Movie Reviews

Movie Review: Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ is Beautiful, Charming and Very, Very, Funny

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As a filmmaker, Wes Anderson is usually defined by the unique visual style of his films and the idiosyncratic and eccentric natures of his characters.  Part of hose eccentricities is the fact that in Anderson’s movies most of the...

Blu-ray Review: ‘Mutant Girls Squad’ is Pure Splatter Madness

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It’s weird thinking that it has already been nearly two years since I sat down to watch my first Japanese splatter film at the New York Asian Film Festival.  My first foray into this exploitative and bloody world of...

Blu-ray Review: Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie

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It takes a special kind of breed to sit down and watch Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie for the first time. You either have to have an extremely open mind when it comes to comedy or have already...

Movie Review: ‘Battleship’ is Easy on the Eyes but Not on the Ears

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Set to sail into theaters this weekend is the upcoming sci-fi and effects heavy action flick, Battleship, a film which is very loosely based off of the popular Hasbro board game of the same name.   The film is directed...

Movie Review: I Still Don’t Know ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’

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Any time a comedy boasts of over five A-list celebrities in a movie, it’s trouble. Even though they were box office successes, movies such as He’s Just Not That Into You, Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve are often...

Movie Review: ‘The Dictator’ Has No Boundaries

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Yesterday, Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest feature, The Dictator, hits theaters everywhere and the questions on everyone’s minds is, is it good and is it funny?  The answer to both: mostly yes. The Dictator follows Cohen’s next creation, General Admiral...

Movie Review: ‘Battleship’ is Hit & Miss But Quite a Spectacle on the Big Screen

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Even though it’s based on a popular game (yes, it’s not just a rumor), director Peter Berg attempts to take the concept further, by having ships battle at sea against an alien invasion in the blockbuster, Battleship. Sound interesting?...

Blu-ray Review: The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake

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Coming out today on Blu-ray/DVD combo pack from FUNimation Entertainment is Herman Yau’s latest biographical martial arts flick, The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake, which is his second historical drama following The Legend is Born: Ip Man. The Woman...

Movie Review: ‘Dark Shadows’ Left Me in the Dark

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The eighth collaboration between actor Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton, Dark Shadows is a project spearheaded by Depp, as he’s a fan of the original 1966-1971 soap opera. The film, adapted from over 1,200 episodes over five years,...

Movie Review: ‘Gone’ Hasn’t Left My Thoughts

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Serial killers never cease to fascinate and scare the public. Movies based on real ones are almost always worth the watch. Perhaps there is a severe shortage of real serial killers to create movies about, or maybe it’s just...

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