Movie Reviews

Blu-ray Review: ‘Real Steel’ Packs a Punch, But Rocky For Robots, It Is Not

by Melissa Hanson

Set in the not-so-distant future of 2020, Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Date Night) directs Real Steel, where Charles Kenton (Hugh Jackman, Wolverine), a former boxer-turned-robot-boxer who is looking for a comeback, is suddenly given custody of his...

Movie Review: ‘Man on a Ledge’ Teeters on the Edge

by Alex DiGiovanna

Man on a Ledge stars Sam Worthington as Nick Cassidy, a convicted criminal on the run who, upon escaping, decides that he will have to prove his innocence by threatening to jump off a hotel.  While Lydia Mercer, the police...

Movie Review: ‘In Darkness’ is Poland’s Hope for an Oscar

by Alex DiGiovanna

One of the films nominated for this year’s Foreign Language Oscar race is the Polish film, In Darkness, directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader and Herbert Knaup. Based on a true...

Movie Review: ‘Chick Magnet’ Doesn’t Just Attract the Ladies

by Brandon Kruter

As much as I love me some chocolate fudge brownie ice cream, I will occasionally crave another flavor, let’s say vanilla. Granted that is almost immediately followed by me being disappointed and cursing myself for thinking that vanilla has...

Movie Review: ‘Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston’ Still Leaves Me Searching

by Melissa Hanson

Hearing “Halston’ I immediately think of high fashion, but before seeing this film I had no knowledge beyond that. After watching ‘Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston’, first time director Whitney Sudler-Smith seemed to have the same experience. Having self-proclaimed little...

Movie Review: If You Want Action This Weekend, Check Out ‘Haywire’

by Melissa Hanson

There are many action films that I would count as a guilty pleasure, but with Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Haywire, I’ll gladly shout my love from the rooftop. Mallory (Gina Carano, first time actress and Mixed Martial Arts Champion)...

Movie Review: ‘The Front Line’ Offers an Interesting take on the Korean War

by Alex DiGiovanna

Today, Well Go USA is releasing The Front Line in select theaters across the country to an eager Asian film loving audience who have waited patiently for director Jang Hun’s follow-up to Secret Reunion.  Hun’s war drama was South...

Haywire Q & A with Steven Soderbergh and Gina Carano; Mini Haywire Review too!

by Alex DiGiovanna

This week I had the chance to attend a screening of Haywire presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center in NYC which also came with the added bonus of a long Q & A session with director Steven...

Movie Review: ‘The Viral Factor’ is an Awesome Action Spectacle

by Alex DiGiovanna

There aren’t many Chinese directors out there who constantly have a presence in the US market as much as Dante Lam recently has.  The man has made his mark here with his stylistic and sometimes even intelligent action films and...

DVD Review: ‘In Time’ is a Sci-Fi Film Made for Mainstream Audiences

by Alex DiGiovanna

Writer/Director Andrew Niccol, the man who brought us the highly acclaimed sci-fi feature Gattaca, has returned to the genre that brought him fame with In Time, a movie starring Justin Timberlake (The Social Network), Amanda Seyfried (Red Riding Hood),...

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