will Hunting is every bit as advanced as Dustin Hoffman’s character was in areas such as possessing a photographic memory of every academic book known to man, and solving mathematical equations that would cause even Einstein to light his hair on fire. He also is just as emotionally regressed and unable to … Continue reading Good Will Hunting Review
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