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The Impossible is an emotional powerhouse of a film by director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage). The movie focuses on the Tsunami disaster that rocked Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004, by telling the unbelievable story of a family who was there. What’s so great about Sergio G. Sanchez’ »»
Originally slated for a February 2013 release, Jack Reacher was pushed up to December 21st, 2012 to both fill in for the delayed World War Z, and to also capitalize on the success that Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol had in the same release window a year prior. Unfortunately, Jack Reacher was »»
Forget Iron Man, this is the Tony Stark Show. Phase Two of Marvel’s film universe starts up the same way Phase One finished: Totally kicking ass. Iron Man 3 continues the trend of Marvel films that have more action than most action films, and more laughs than most comedy films, all of which equ »»
Political thrillers lacking any sort of real thrill face an uphill battle right from the start, which is one of the key problems with Broken City. The formula is there, the flawed hero is there, and the corrupted politician is there, but the thrill simply isn’t. So does that mean Broken City isn »»
Hold on to your butts... I was eleven when Jurassic Park first came out, and I remember everything about the experience of seeing it on the big screen vividly. At that point in my life I was incredibly interested in dinosaurs, so much so that my goal was to become a paleontologist. Alas, that dre »»
Fans of Asian cinema will find plenty to enjoy in Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Tsui Hark’s follow up to Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame. However, it’s not as magical nor memorable as some of the more recent releases that are cut from the same type of cloth. And while that mig »»
If a scary movie is scary enough, it can sometimes overshadow minor gripes that might otherwise tarnish the overall product. Sinister is a perfect example of this, as the film isn’t without its flaws, and yet they’re forgivable because the movie is just damn scary. This is greatly in part to »»
Red Dawn is a hard movie to grade, as on one hand it delivers almost exactly what you’d expect from the movie just by looking at the Blu-ray cover, yet on the other hand it feels like it does so in the most mundane way possible when it really had the potential to be something more. How much more? »»
Zero Dark Thirty is a lot like Titanic in the sense that this is a film where the audience knows going in how it’s going to end, and yet that knowledge doesn’t hinder the suspense or uncertainty felt throughout as we wait for the inevitable conclusion to occur. Unlike many military films, Zero D »»
David Morse has a face that most fans of film can recognize, even if the name seems unfamiliar. He’s had roles in many major Hollywood films, such as The Green Mile and Disturbia, and while he’s always been reliable to deliver the goods in whatever role he plays, he’s never quite stolen the sh »»
Movies that use videogames as their source material tend to have a bad rap, and while there are plenty of bad adaptations to help back those claims, the main reason has to do with just how much time gamers spend with characters they come to love in the first place. Much like those who read a deep, i »»
The Universal Soldier franchise has been around since 1992, and Jean-Claude Van Damme has been a part of every installment that actually mattered to the ongoing storyline. Well, ongoing storyline may be pushing it, as there are only minor connections between the films that are spread sporadically ov »»
Director Robert Zemeckis knows how to tell a character driven story, as he’s proven multiple times with films like Forrest Gump and Cast Away. He’s also got a knack for bringing out some fantastic performances from amazing actors, which he’s done once again with Denzel Washington – not that »»
Three seasons in and Justified is still delivering some of the best material you’ll find on basic cable. In fact, the third season is, in my opinion, the best the show has produced thus far, and that’s after a five-star first season, and a second season that's right up alongside it. Make no mist »»
What would you do to get the life you always wanted? This is a question that we ask one another from time to time, mostly just for fun as the usual answer is more often than not, “I’d do anything.” But would you really? Would it be worth it? Sure there may be fame, even fortune involved, but c »»
Ever since the success of The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks’ books have been getting adapted to the silver screen left and right. The latest of his works to get this treatment is Safe Haven, a romance film with a hint of mystery attached to it. Safe Haven is about a young woman named Katie, (Julia »»
There have been a few films I missed out on that likely would’ve taken up a few spots on my top ten list last year, and Silver Linings Playbook was definitely one of them. There’s good reason why this film took the Academy Awards by storm in the form of eight nominations (six of which were major »»
Django Unchained had a lot of controversy surrounding it since before it was even released, but that didn’t stop it from claiming two Academy Awards (Best Supporting Actor & Best Original Screenplay), and garnering three other nominations, which included Best Picture. And boy did this film deserve »»
William Shakespeare is one of the greatest storytellers of all time, but his work is still something that not everyone enjoys. There’s no denying the need for translation from time to time, or at least nodding along with the beats if you have the gist of it. Coriolanus is an modernized version of »»
The Sweeney is a British crime drama based on a 1970s British TV show by the same name. Having never seen the show, I’ll simply base it on its own merits as a film and not worry about any comparisons (though I hear they’re few and far between aside from character names). As it stands, The Sweene »»
When people say crime doesn’t pay, they usually don’t mean it in a literal sense. Though that's exactly the case in Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly, as not even the criminal underworld is immune to an economic crisis. The script is an adaptation of the novel “Cogan’s Trade” by Georg »»
Yippee ki-yay, Mr. President. Olympus Has Fallen is pretty much exactly what you think it is: Die Hard inside the White House. While it’s not a classic like the original Die Hard, it hits a lot of the same notes in a way that constantly keep it entertaining and fun. While A Good Day to Die Hard »»
Searching for Sugarman is one of the year’s best documentaries, and a film that you’d be hard pressed to find out someone saw and didn’t enjoy. In fact, if you see this documentary and you’re a fan of folk music (hell, even if you’re not) you should be warned that odds are you’re going t »»
Bullying has been around for as long as anyone can remember, and it’s gotten progressively worse in recent years. Teen (and even pre-teen) suicide due to constant bullying has become a major concern, and yet there’s no easy fix to figuring out how to get it to stop, or at least get it under cont »»
I could make this an incredibly short review and simple write: Go buy Seven Psychopaths and enjoy it for eternity. That, of course, wouldn’t be enough for most people, so I’ll continue forward with this review for those who wish to read on, because those who have already heard enough are likely »»
If someone were to just tell you the plot to The Imposter, odds are you’d have a hard time believing the story to be true. It sounds more like some crazy Hollywood thriller that eventually sees the whole family murdered in the end, and the “imposter” moving on to his next victims, leaving the »»
Hit & Run came out late last summer and while it made more than six times its $2 million budget, it’s still likely a movie that many have never heard of – and that’s unfortunate. While it’s not a rock solid 100 minutes of comedic film-making, it’s very close to that in pure fun, greatly in »»
When a film says “Based on a true story,” or “Inspired by true events,” that doesn’t necessarily mean that what you’re about to see actually happened. Jaws was based on true events, however, what happened in Jaws isn’t what happened – it was simply based around great white shark atta »»
House at the End of the Street is a starter horror movie for any tween girl having a slumber party that wants to find a scary movie to watch sometime during the night. The reason I say this is because it’s absolutely not scary at all to anyone who has ever watched even a handful of movies from the »»
The Resident Evil film franchise has been going strong for a decade now, constantly bringing in hundreds of millions worldwide with each new installment. Of course, there comes a time when every franchise needs to come to an end, and as someone who has been a fan of this series since the start, I re »»
